The 12 Films of Christmas: Jingle All the Way (1996)

By Thomas Broome-Jones

Yes, I'm actually recommending this. Jingle All the Way stars dear old Arnie as a father who must scour Minnesota to find a sold-out "Turbo Man" toy for his son, who is played by Jake Lloyd, otherwise known as Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, what a great start we're off to.

"Hands up if you just do it for the money nowadays."

I'd place this film in the "so bad it's good" category. It's a really poor film, hammy acting, stiff dialog, cliches, unfunny jokes, it doesn't really have much going for it. However the pure level of how stupid this film is makes it enjoyable, much like a personal favourite of mine, The Room, you'll laugh at how truly awful it is.

I don't want to spoil it for you because you just need to see the progression of how bad it really does get, but the highlight for me is Arnie knocking out a reindeer. You read that correctly, Arnie punches a reindeer in the face, if that doesn't sell the film to you then I don't know what will.

A poor film that has acquired a cult following from its unintentional hilarity, this will remind you how lucky we really are to have brilliant Christmas films to fall back on, and will undoubtedly find a place in your heart, maybe just not the right place. 

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