Jingle All The Way Is A Christmas Classic And It Doesn't Get Anywhere Near The Respect It Deserves

This is part one of a two part series titled “I spent Sunday watching Christmas movies and I’ve got a lot to say on the subject so you’re gonna listen to me.” Part two will be released later today. Also it would be a three part series if I cared enough about The Holiday to make that a blog but that movie stinks and it’s all I have to say on the subject.

Obviously, we’re in the throes of Christmas movie season and you know what I haven’t seen once on TV? Jingle All the Way. Not once. I’m here to say that’s unacceptable. Ask anyone for their favorite Christmas movie list and you’ll rarely here this classic mentioned, that’s bullshit. Jingle All the Way is better than almost all of those trash movies people are quick to mention. None of them hold a candle to Jingle. A Christmas Story? No. A Wonderful Life? No. Bad Santa? That movie stinks. Home Alone is acceptable but that’s pretty much the only one. Jingle All the Way has Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, and Phil Hartman. That’s the definition of a can’t miss movie. It’s got about twenty memorable scenes, from the fight with king Santa to Booster getting his ass kicked to Arnold screaming “WHO TOLD YOU YOU COULD EAT MY COOKIES?!” it is a movie without flaw. It’s hysterical and sentimental and has a lovely commentary on the mad, consumer driven world we’ve chosen to live in. That’s a perfect movie, is it not? One that makes you laugh but also makes you feel and makes you think. Jingle All the Way is a ten out of ten and I’m sick and tired of it not getting the respect it deserves.