How to FAIL with a Christmas Movie

WARNING: The following blog is an OPINIONATED post. I understand that some people may not think that the films I am about to mention are good or bad. This is my personal opinion, not to be taken as fact... except for the case of "Jingle All the Way". That film... ugh.

I'm sure that many of you know the extremely popular films that are emphasized at one particular time of the year. That's right! Christmas movies! You've most likely seen such classics as "It's a Wonderful Life", "Rudolph", "Frosty the Snowman", and "Elf", but I'm sure that not many of you have heard of the Christmas movies that tried a little TOO hard.

I'm talking about the films that used the name of Christmas to basically say "Hey, audience! We're Christmas related and we've come out at Christmas time! Come see us and spend your money!" It's actually insulting to believe that some of these movies used the best holiday ever to grab our money and then wave it in our faces after we're done watching it taunting us. Lots of you guys probably have one of these films in mind like "Jingle All the Way", "Jack Frost" (the murdering snowman... yeah, that's a movie folks), "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians", and even "Christmas Story 2". In fact, just mentioning those titles probably has a few of you groaning on the floor wondering how the media fooled you into watching them. The answer: they slapped a Christmas themed poster in our faces and let us do the rest.

Thank heavens for the other aspects of the media like film critics who helped to pull the people who haven't seen these films out of the movie line! Rotten Tomatoes, I thank the day you were created because if you hadn't been, I would've seen these films and they would've scarred me for life.

Also, a special thank you to the Nostalgia Critic who reviewed some of these films making it possible for me to know and laugh at the films without actually watching them.