I won't dispute any of the above, but I would like to point out that the violence is the focus and it isn't really touched upon above. I went into the theater expecting over the top campy violence with Christmas themed one liners, and that is exactly what I got. Bad guys murdered with candy canes, snow blowers, ice skates, light strings, you name it.

Further, the only 'unequivocally good' adult character, the black wife referenced above, assists Santa with a captured rifle that she knows how to use because she went hunting with her dad as a kid, which was to me a pro-second amendment message coming from the character I least expected.

This was my first theater trip since the scamdemic, and I not only had no regrets, but I went back again and watched it with a second group of friends and family. And I enjoyed it just as much the second time, despite the complete lack of surprise.

This movie will be joining Sharknado in my guilty pleasure rewatch list.