December 10
Jingle All the Way
According to at least one friend, Jingle All the Wayshould be in the running for the worst Christmas movie ever. The plot is a simple one: in an attempt to repair his relationship with his son, a father (Arnold Schwartzenegger) is determined to purchase a Turbo Man action figure for him for Christmas. But it’s Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of the popular item. The resulting antics are meant to be proof of a father’s love for his son.
The film is reminiscent of the Cabbage Patch doll search of the 1980s. One of our friends was overjoyed when he finally located a Cabbage Patch doll for his young daughter, just days before Christmas. Opening the brightly wrapped package on Christmas morning, the girl’s excitement quickly turned to tears when she discovered the counterfeit nature of the doll, as it had no belly-button. Perhaps our friend should have been skeptical when he purchased the doll for a hefty price – out the trunk of a guy’s car in a New Jersey parking lot. Such is the love of a father for a child.
I’m reminded of words by Salvation Army General John Gowans:
If human hearts are often tender,
And human minds can pity know,
If human love is touched with splendor,
And human hands compassion show,
Then how much more can God our Father in love forgive?
Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him?
Matthew 7:11-12
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