The Grim Dystopia of A Christmas Prince

[@DeliaCore]

When the Revolution comes, where will the Christmas Prince hide?

[@psycher7]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5S3kIOJdr9qeLM

[@mrmogford3469]

ben casey The Walmart staff toilets- I hide in them already

[@bluemorpho1029]

At length I remembered the last resort of a great princess who, when told that the peasants had no bread, replied: "Then let them drink cocoa." - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Confessions

[@agaiths1221]

Under the Christmas tree, I bet.

[@jackjones4248]

Duh, in the hedge maze

[@tz64nk41]

Workers of Aldovia unite, you have nothing to lose but your chains

[@garypierce7380]

What about their candy canes?

[@limingxu8648]

They have a cinematic universe to win.

[@Forumbug74]

Freedom from our bonds, brothers!

[@cityman2312]

Don't be so sure - violent revolutions have a way of making things even worse in the long run. Remember Russia?

[@malonemalo]

@@cityman2312 Yeah, remember how they beat the Nazis? How fucked up was that.

[@crypticcorvus2879]

I'm imagining the director of these films openly weeping now that someone finally understands the incredibly complex themes of the Christmas Prince cinematic universe.

[@LimeyLassen]

Like Ready Player One? Is Jenny the queen of Aldovia now?

[@MariWakocha]

I would if it was me

[@garypierce7380]

Once again Jenny ruins a story about a secret acorn ornament with adoption info by asking logical questions. Jenny Downer.

[@doctorkocktor1347]

The CPCU

[@anamusementinprogress]

I like to think it was the costume designer/stylist subverting the movie with their subtle color themes that they thought would just be an 'in' joke among their friends, lol

[@mandarinduck]

Her getting a Pandora bracelet as a lavish gift from royalty is like a rich family going out for a fancy dinner at Olive Garden.

[@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

mandarinduck And it’s also incredibly par-for-the-course for any actual member of the monarchy.

[@princessaria]

mandarinduck reminds me of Trump feeding that sports team McDonald’s.

[@ThreadBomb]

Or taking a princess to a Pizza Express for her birthday.

[@mystii8134]

mandarinduck that’s tacky.

[@TheFranchiseCA]

@@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick Exactly. The British monarchy, when not performing actual duties, traditionally have almost plebian tastes and habits.

[@JelloApocalypse]

I do some voice acting in anime and one day I got called in to do some small roles in a show called "Moriarty the Patriot". Imagine my utter delight when the director told me that the man playing Sherlock Holmes was none other than Theo Devaney, the actor who plays Simon in "A Christmas Prince."

[@ScootyPuffJrSux]

You have a fart fetish lol

[@davidclaiborne6547]

NO WAY

[@kidkangaroo5213]

That rocks

[@TwoPairSA]

Had to read this twice to confirm it was not "Moriarty the Parrot"

[@argeyouready]

@@TwoPairSA until I saw your comment I thought the same. Kinda disappointed tbh 🤣

[@Emmapopsicle]

A Christmas Prince: the Christmas baby. Where Amber, despite going into labor, has to hold the baby in until Christmas day.

[@sanriochica333]

lol you called it. We'll see if that happens

[@im19ice3]

i laughed so hard a something inside me i didn't know i had hurts

[@kate_6436]

The best part about that is that the third movie is literally about her having a baby

[@Forty2Times]

they just announced the Christmas Prince 3: The Royal Baby.

[@Vegas242]

She finds out about a law requiring she gives birth on Christmas a little too late

[@xxPhoebmonsterxx]

my favourite part was the protest sign just saying 'why?!'

[@soupalex]

big mood

[@sb_no_username5439]

i like "this is ALDOVIA"

[@thanatoast]

@@sb_no_username5439 pretty much "We live in a SOCIETY!"

[@SorowFame]

Best thing is that you can keep reusing that sign in every protest you attend, it’s incredibly versatile.

[@terrabelle9937]

Lol 15:05 on the left

[@threedeemelodies]

“And I have organized all of these things...” Say itttt say it.... “into a NUMBERED LIST.” *cheering, clinking glasses* YEAAAAAAAAAAH

[@Brybizzle999]

It has become Iconic

[@TadBigby]

I was all, "DEW IT, JENNY! EMBRACE THE POWER OF THE NUMBERED LIST!

[@sydneyp7867]

binglio LOL

[@mellow6749]

binglio love your profile picture you have good taste

[@threedeemelodies]

mellowmonticello thank you! long live st vincent!

[@jessicest]

so when the real american tutor shows up two days later, is she dragged to the royal dungeons as a suspected impostor?

[@Addy_The_Baddy]

she was executed soon after

[@nicolebell5556]

Maybe she vented away

[@cam4636]

Her plane tragically disappeared over the Arctic Ocean but it was covered up by the Aldovian secret service

[@tinyblueunicorn7807]

IIRC from my one viewing of the movie, it's mentioned that the tutor contacted the palace to tell them she got delayed and wouldn't be arriving until later (by a few weeks I think, maybe after Christmas), so they're not expecting to receive her so soon and just assume she was able to arrive on time after all when Amber appears. Seeing as the whole story only takes place within a short time period, she probably just doesn't show up until after Amber has already been exposed and left (though I don't remember seeing a tutor in the sequels, so maybe the family is just paranoid of outsiders coming in false disguises now lol). So still contrived but makes slightly more sense. 🤷

[@CormanoWild]

​@tinyblueunicorn7807 the tutor was immediately executed upon arrival in aldovia for her failing to present herself for the Christmas Ball, by far the most important event in Aldovian culture

[@maiaks]

Wow, you look like a hard-working business woman who’s not ready to settle down but will end up returning to her hometown and meeting a sweet, simple man with a young child and a dog.

[@Hopeofmen]

Who's also a tradesman

[@archvaldor]

Will she dislike him at first but come to value his honest homespun wisdom whilst her pretensions are flustered comically by the aforementioned dog?

[@GrainneMhaol]

He dreams about opening his own bakery.

[@starstar22rose]

And she will eventually set up a side business once her kid starts school selling home made dog accessories like coats in funky patterns

[@warlockd]

Then meets the porg of her dreams and but the twist is he sadist. But thats ok, because she realizes is is a submissive. I see Disney..er..Tombstone producing.

[@crazyweirdgirl115]

A Christmas Prince Three: The Communist Uprising

[@johannageisel5390]

Well, they wear a deep red, they are probably Amber's allies.

[@paper.trailing]

Actually cackled at this comment.

[@metallicbunny9595]

The prince suggests a Yankee swap

[@papayapeaks1693]

I want this

[@crazyweirdgirl115]

@@johannageisel5390 maybe Amber was the communist leader all along...she will finally reclaim her identity and overthrow the Bourgeoisie oppressors

[@QuaseVingativa]

I know the goal of Jenny's outfit was to imitate Amber's signature look in the second movie but she just looks like the protagonist of a 2000's rom com and it's freaking adorable

[@jasongretencord3326]

I love the hat.

[@matman000000]

Maybe she'll have to take a business trip to her home city and fall in love with a handsome down-to-earth single father who's the perfect opposite of her current slimy cheating big city boyfriend.

[@IrishPippin]

@@yoinketd I'd love to see a romcom where he's starring!

[@DeynaAndSilaqui]

**She looks like the best friend of a protagonist in a 2000's rom com

[@ZeySpydre]

She's even wearing a pandora bracelet that's dedication.

[@ThunderTaker1215]

Andovian people: we’re starving and we have no jobs. Prince: let them eat snow cones

[@alisaurus4224]

Colorful, sickly sweet, with connotations of celebration and joy, but devoid of nutrients and unable to sustain a person for long. PERFECT ANALOGY

[@anikasonger3447]

I thought this said "let them eat pinecones" at first and I didn't bat an eye.

[@deen7530]

The Christmas Prince 4: Join The Revolution

[@jamesderiven1843]

You misread the reading of "Emily was a miracle." This being a Christmas-obsessed nation, clearly she was immaculately conceived, and is the Second Coming.

[@thirteenfury]

Well she does act like the reincarnation of Tiny Tim, hoping that everyone will see her and be reminded of the Christ Child who heals the lame so that they may walk and the blind may see.

[@e443productions9]

thirteenfury 🤯

[@sovietcanuckistanian]

Christmas Prince 3: Christmas Princess will be about Emily leading a theocratic revolution to finally take what she is owed.

[@rusted_ursa]

@@sovietcanuckistanian Emily is the Palpatine to Amber's Darth Vader.

[@elvellarambles9151]

James DeRiven You astound me!

[@luxlagerfeld]

I clocked that Pandora bracelet on your wrist. Nice attention to detail.

[@FSEThompson]

The second she mentioned Pandora I literally full-screened the video to get a closer look lmao great touch

[@staticoceans]

Plus the whole outfit

[@jojomonkey908]

*Pandora: The World of Avatar bracelet

[@Morgan-li8qy]

Im not sure if you mean actual pandora or disney pandora :world of avatar

[@neverlandnights]

I scrolled through so many comments to see if anyone else saw this.

[@yeethittter1285]

The fake rockin' around the christmas tree is like when you can hear a conversation but you're not focused on what they're saying

[@NuttyAsSquirrelPoo]

It sounds like this kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKWXdZmXacuCe7s

[@-L.S]

I was listening to this in the background and came back to read your comment and realize it completely fooled me

[@knoahbody69]

They followed the soundalike rule. Inversion of the melody, using the same chord progression is legal. Seriously, how do you not get the rights to an old song? That means there wasn't much potential in the movie.

[@iusethisnameformygoogleacc1013]

@@TheNickleChick Not a real thing, by the by. It's just the output of a shitty (or half-finished) Generational Adversarial Network, like those fake faces a facebook engineer posted ages ago. They were probably playing around with GANs, got this output and decided to pretend it had anything to do with strokes. Maybe they even convinced themselves it was true.

[@bookshelfhoney]

I've watched this video so many times that now when I hear the original rockin around the Christmas tree it sounds wrong to me because I'm more used to this version

[@AdmiralBonetoPick]

My jaw dropped when I saw the map of Aldovia in the third movie. I'd assumed Aldovia was like the size of Luxembourg, but no: it consists of the entire territory of Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Slovenia, Czechia, and even Constantinople/Istanbul. That gives it a population of some 70 million, and a nominal GDP of $1.2 trillion. Then we're told there's a risk of war breaking out between them and "Penglia", whose borders (the Caucasus states and southern Russia) encompass a population of just 35 million people and a nominal GDP of just $240 billion. What's more, the map shows that these two countries don't even share a land border, meaning Penglia (whose army seems to consist of Medieval Mongols on horseback) would have to mount a naval invasion across the Black Sea, against an industrialised nation with twice its population and five times its economic power. (And I presume Aldovia is also a member of NATO and the U.N., so could call on allies as well.)

[@alicedeligny9240]

And Aldovia doesn't have a subway, apparently. All of these lands, not one subway.

[@emyoswald]

I don’t even know if you’re being serious but I’m choosing to believe this because it’s amazing

[@MackenzieChandlerDunnavant]

I checked the map, they're telling the truth. My theory: Britain conquered the Balkans in an alternate Napoleonic Wars and the resulting territory seceded, and Aldovia was born.

[@aonairskies]

why would you say constantinople/istanbul...the official name has been Istanbul since the 1900s

[@SolarLune]

@@aonairskies Gonna guess because it's an alternate universe where Aldovia consumed these regions before 1930, when Constantinople changed its name to Istanbul in our universe?

[@elsie8757]

Do we ever find out what happened to Princess Emily's _real_ tutor?

[@Chipiliro613]

Murdered by the reporter's newspaper and her body stuffed in an alley. They really wanted that coronation story...

[@notnotkavi]

@@Chipiliro613 I think the reporter probably did it herself. Doesn't seem like the type to let others do the dirty work

[@ColdHawk]

Kavi Gupta - Some careful thought reveals why Amber has a penchant for wearing deep reds that will not show spatter.

[@bookchick0]

They couldn't afford a tutor, it was a Christmas miracle when one showed up

[@katichu]

I’ve been wondering the same thing lol

[@GeneralWarburg]

I'll never understand why all these fictional European nations have some sort of vaguely Latin or Greek based name but are always just England but with a more powerful monarchy.

[@kennethelliott7510]

Aldovia is a Baltic State that was colonized by the British in the 19th century. The ruling family brought over British families and appropriated land from the native slavs, after which they began a Christmas Genocide, working them to death in the Christmas Mines, collecting tin to make Christmas ornaments for the world. The field they always ride through is the site of the mass graves of the native population.

[@lemonferret]

Kenneth Elliott Liked for ‘Christmas Genocide’

[@domesticcat1725]

On a serious note, it's just what's familiar to yankees. English royals are on international news regularly as opposed to royals from Scandinavia/Spain/Belgium/Netherlands/Monaco/wherever who hardly ever do, or Saudi monarchs who only get on tv after extrajudicial executions or egregious war crimes. And latin-ish names are what you get when you try to come up with a foreign-sounding european-ish name ending in -ia

[@oneonly2762]

Who cares? Everyone knows the best fictional European nation is Latveria.

[@thomassullivan2491]

Kenneth Elliott The mass *Christmas graves

[@thebadpoet]

As a costume designer, the analysis of color was totally heart warming. Also, this place is definitely a Brigadoon style cursed country which appears once a year for the season of Advent, and vanishes again at Epiphany.

[@nineteenfortyeight6762]

The colors make the dialogue [mercifully] unnecessary! I'll watch it on silent. :)

[@MissPoplarLeaf]

The colors bit blew me away - in such a bland story, I wouldn't have expected such great color symbolism! Also then realized that Jenny's wearing the pink coat, blue scarf and grey beret

[@wjzav1971]

@@MissPoplarLeaf Sometimes, even in bad movies, there is still so much effort on the details that most of the movie goers will not even notice

[@GoldenPantaloons]

​@@wjzav1971 Haha the Christmas Prince costume design team was like the one kid who actually contributed to their D- group project.

[@omegailijevich4005]

coming back to this because i just watched The Princess Switch: Switched Again and the Christmas Prince couple appears in it, even though Vanessa Hudgens was seen talking about the movie Christmas Prince in the first Princess Switch. This means that in their universe Aldovia is real and Christmas Prince is a documentary. Much to think about.

[@Strannik01]

Probably less documentary and more like one of those unauthorized Lifetime channel specials.

[@sophiesantosE]

To this day, this still annoys me a lot xD

[@daneroberts1996]

So cinematic universe isn’t even a joke then 😂

[@bookshelfhoney]

I think they also mention aldovia in the knight before Christmas! AND in castle for Christmas which just came out with Brooke Shields, some characters from princess switch have a cameo. So there definitely is a Netflix Christmas movie cinematic universe...for some reason

[@lauraschofield9544]

Someone else who noticed! I'm far too happy lol

[@homeiswonderland]

And at 6:51 you can see their last name is Charlton, just a few letters away from the word charlatan, aka a person or persons who claim to have special knowledge or skill, but are in fact frauds! Which ties back to our theme...

[@elvellarambles9151]

homeiswonderland You win the internets

[@alisaurus4224]

Star Trek Theory there is a crime called simony!

[@ilexdiapason]

@@alisaurus4224 what the hell is the crime of simony

[@alisaurus4224]

*kas :* profiting from the sale of religious services such as pardons or blessings.

[@emyoswald]

I’m still not over “his royal hotness” and then we actually see Richard and I’m like.....what.

[@ThatWeirdo04]

He looks like if a loaf of white bread came to life

[@lxjoe96]

@ThatWeirdo04 fucking lmao

[@LifesNeverHumDrum]

Gotta give them this - he does look like British royalty in that regard.

[@quinnaddison420]

The first problem was they named him Richard

[@Lalaland666-k3x]

He looks like a Wonderbread loaf.

[@amjo6331]

PleaSE tell us youre covering the third installment, A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby. I simply must know how this affects the canon and continues the themes of facades

[@thetruth830]

I mean, in the third film, they actually change the "male bloodline" law, which is great, so maybe?

[@SiRenfield]

Yes the movie where even the menstural cycles of the Royal women align to give birth on Christmas. Which considering the coronations and wedding things, that little brat is gonna grow up VERY privileged to put it mildly Edit: I forgot the part where the plot is that they have to prevent going to fucking war over a stupid treaty in which they have to renew every century

[@FrigidQuail]

Was going to say the same thing! :p

[@lorikorda2629]

Here to say the same thing.... Also netflix's new Christmas Prince three-quel... The Princess Switch

[@Lucifersfursona]

@@SiRenfield I beg your fucking pardon Christmas Births. I wasn’t ready for Movie III the Christmas Births

[@boboblueblue2]

Time to watch a 2 year old, 30+min video about a sequel to a movie I have never seen.

[@riley.b.o]

lol,same

[@annaschaeffer3406]

Thought it was just me

[@BryanTheDirector]

Jenny's commentary is more entertaining than watching the actual movie would be.

[@Cdr2002]

Me

[@Lanai50]

This is the way

[@eyesofthecervino3366]

Plot twist: the king *DID* amend the constitution to allow Emily to rule: he just also hid that decree in an ornament with an obscure riddle leading to it. To the winner go the spoils.

[@AdmiralBonetoPick]

Lol.

[@daneroberts1996]

Pity his wife only found one of the ornaments, maybe he actually did get better at keeping secrets

[@Roman-eq7ed]

thats kinda shit id do on my death honestly lol

[@jdbeier8520]

I just imagine there is like hundred of ornaments amending the constitution for random people to rule. Like "We found another ornament the chef that retired 3 years ago is fifth in line now"

[@cam4636]

@@jdbeier8520 Find two ornaments at once, one says "The princess IS the heir to the throne" and the other says "The princess IS NOT the heir to the throne" and they have to figure out which is more recent

[@kapitankapital6580]

Simon's redemption arc is a comment on how the ruling class sets aside their internal struggles and pull together when their collective class interests are challenged.

[@vesperfromtheinternet5588]

oh THIS is the kind of commentary i love seeing

[@fossilfighters101]

+

[@ManicMercurianAstrology]

🤣

[@bonesandhearts5683]

Highly appropriate avatar

[@Lambda_Ovine]

It also shows how meritocracy is a phrase, as those who are theoretically qualified will not get power because of the petty squabbles of those already in power.

[@artevius]

A Christmas Prince III: A Christmas Guillotine

[@basiclarry6554]

that made me piss laugh omfg

[@dumpstercub2902]

A Christmas Coup

[@Desert_Rose_]

The Christmas Proletariat shall overthrow the Christmas Bourgeoisie and seize the festive means of production

[@fjz10706]

SKSKSKSKSK

[@toweypat]

"Let them eat fruitcake!"

[@kacektv9405]

To be fair to the people of his nation being given money to make it "Through the Holidays" in a land where the Holidays arent allowed to end is actually a pretty sweet deal

[@jackalobowaitthisnameistaken]

Universal basic income by way of a loophole, he really is the Christmas KING

[@adeleaslan8182]

I really hope this means he'll run out of money for himself and bring the royal family to financial ruin, aka not being able to afford Pandora bracelet's, leading to the final Christmas Prince movie, where Richard unfairly raises taxes too high and brings revolution unto him and his wife

[@bloodywonder16238]

Ok, but why was that color analysis so legit? Lol.

[@crazyweirdgirl115]

dang ikr it kinda blew my mind

[@serentique]

Because Jenny is amazing

[@sharkofjoy]

Im pretty sure the entire video started with the prompt "go insane with color analysis on something that definitely doesn't deserve it and retcon the reasons for the choices."

[@solarprogeny6736]

Everything was sarcastic and at the same time absolutely legit

[@isomeme]

That's what keeps me addicted to Jenny. She has an adorable ditzy-fangirl persona that makes her fun to watch, and then you suddenly realize that she's also an incredibly brilliant and insightful media critic. That incongruity makes her even more mesmerizing. I mean, we don't all watch 4+hour-long videos about defunct hotels by just anyone, right? 🙂

[@maddiedoes3571]

Bro the royal family name is literally "Charlton" which is basically a weird way of saying "Charlatan"

[@notwithoutpizza4702]

nice catch

[@maddiedoes3571]

@@notwithoutpizza4702 thanks

[@MisterTTG]

the cut back to Jenny at 22:40 where its revealed she's been cosplaying the whole video is such a startle, lmao

[@DaxianPreston]

She is even wearing the charm bracelet with the snowflake charm. I didn’t notice it until she was talking about it. @13:20 she even kind of points at it. Dunno if that was intentional.

[@kitkaty3]

Right?! I had to pause the video for a second and go '...hang on a minute... that's what you're wearing!'.

[@jackalobowaitthisnameistaken]

Editor Jenny strikes again

[@SLorraineE]

Yes!

[@Awesomeasumpta13]

He asks about Emily like he's expecting to find out she's adopted too, but does Richard not remember the queen being pregnant?

[@yusufkadar]

Now that you mention it, if they adopted Richard, wouldn't people be surprised because the queen wasn't pregnant beforehand?

[@Awesomeasumpta13]

@@justcuz2105 I don't think that's it, because it turned out she supposedly wasn't able to have children at all (until Emily, apparently).

[@alanfarnworth2802]

@@yusufkadar sunset beach, the tale of the smurf and the cushion

[@googleaccountgoogleaccount9860]

Lol the plot holes/missing information is what makes these movies the best Xmas films ever 😄

[@CanelaAguila]

I assume she used a fake belly with Richard?

[@CupOfCozy]

"Instead of keeping it in … the fire." I burst out laughing so loud there are dogs barking at the neighbors now.

[@iluvcamaros1912]

Christmas Prince 4: The Easter Revolution, Christmas Prince 5: The New Year's Republic, Christmas Prince 6: The St Patrick's Day Guillotine.

[@jakubsedlak2173]

Reminds me of my idea for the Frozen sequel... Frozen 2: The War of Succession

[@pookaghost9645]

they invite the irish diplomat to cut off his head to celebrate st patricks day

[@Cheerleader644860]

wow don't you think that's kind of mean to say considering he has a little sister

[@pookaghost9645]

@@Cheerleader644860 thanks for your concern! no

[@joefernandez8008]

Christmas Prince 7: Put That April Fool’s Head on a Spike

[@HiddenDarkHM]

Okay people do not give Jenny enough credit, the analysis of the costume color design in this movie is fucking EPIC. As someone who has done some costume study and taken some classes in it it was honestly a masterful discussion and I didn't even NOTICE that.

[@schoo9256]

It's amazing, clearly intentional which makes me think maybe the costume designer at least gets the true dystopian meaning

[@lukehauser1182]

That "color analysis" is brilliant - the critic should be the consultant

[@vi_cesario]

@@Julia-nl3gq clearly someone doesn't understand the deep, intricate storytelling of the Christmas Prince Cinematic Universe

[@sidhackney8831]

@@Julia-nl3gq What is your problem, overanalyzing inconsequential things for entertainment is the whole point of this channel

[@crepezzzzz]

@@Julia-nl3gq i enjoy watching this kind of video in my christmas pjs more than i would enjoy the actual movie this kind of content isn't for everyone, but that doesn't mean loads of people don't enjoy it !!

[@Safer7Sephiroth]

The pandora bracelet was an insult. Aristocracy is all about status, and by giving someone pedestrian jewelry it reaffirms that person's lower status, bonus points if the pleb doesn't get the insult.

[@Nyasferatu]

as we know from our dear Queen Bee Regina George, "Oh my God, I love your bracelet. Where did you get it?"

[@Awesomeasumpta13]

@@Nyasferatu "That is the ugliest f-ing bracelet I've ever seen in my life."

[@taoofjester4113]

I was hoping this was a sponsored video paid for by Pandora.

[@ColdHawk]

To fully understand the insult to Amber would require knowledge of what is a now all but forgotten scene cut from the final film. Emily, as a member of the royal family, does not simply “run out to the mall,” or even “just order on line.” All gifts from the royal family to employees among the palace staff are strictly handled exclusively (for obvious reasons) by the Head of Palace Protocol, who is… Mrs. Averille. Now do you see it? We have lost the scene in which Emily details her general specifications for the gift to Mrs. Averille, and so we miss the older woman’s expression of profound distaste for Amber which soon turns to gloating as she selects the gift itself from the Pandora website. Her chortle and softly delivered line, “Oh, _this_ will be a little gift for myself!” were some of Mrs. Averille’s best moments, adding a depth to the character that would have nicely set up her increasingly open conflict with Amber. That bracelet was an insult indeed! The irony is sharp and cuts in every direction. Emily trusts Mrs. Averille completely and is gratefully delighted with her selection of gift, knowing nothing of American Shopping Mall Culture. Amber being Amber, is genuinely appreciative, thinking to herself that Emily has terrible taste, because she is young and has been so isolated as a Royal, but believes that the girl has gone to great effort to find something uniquely American and this endears Emily to her forever. Mrs. Averille quickly realizes she has misjudged. Her insult has sailed over Amber’s head as intended but there is no satisfaction to be had because no-one amongst the nobility has any idea of the quality or monetary value of the charm bracelet. The Royals all appear to assume it was something Amber had requested - to remind her of Christmas at home in America. Having come to the understanding that everyone in the palace is oblivious to the real value of the gift, Mrs. Averille feels comfortable doctoring the accounts ledger and over-charging the Royal Family by an qegregious amount. She pockets the difference and treats herself a crate of a 43 year old Aldovian schnapps that has been aged in France. It is actually while drinking one of these precious bottles in the second movie that she hatches the plan to create a dilemma for Amber and the Prince regarding what jewelry Amber can wear in the royal portrait.

[@Misa.misato]

@@ColdHawk This is some villainess-isekai levels of backhanded insults and court scheming.

[@DPadGamer]

Now this is a cinematic universe I can get behind

[@ThimbleFox350]

can't wait for a christmas prince 3

[@mdr48371]

Did they have a mid-credits sting where they dissolved by the snap of Thanos?

[@caconutnuts]

Computer, load up Christmas Prince

[@8Makes1]

Holy crap, not to be that person, but I just changed your 2k likes to 3k!! I've never seen that happen before! Sorry 😅 And yes, I agree with your comment.

[@lyss9511]

Or the financial state of the country has been so thoroughly destroyed already that a Pandora bracelet IS very valuable, and a rare commodity in this universe

[@rancidkippa4589]

Yes, like Western music in a Soviet state

[@june4585]

Simon: "Hello, all." Zuko: "Hi, Zuko here." Ah, yes, the two best redemption arcs in their infancy

[@baguettegott3409]

Beloved icons, truly. Both of them.

[@heyscalefin]

"No, this is Patrick."

[@juanpauloarcillas7600]

@@heyscalefin Is this still the krusty krab?

[@egbertmilton4003]

Hey y’all, Scott here

[@juanpauloarcillas7600]

@@egbertmilton4003 what reference is that from?

[@Stonehawk]

the opposite of a funny bone is the dread sack, like your pancreas or your spleen. And it is not tickled, it is SQUEEZED. That really squeezed your dread sack.

[@seanperone449]

I nominate the adrenal glands for the title of dread sacks.

[@ColdHawk]

I think this ignores the role of the amygdala in attaching emotional valence to experience, particularly states of anxiety such as dread. I’d be good with, “squoze my ‘mygdala,” or such as a colloquialism....

[@toweypat]

I'm adding that to my vocabulary.

[@Gafafsg]

I hate when people squeeze my sacks :(

[@GoldenPantaloons]

​@@ColdHawk Good thought but too literal to mirror "funny bone" which, and granted I'm not a medical professional, isn't an organ that secretes mirth.

[@mk8371]

WAIT!!!!! In Netflix’s A Knight Before Christmas they reference Aldovia aka the country in the Christmas Prince movies as being a REAL PLACE!!!!!! They have the same acorn in the movie on their tree!! Does that mean magic and time travel can occur in the Christmas prince movies as well?! What does this mean if the universes are all connected !!!!!!

[@mk8371]

please this is all im thinking about

[@agusyesbean]

Furthermore, A Christmas Prince 3 shows a map that includes Belgravia (the setting for The Princess Switch) and they reference that they have gotten a new non-royal queen so I think the real question is: how many Vanessa Hudgens' exist in this universe?

[@jaredbumblecrum]

@@agusyesbean Vanessa Hudgens has D4C

[@jeonghansupremacist4354]

@@agusyesbean And we will have Princess Switch: Switched Again where another character made by Vanessa Hudgens will appear

[@Crick1952]

So A Knight Before Christmas is the Doctor Strange of this NCU (Netflix Cinematic Universe)

[@SpirusOfH]

This is like that episode of Community where Annie NEEDS to believe that the Dean is a genius filmmaker because otherwise she just wasted weeks of her life on his project

[@googleacount3611]

Lmao exactly

[@operationsoaringeagle6405]

"Have you by any chance heard of Stockholm Syndrome?" "Is it something that the dean created, because if not I don't care" One of the best episodes

[@mentallyunstable1926]

see also: the john lock conspiracy. for more information i recommend sarah z’s video

[@LiterallyMarieee]

Lmaooo I remember that episode

[@joefernandez8008]

Therefore, the Dean IS a genius and I will die defending his vision.

[@barrensuperhero6492]

i also love that richard says “the first snow of christmas is an aldovian sign of good fortune” as if snow during the winter is a rare, highly coveted occurrence and not something that presumably happens like multiple times every single year

[@horusreloaded6387]

In some countries, sure. But in others, you have to sacrifice people to get snow and good fortune

[@EcclesiastesLiker-py5ts]

I think it could be akin to the Japanese "first cherry blossom fall" celebration.

[@abidizzne892]

@@horusreloaded6387 like the southern us

[@Lolo50000]

If the royals live in Aldovia's equivalent of London, i.e. a city pretty far south with mildish weather, its relatively conceivable that they dont get snow every year even if the rest of the country is blanketed in it. This belief further supports Richards inability to rule as it demonstrates that he spends so little time away from the wealthy capital that he cant relate at all to the issues of the populous at large, making him unfit to effectively govern.

[@Spamhard]

Man idk where you are in England where snow falls multiple times every single year. Some years we don't get snow at all. I always assumed Aldovia was like... Scandinavia or someplace with that kinda heavy snow. Their accents are English, sure, but that's just to play into the whole Dickens Christmas movies, and handsome Royals image. But yeah, saying snow falling is a sign of good fortune when snow falls all winter is an odd one.

[@crcurran]

"...and unlike Richard, Simon can manipulate the muscles in his face to convey emotion.". Ok that made me burst in to laughter.

[@safabekr]

I couldn’t tell how much of the color theory analysis was satire because it was legitimately kind of fantastic.

[@melissasmith6762]

Satire? Looks like pretty basic crap to me.

[@sarahfrench113]

Melissa Smith Why the hate? What didn't you like about it? I'm genuinely curious.

[@melissasmith6762]

@@sarahfrench113 About the review? I didn't really say I didn't like it, although I realized later it's not to be taken seriously. I'm interested in real analysis.

[@konstance13]

@@melissasmith6762 Lol, real analysis of A Christmas Prince? Fluffy stuff like this doesn't provide a ton of material for serious philosophical and cinematic discussions.

[@justthetruth3950]

@@melissasmith6762 I guess it wasn't satire for the explaination of the first movie and Ambers color theory but it turned into satire when she talked about the second movie, because they totally dropped that in the second one, and I think Jenny was making fun of that hahaha

[@aurora5481]

Me, about to click on a 30 min take on a film I have neither seen nor spared a moment of thought to before this moment: _spill the tea sis_

[@moss6962]

mood

[@oof-rr5nf]

This is me when it comes to every video Jenny has ever made.

[@Preserbius]

The bit when Richard plays with the orphans instead of giving his fundraiser speech reminds me of an episode of MASH. Winchester donates some candy to a local orphanage for Christmas. Later he sees a soldier eating one of the candies, who says he bought them on the black market. Winchester angrily confronts the man who runs the orphanage, but it's then revealed that by selling the candy, which "would've brought the children great joy for a few moments," he was instead able to buy enough rice and cabbage to feed them for a month. Great moment, and Charles learns a lesson that it seems Richard really needs to.

[@itzakpoelzig330]

Love a good M*A*S*H reference!

[@biophype]

i have many questions about the process of buying and selling candy on the black market.

[@astrotrek3534]

@@biophype MASH takes place in Korea during the Korean war

[@jeremyud]

I can't believe you missed Amber's father turning into an entirely different person. Clearly it signified that Amber's sense of self has deteriorated to the point that she doesn't even realize that her father has been replaced by an imposter who looks nothing like him.

[@ColdHawk]

jeremyud - Have you ever heard of Capgras Syndrome? _[shudder]_ This is every bit the grim alternate-reality dystopia Jenny claims. The madness is just below the surface....

[@debbiemcpherson2426]

I like to think one of the other dads is a step dad. Her mom divorced and remarried before she died and both dads own a diner. They each own their own diner. They don't share one.

[@sylvy16]

@@debbiemcpherson2426 or they both share a diner and are secretly in love

[@debbiemcpherson2426]

@@sylvy16 Both men discover their bisexuality after their wife/ex-wife dies and develop a bond through their shared grief over the mom and their mutual love of their daughter. Amber doesn't accept her dads' relationship, which is why only one dad visits her at a time and they speak as if the other dad doesn't exist. It's not ideal. They want to visit as a couple. But they already lost her mom. They can't lose Amber too.

[@theteethburglar4716]

“Let them drink hot cocoa!” - Amber

[@missybarbour6885]

Underrated comment

[@luisf2793]

We'll start the beheading under the Christmas guitione, isn't that right maxamilion roseycheecks

[@ashikjaman1940]

Let them eat fruit cake

[@edstella]

I hope Jenny gets to the third film because I certainly am not watching it. But also, her characterization of Richard really reminds me of what all the historians in documentaries I watched on Tzar Nicholas the II of Russia say. Not necessarily a malicious man, but definitely not up to the task of ruling, spent most of his time with his family and loved his wife, ignored the growing unrest of the working people... Doesn't bode too well for the Christmas tzar.

[@scaper8]

That's something interesting that I hadn't thought about. Your right through. Almost every unbiased option says that Nicholas II was a good, decent, and loving man to his family and friends, and may have been a good aid to the people had he not been so consumed with his son's health; but he wasn't really cut out to run a country. Russia's really had this kind of problem a lot. Bad leaders that are either jusf not fit to run a nation, more concerned with their own needs, or a mox of both. Nicholas's grandfather, I believe, may be wrong on exactly how far removed from Nicolas II he was, was in the process of insinuating political reforms that would have helped the lower class and would have given them a voice in governance. Then he was assassinated by anarchists and his son cracked down of any social upheaval as a result. Stalin, a good third or more of the other Soviet leaders, Putin. The list goes on.

[@fossilfighters101]

The Christmas Communism

[@aswiftshift5229]

@scaper8 i wouldn't give him too much credit he still believed in the divine right of kings so even if he was planning to "give a voice to the people in governance" he would probably still ignore them and just not sing off on any of the duma's decisions to do so, that is if the duma were to do something like that which is highly unlikely .

[@FiddlebirdBlue]

That was my take on George W Bush when I was nine. I was a weird, morbid kid, and I made many adults very uncomfortable.

[@williamchamberlain2263]

I bet the Rasputin analogue is going to be wild in this cinematic universe; can't wait to see an upper-class sex cult played out through the medium of pastel costume pallettes and chintzy jewellery.

[@SarahE1982]

The Christmas Prince universe is crazier than you think. Not only do they watch it in Princess Switch but Richard and Amber actually show up in a cameo in Princess Switch 2. Plus there are references to it also being in the same world as Knight Before Christmas, Royal Treatment and Princess Diaries. Which means there's at least 4 Vanessa Hudgens and time travel exists.

[@bookcat123]

…I need a conspiracy board video mapping this out. 😂

[@jackalobowaitthisnameistaken]

*spits out hot chocolate I've been drinking while trying to figure out how to prevent a lower-class uprising* PRINCESS DIARIES???

[@seanthebluesheep]

Let’s all be fair though, “You don’t care... for tobogganing?” is absolutely scathing and should basically qualify the second film for a screenwriting Golden Globe by itself

[@Lexivor]

That line was how I knew that Leopold was the villain.

[@dangernoodledee111]

The way he says it with a little spin is just- perfection.

[@hipnhappenin]

How come every fictional country ends in -ovia?

[@ColdHawk]

hipnhappenin - Nun ovia bizness, that’s why!

[@elizabethlebeau866]

@@ColdHawk that was very clever! good job!

[@xRaiofSunshine]

@@ColdHawk Heeheeheeheeheehee 😁

[@ColdHawk]

Rooin Mahmood - Ania bizness neither!

[@ejedwards988]

Wakanda, Kandaq, Australia

[@oneofone210]

The writers of this movie need to get trapped in a island with Josh Hutchison

[@gammawolf3]

"It's not a plot hole. The royal family just had everyone involved killed" omg XD

[@xingcat]

You know, I am almost certain that your color theory on everyone's costumes is 100% exactly right, and I think that the costume designer is pretty awesome for doing it. Any time I direct a show, any costume designer who talks about color theory like that has my respect. I also like that you're wearing the unsaturated-but-hopeful look of movie #2, as if you're looking forward to #3. Just a note on color theory....her crown is a deep cranberry red, meaning there's good and hope in the royal family, but it was probably lost or forgotten about years ago, when the crown was made.

[@ColdHawk]

xingcat - I like to think the costume designer did it subversively without anyone involved noticing....

[@selty]

xingcat colour theory is a fundamental aspect in costume design. If you pay attention, most films and shows have it. Even if just to compliment the colour palette.

[@SomeRandomFangirl]

Honestly, this was my thought, too. A Christmas Prince is not the typical franchise to typically receive a deep dive analysis into its use of theme, symbolism and color. The Color Theory stuff is definitely in line with what a good costume designer will do. Regardless of the overall quality of the film, it is clear that there were professionals who performed their tasks to the best of their ability, and I'm glad that Jenny was able underscore these talents that would have otherwise gone unnoticed and unappreciated.

[@garypierce7380]

This is nuts! I had NO IDEA they were controlling our thoughts with color. Now I'll never be able to watch a movie without wondering what kind of mind control they're trying to pull on me with their color scheme.

[@rusted_ursa]

The whole color theory bit also makes Amber a better Anakin Skywalker than Anakin Skywalker.

[@SaltyScares]

I'm endlessly amazed at how I can listen to Jenny talk about movies I will never care about for30-50 minutes and still thoroughly enjoy it

[@healinggrounds19]

Books and movies I will never read or watch. But I LOVE her reviews of them!

[@charleynewman5057]

Yeah I watched her nearly hour long review of the Avatar theme park. Which I don't care about at all. I've never even been to a Disney park.

[@melissasmith6762]

Watching reviews about material you have no interest in is...stupid.

[@ColumineMiette]

Right! Now I want to see this movie! Preferably with my Grandma, and a cup of hot cocoa. XD

[@MrAdryan1603]

@@ColumineMiette gag

[@Hellooo134]

Like I was always say, instead of just complaining about problems in a movie, turn it into a theory.

[@Chipiliro613]

#LifeLessons

[@MammaMia]

It's not a plot hole! It's murder

[@elvellarambles9151]

Huh. I wonder if one could work Suicide Squad over by making it a theory.

[@vixxcelacea2778]

Possibly, but the editing is bad. Unless you're gonna say there is a glitch in the matrix type one. However, this movie seems to be purposefully cohesive in it's choices. Suicide Squad just seemed lazy and also looks like it may of gone through development hell. I like the idea of a theory maybe fixing bad movies, but at the same time, I'd rather people learn to make better movies. Or at least cohesive ones.

[@omershaik6374]

A FILM theory, thanks for watching

[@pippinnnn]

Princess Emily is literal royalty… in a $120 amazon wheelchair. Seriously, even my crappy wheelchair is better than that nightmare.

[@cam4636]

Had to save money for the royal Pandora bracelet

[@sylvy16]

i know right. could they not have done something to make it look nicer? or rented a better wheelchair, maybe even an electric one like royalty would use

[@iggyking6]

Princess Emily is the villain: she gave an outsider a piece of *pandora* jewelry in a jewelry box... which means Amber literally opened Pandora's Box. She forced a good-hearted individual to release evils into the world! D:

[@SaraH-jn5db]

WOAH

[@princesspattycakeswm]

Wooooahhhh

[@TheMotherofTacos]

Damn. The Christmas Prince cinematic universe has _layers._

[@Sleepy_on_the_moon]

Them layers man, you keep pulling them back but they just keep coming

[@pekhmrq]

The Christmas Prince is like an onion... it has layers

[@culwin]

If I saw an ornament that was a giant acorn, the firs thing I would do is try to open it.

[@PixieoftheWood]

I have an acorn ornament. It opens, and every time I see it I open it even though I know what's inside. Because it's an acorn, and I can open it.

[@djaevlenselv]

Is this, like, a _thing_ I don't know about, that people just like to open acorns, or are you two secretly squirrels that learned to understand English, and type on a keyboard, and somehow gained access to a computer with an internet connection?

[@quinnzykir]

Who wouldn’t

[@ashesanddiamonds2692]

Where do you guys bury your acorns? cos I found a great place to bury mine, by the old dead tree, near the Whitstable place - soft ground, no bears or pigs.

[@drowsiella]

I was eating some acorns the other day, just minding my own business. Then this big dumb DOG started chasing me! Can you believe it? This is a problem. I say we start a petition.

[@konstance13]

That "not Rockin Around the Christmas Tree" song made me uncomfortable.

[@trtx84]

Rhythmically Circling the Festive Topiary

[@yassi8814]

Andrew Welter topiary 🎄😆😆😆😆😆

[@troysmith159]

Jazzin' Near the Festive Shrub

[@amityislandchum]

Boppin' in Front of the Hanukkah Bush

[@princessadrigirl6774]

Yesssss

[@kellahanna-wayne4191]

I lost it when Richard ran out into the hedge maze like calling Amber's name, with the dramatic music and the camera angles indicating confusion and chaos. I was just imagining what that actually looks like without the cinema. Someone just running into a yard, mostly standing in place, looking back and forth for his fiance, confused that she isn't in this single location out of about a million places she could be.

[@patlee_eeltap]

dammit Jenny, I’m trying to get some sleep. you can’t keep tempting me with high-level analysis of low-level movies like this

[@pessimist9464]

same

[@joshliam1967]

Saame

[@hannahbunny2773]

Saaame

[@Gafafsg]

Saaaame

[@brianarendon111]

When Jenny gives you the gift of a new video and a Christmas themed one at that, you can’t not immediately take advantage of it 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@alidiaz2339]

when loving Christmas is your only personality trait

[@Serithe]

My mom feels personally attacked.

[@Ethan-nl2wg]

Serithe damn that’s sad

[@ThreadBomb]

@Star Trek Theory Your poor _feelings!_

[@incognitoburrito6020]

@Star Trek Theory When loving Christmas is your only personality trait

[@veg5bond]

Star Trek Theory no it’s sad

[@SilentEmilie]

I can't believe this movie wasn't made in the 2000s

[@JulianneHannes]

IT WAS!!! The Prince and Me starring Julia Stiles

[@MoreLikeMerMad]

The actress that plays Amber is in a Netflix show called iZombie and I genuinely wonder how that wasn't made in the 2000's every single episode. Maybe 2000's nostalgia is just her genre 😂

[@chriswhite2151]

The adoption certificate looks exactly like a Cabbage Patch Kids adoption certificate.

[@themarquis336]

Like who decided it should be horizontal like a primary school award instead of vertical like actual formal legal documents are? 🤣🥴

[@bogwife7942]

richard has the emotional range of a cabbage patch kid

[@tinamarina8983]

pretty disappointed Richard didn't run around looking for Amber then yell "Put out an Amber alert!"

[@ColdHawk]

Christina Rodriguez - Nice!!!

[@linkwannabe]

Simon says that at like, the height of some tense moment, and all music cuts out. It cuts to an over the shoulder pov from his perspective, and everyone is just leaning back and glaring at him

[@isabellaenriquez8546]

She analyzed the color theory of the movie. This is prime video essay parody.

[@SarahZ]

Fastest click of my life

[@Gum_goo]

Ay you made the Wendys video

[@presidenttheo565]

My two faves, love this

[@JennyNicholson]

Thanks Sarah, I love your vids!

[@billyweed835]

I love whenever it turns out two KZbinrs I like are fans of each other.

[@YumLemmingKebabs]

Vaguely politically left wing cultural analyst youtube cinematic universe when? Obviously Jenny would be Doctor Strange, and uh... Sarah would be... Spiderman I guess?

[@newbe1o1]

I just imagine the director of this movie watching this video and shouting, “SHE GOT IT! SOMEONE GOT MY VISION!!!” Great analysis. I really enjoyed this!

[@frutfly]

i'm not sure if this was mentioned in the video but it's also really interesting that the entire movie is so dark? in typical christmas movies every scene is contrasted to hell and its always warm tones to make it feel more cozy, but the christmas prince movies always have a grey and sullen atmosphere. like some scenes could've deadass came out of a horror movie based on how they look

[@mastermarkus5307]

That's ESPECIALLY noticeable on the outdoor scenes in the snow, where it looks like they were filmed at 6 am on a day with a lot of cloud cover.

[@tomemeornottomeme1864]

@@mastermarkus5307 It's preparing us for the last movie in the franchise: The Christmas Guillotine.

[@richardbourton4523]

this is so weirdly true, cause even the opening shots of The Big City (surely stock footage anyway) at 3:30 are colour graded to be very dull and dreary.

[@cam4636]

@@tomemeornottomeme1864 Vive l'Revolution

[@tomemeornottomeme1864]

@@cam4636 We wish you a Merry Christmas and a dethroned monarchy.

[@rupertBluza]

In the next sequels they should introduce other holiday themed countries to rival the Christmas kingdom. Stuff like Thanksgiving principality, Halloween republic or Easter island.

[@johannageisel5390]

Grand Duchy of Carnival

[@trolltoll2825]

The Kingdom Of Valentine's Population: Seemingly Everyone Else

[@ashesanddiamonds2692]

there actually is a Christmas island. they celebrate Diwali.

[@ThreadBomb]

They could introduce countries themed to holidays from other religions, and have Prince Richard lead a holy war to crush the infidels.

[@adamwarlock1]

Arbor Day Abbey. Now on PBS.

[@TheGhostPanel]

A Christmas Prince 3 fan speculation: Richard doesnt understand inflation and paid for that stimulus by simply printing more money. The movie begins after a post-revolution and is a loose retelling of Anastasia.

[@monkiram]

I haven't seen the movie but I was so shocked by this in her video analysis. I mean I didn't expect the movie writers/producers to have a degree in economics but is this not just basic common knowledge that giving every person a lump sum of money is meaningless at best and a huge economic disaster at worst?????? Economic collapse of Germany that lead to the Nazi regime anyone????

[@cocopluffs1127]

Will a small white talking bat and a decaying sorcerer be included?

[@micahwalton7389]

Considering the amount of people in the U.S. I see suggesting it all the time. I don't think it's common knowledge at all unfortunately.

[@TryinaD]

I assume the prime minister was forced to give back the money with a massive fine or something.

[@TheTlay101]

But is Rasputin going to be changed at all

[@geraintdearnley4464]

Guys I just finished watching the Christmas prince 5 and I can't believe that they actually did what they promised. The scene where princess Emily's chariot blows up because of the A.P.R (Aldovian peoples republic, the communist terrorist organization funded by Penglia which seeks to establish a social utopia at the royal expense) placing a bomb surprised me. I didn't expect them to kill a main character like that and the open casket scene after is heartbreaking. The jolly Christmas music during it all gave a chaotic atmosphere. I totally understand Richard's decision to purge the palace of traitors, including the head of guards, though I think hanging their hands and heads as tree ornaments was tacky. I'm happy you guys recommended it, thanks.

[@loveu8910]

Omg what is this real? I’ve only seen the 1st movie

[@itsirisii3901]

Just wait until you get to the sixth movie

[@geraintdearnley4464]

@@loveu8910 yeah man it gets wild in later movies.

[@deen7530]

Man, have you guys seen the tv show spinoff yet? It's set after Christmas Prince 6 and it's an incredibly heartbreaking look at the horrors of civil war. Not to spoil anything, but the atom bomb scene had me staring at the tv long after the credits rolled.

[@geraintdearnley4464]

@@deen7530 dude I seriously want to but I watched the first episode and found the sudo erotic romance between the two twin kings, Richard and William so wierd, like did the filmmakers have to throw in their wierd fetishes

[@SpaceLilies]

Riots? A general strike? Can’t wait for the next movie where all the main characters get their heads chopped off and Aldovia is under workers’ control!!

[@camzoman]

And it's still just alternating between the revolution and them doing fun christmassy things.

[@funkoxen]

and when the revolutionaries finally invade the palace and murder everyone, THEY start drinking egg nog and tobogganing. it'll be just like animal farm.

[@SpaceLilies]

funkoxen Oh no, the Aldovian workers’ state will never degenerate!!

[@AlbinoTuxedo]

Christmas Prince 3: The Aldovian Commune

[@MajesticWorld19]

Seize the means of Christmas cheer

[@Machouseproductions]

Here's my cool new OC. Her name is Emily and she's a princess. She looks like Shirley Temple and is also an expert hacker and archer. Don't call her a Mary Sue also pls don't steal.

[@Liz-lq8hw]

Also she's a demon and can talk to ghosts

[@Mecharnie_Dobbs]

Can someone be a Mary Sue if they're not the main-character or the cool villain?

[@aj7058]

@@Mecharnie_Dobbs Emily is definitely a cool villain origin story. Kept from the throne by archaic laws that were easily changed for her brother? Like that isn't gonna leave her feeling rejected and hungry for power.

[@emyoswald]

A J When her sister in law becomes pregnant, the parliament decides that the rules of succession need to be changed immediately (for no reason, none at all, nope), and female children are thereafter allowed to inherit the throne. Embittered by the refusal of her family to have lobbied for this at her own birth, she hatches a devastating plot to bring an end to her older brother and his family, and ascend to her rightful place as queen.

[@MusicoftheDamned]

@@Mecharnie_DobbsIn theory yes, it is just that is ever seldom the case with Mary Sues | Gary Stus given by their nature the plot tends to revolve around them. Also such a character being only a side character tends to blur the line between whether they are a Mary Sue or just a convenient plot device.

[@paulmitchum8658]

The young princess has access to Pandora brand jewelry because the precious metals are mined by slaves and assembled in sweatshops in Aldovia, for export to the US.

[@dgray7537]

So Aldovia is in Thailand?

[@jordanryanfilmmaking]

It is Thailand in every month but December

[@ThreadBomb]

Come for the lady boys, stay for the eggnog!

[@oooiluvpancakesooo7781]

Jenny. There’s a third movie Jenny. Jenny . . . I need that review Jenny . . .

[@MartijnPennings]

I've heard there's a Patreon exclusive video where Jenny reviews it. Seriously considering becoming a Patreon supporter now...

[@matman000000]

The entire series is inspired by the fall of Russian monarchy. A weak, inexperienced monarch hiding from the misery of his country in the luxurious celebrations of royal lifestyle. In the upcoming movie, the Aldovian People's Army seizes control over Aldovia and the protagonists are executed by a firing squad. Only princess Emily manages to escape, hiding from the dictator's assassins for the rest of her life.

[@Chipiliro613]

I tingle at the thought.

[@xRaiofSunshine]

Where she loses her memory and ends up in an orphanage until she's 18 to travel with two con men to find her biological family before fighting off a decaying sorcerer. ........wait....

[@ThreadBomb]

It also parallels the French Revolution.

[@matthewsawczyn6592]

@@ThreadBomb They should do a musical, and put it on Broadway for decades

[@aaaaaaaaa26810]

I'd watch this sequel...

[@garrettrobinson3826]

I need a redbubble sticker that says "I have made... A numbered list."

[@ColdHawk]

I need a white, oval sticker for my bumper that says “ADV” as you do....

[@rjsouthworth5246]

So in the first movie the security guy just assumes Amber is the new tutor and let's her in without frisking her or asking for identification or anything? Apparently it's easier to become a tutor for the Aldovian royal family than to get on a plane at any given airport in the world.

[@RianeBane]

No, he was actually a traitor and part of a plot to let an assassin into the castle, disguised as a tutor, to kill the prince.

[@blarg2429]

@herr haller When fiction is well put together, breaks from reality of this sort (i.e., drastic failures of common sense) are minimal or absent. If you think the excuse you've given for the film is valid, then I'm sorry to inform you that you simply have poor taste and are accustomed to poorly-written media. Also, KZbin has several options for adding emphasis to text (these being _italics_ and *bold,* if you didn't know), plus CAPS-LOCK IS CRUISE-CONTROL FOR COOL and all that; as such, there's no reason to abuse inverted commas the way you did. They're quite simply not for the thing you're using them for, and while I'm usually not a linguistic prescriptivist it still doesn't help me take you seriously. (One might argue that children's media should be exempt from the above statement re: breaks from reality. While I admit the leeway in that regard _can_ be greater, for the most part I'm inclined to think that most children's media is just not as high-quality as stuff aimed at older audiences tend to be. Conversely, things like magic are absolutely fine as long as the setting is internally consistent in its rules. Oh, and there are of course also works where the violation of basic common sense is the point, including most comedies on some level; that's fine, but isn't what we're talking about WRT the Christmas Prince.)

[@rjsouthworth5246]

@RianeBane Then he was still lousy at his job, for not checking that she was actually the assassin!

[@alisaurus4224]

Richard Southworth good thing the real new tutor never shows up!

[@ShadowSonic2]

Ironically, he is revealed to be a bad guy in the 3rd movie.

[@salted_seaz]

Another reason for the makeup issue is because they usually actually shoot Christmas movies in summer when it’s exceptionally hot. there was a hallmark movie shot in my hometown and they covered whole downtown in fake snow

[@alisaurus4224]

They tell actors to pretend-shiver while they’re sheened in sweat from cozy layered costumes, which can make those who overdo the shivers look dopesick

[@katiebugg311]

@@alisaurus4224 this comment is too underrated lol

[@jackalobowaitthisnameistaken]

@@alisaurus4224 That explains why they need snow gif over every scene that they don't bother to stagger so it looks like the snow keeps falling the same way between cuts.

[@raycearcher5794]

Aldovia never really recovered from Soviet occupation during the Winter War. The national obsession with Christmas is a sort of massive nationwide denial. Half the houses are still just ruins behind their merry facades, and most people's backyards are just mass graves hastily covered with rubble and old Christmas trees. Aldovia's only successful business is a Christmas Ornament factory that also stamps assault rifles for Heckler & Koch.

[@ColdHawk]

Rayce Archer - damn funny!

[@Safersephiroth777]

Nice!

[@ejedwards988]

As funny as this is there's probably a province of the eastern block that's really like that.

[@sharonspears-mandeville2369]

Keto•tic hmm,seems legit

[@toweypat]

LOL

[@erinw.9256]

The lighting in the movie is pretty cold and grim as well, which just doesn't feel Christmasy.

[@guilhermeshiba3135]

@Star Trek Theory you actually thought the review was serious?

[@Ziaberry]

Right? The sled scene where they have a snowball fight just looked so depressing, like something from a horror movie when something bad is about to happen

[@erinw.9256]

Star Trek Theory Wtf is the war on Christmas lol

[@notrdy4thisjelly546]

The oppressed will consume the Christmas prince as if he were a Christmas ham

[@ijneb1248]

**Slaps keyboard for 3 seconds** "I'm in"

[@BradTheAmerican]

@@ijneb1248 "Well if they're in, then I'm out."

[@caesertullo1824]

Jenny must have been godlike at essay writing in college.

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

I thought I was great at it, but Ive realized Im the Prince Richard of essay writing. An unqualified pretender

[@Practicalinvestments]

Lmaoo that reminds me of the super nice super smart smokin hot chick I sat beside in english class in hs that let me copy off her n shit 😂 god bless her lol or I woulda never graduated

[@peterg1664]

@JustANobody Stop being a disgusting pervert

[@idrabohm3678]

She knows how to entertain, but to be honest the skillset for writing a college essay is a bit different. Not sure all the old professors would appreciate her tangents or sense of humor.

[@idrabohm3678]

@@bunhee231 I have no idea if she has the skill-set. She's probably a very good essay writer, in fact, but because the skillset doesn't translates 1 to 1, I don't think we can automatically say she's "god-tier" at technical/academic writing just based off her (very enjoyable) youtube videos/video essays.

[@andreshernandez5972]

0:00 Intro and the Basics 1:43 1. An Entire Christmas Country 4:20 2. The Line of Succession 10:09 3. Worn makeup hides the truth about this dystopian wasteland 12:28 4. The Bracelet, a Pandora's Box of Clues 16:13 5. Simon, the true heir 19:02 6. An Examination of the Existential Horror of the Royal Wedding Fairy Tale 21:11 7. Color Theory 25:40 8. Richard, the Fraudulent Christmas Price ("Dull and unqualified") 31:18 The true meaning of Christmas

[@Chipiliro613]

You da real MVP.

[@JohnSmith-bg2yu]

thank you for the index op

[@MisterHPlays]

Jenny I want you to know you've inspired me to make a Dungeons and Dragons campaign in Aldovia

[@donqueshot2217]

John Howard I know this is an old comment but I kind of want to know how it went.

[@LexaNightcore]

I'd pay good money for that campaign

[@DarthSylar12]

I too am inspired by the nightmare that is this Christmas country! Full of intrigue, deception and cocoa

[@MisterHPlays]

@@donqueshot2217 I actually haven't started yet. My group was already about level 8 in their current campaign, so I'm happy to take the extra time to learn about Aldovia. There might even be another movie to use by the time we start!

[@Snagabott]

@@MisterHPlays I looked at the map and estimated the country at about 120 million people with a GDP of around 1.6 trillion USD. How does that mesh with your impression? (and yes, I realize that means the prime minister was raking in some serious cash)

[@stoirtap12]

I'm sure there's some film producer watching this video screaming at the screen: "Yes, someone finally gets it!"

[@QUEERVEEART]

The amount of time i had to pause the video for and stare at that pandora charm to see that it was an ANGEL and not a headless gold torso was so incredibly longer than it needed to be...

[@notwithoutpizza4702]

it’s not?

[@jadesfire7920]

I watched this video at least five times over the course of several months before I figured that out

[@hazeldavis3176]

I thought it was a Dalek for ten minutes straight.

[@1baltimoron]

“I would say this was recklessly irresponsible, but I can’t deny that it does put me in the Christmas spirit”

[@Aardydarling]

I read this at the exact same time it played

[@FiddlebirdBlue]

I am going to spend the rest of my life waiting for an opportunity to make that quip.

[@eandeable]

the top two things me and my girlfriend would change about this movie: 1. Amber is Frozening him all along and she just actually betrays him for the scoop 2. When they ask Amber about her Christmas traditions she's like "oh, um... actually, we're Jewish"

[@Cameron368]

Let’s throw in an added twist, Aldovia were allied with the wrong countries in WWII

[@richardbourton4523]

I love ‘Frozening’ as a verb! Also ties in with deception and facade.

[@MrHendrix17]

@@Cameron368 hence the seeming neglect of the working class. History of opposition from the Communist USSR has lead to a deep distrust of unions and worker rights among the ruling class

[@mastermarkus5307]

@@MrHendrix17 I don't like how much sense that makes for this fictional country.

[@autobotstarscream765]

Is that second one from The Dictator? 😂

[@thomoclock]

jenny single handedly saved christmas for me, thank you

[@samuraijack5919]

I'm glad to hear, Merry Christmas

[@thomoclock]

@@samuraijack5919 merry christmas!

[@SomeIcelandicDude]

The unqualified King getting the position instead of his smarter brother felt really realistic to me.

[@PavarottiAardvark]

I love the idea that the one person genuinely on the ball was the wardrobe person and that the colour thing was deliberate.

[@star3catcherSEQUEL]

>montage of the royals talking about the struggles of poor people and then running off to have Christmasy rich people fun Do you want a French Revolution? Because this is literally how the French Revolution happened.

[@KeyLimeadeish]

Oh man can't wait for Christmas Prince 3: Let them Eat Fruitcake

[@randomgirlxrulz]

@@KeyLimeadeish Underrated comment

[@rosesweetcharlotte]

Well, not exactly during Christmas. It was more of an Easter revolution.

[@suddenllybah]

@@rosesweetcharlotte Was French eternally in Easter?

[@operator8014]

Nuh-uh! The Drench Revolution didn't happen in Aldovia!!!

[@Chandasouk]

This movie cracks me up a lot. Amber gotta prove she's down to earth by always wearing Chucks lol

[@haleywagner2827]

Chandasouk It’s literally every quirky teen girl going to prom😂

[@idkwashitape178]

UwU she's not like other girls

[@funkoxen]

but she is just like you.

[@czarpeppers6250]

I'm sort of cringing at myself now for wearing chucks with a tux to my grad back in high school.

[@aonairskies]

Not like other girls

[@pokemongo-up3rq]

I'm just imagining a war movie about these fictional countries, but all the bunkers have festive lights hung up and 'Jingle Bell Rock' plays over the battles.

[@GrndAdmiralThrawn]

Weirdly enough, their Christmas Truce actually happens at Easter

[@juliamavroidi8601]

Not Jingle Bell Rock, the weird knockoff version from the intro

[@cam4636]

war is hell