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Watch this when
Jingle All the Way
They didn't want the toy. They wanted you there. 🎄
Who it's for
Under the slapstick is a familiar ache: a parent so busy with work that he keeps missing the moments that matter, then tries to fix it with a gift.
Guilty→Reconnected
Feelings it meets
What it is
Howard Langston, a workaholic mattress salesman in Minneapolis, keeps letting down his wife Liz and young son Jamie, and misses Jamie's karate graduation. To make up for it, he promises to get Jamie the season's must-have toy, a Turbo-Man action figure, only to discover on Christmas Eve that every store is sold out.
Where to find it
Disney+ (availability varies by region); also to rent or buy digitally.
Before you start
Heads up: Slapstick fights and a child in mild peril.
Age: PG
the best way out is always through.Robert Frost, “A Servant to Servants,” North of Boston
