i can't believe it's been like a year and a half since i last spoke on ed ed nettie but sometimes
that's just how it'd be but for today we are revisiting the series for its christmas special at
ednetty's jingle jingle jangle a very anti-holiday holiday special that'll make more sense once we
get into the story of the episode we are coming to the end of our journey of fringe miss here on the
channel as we only have one more christmas special to speak about releasing on christmas and trust me
you don't want to miss that but for today i wanted to speak on a christmas special
that makes me feel more indifferent about the holiday the more i watch it and try to
find the spirit of christmas within it and in case you aren't familiar with fringe miss
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we start our venture with snow falling onto the cul-de-sac with johnny drawing a tongue onto
planks so they can catch snowflakes which leads into a special intro so you know it already has
my attention regardless it just shows me that the episode is a bit more special than most
a car pulls away from a house as inside we see eddie running around dressed as a burglar
looking for his presence as his parents have left he eventually finds the presents
underneath the floorboards so he carefully maneuvers the present deconstructing it so
no one would be the wiser that he took a peek inside but only for the first box as for the
rest of them he just destroys completely as it turns out all the presents contain clothes not
in particular clothes that would be considered cool or at least cool enough for eddie standards
and in his fit of rage and disappointment his flashlight gets knocked over to shine directly
onto a mirror which we all know what that means alright it casts a reflective light back that
now shines into the night sky as if it were the north star ready to guide some people through
the night anyway everyone's favorite mouth soar trio the canker sisters takes notice
of this now brightly shining symbol of bad behavior and sour attitude gleaming in the sky
and they all decide to investigate it by heading in its direction no that doesn't mean they just
went straight up into space which is where stars would be they all just began to traverse the land
depicting the imagery of the story of the three kings guided by the star of bethlehem
now over at ed's place he destroys literally his entire house moving his chimney into his room as
he gets ready for santa he sets up a nice little seat for him to sit and some maybe take some milk
sarah comes barging in questioning what in the world he's doing before handing him
our stocking demanding that he makes sure santa sees it and after some knocking sounds occur
and ed thinks that it's santa politely asking to come down the chimney he realizes that it was just
double d outside of his window here to wish him a merry christmas who after being squeezed through a
window losing his winter drip brought ed a flower yeah sure whatever and ed wants to thank him with
a big old hug reluctant at first mainly due to the stench ed has gives in and just accepts the fate
heading his way eddie also comes over who is very grumpy and exclaims that he hates christmas while
simultaneously ruining the setup that ed got ready for santa he tells double d what he did with his
presence and double d nearly cries over the fact of the trust factor between kid and parents being
broken he tries to tell eddie the real meaning of christmas and the spirit of the holiday with how
it's not about the material aspect of it all but he's well that's my utter you're touching
eddie now wants to be adopted into a different family one in which that will give him presents
primarily not in the closed variety so he now stops over at johnny's place where for some
reason all the snow around his house is completely gone johnny answers the door dressed as jack frost
and plank as mr snowflake and decide to let eddie in to come in and celebrate the holidays with them
after eddie's ridiculous story of how santa is going to be leaving his presence over at johnny's
now but now inside yeah we can see where all that snow went as the entirety of his house is covered
in snow and ice and johnny and his family have it as their tradition of bringing winter inside
so eddie finds some present popsicles and asks for an ice pick to break it out but plank don't
mess around whispering into johnny's ear where now a lever is pulled sending eddie speeding down an
underground slide labyrinth like it's mario 64 all over again it eventually leads him to being flung
out of the house as johnny tells him that they were both on to him the entire time and won't fall
for his scheme but that doesn't stop our little eddie here who now ends up at rolf's who at first
isn't falling for anything eddie has to say until he tells another story for sympathy
in which finally gets him inside of his house to take part of their family traditions these
traditions however are pretty different we get a whole musical number about it there had to be some
musical aspect to it eventually for a holiday special eddie goes along with it as much as
possible until he finds out their traditions don't equate to presents being given so he just up and
leaves double d however wants to get through to eddie about his actions and wants to help him turn
his attitude and outlook around for the spirit of christmas he starts to work out a plan with ed but
in the meantime eddie ends up at nasa's place who lets him in and is being particularly flirty with
him even going as far as to hold up a mistletoe but right before the mistletoe moment he spits
out his drink all over and has in nervousness which promptly gets him kicked out we check
back in with the canker sisters who are still just traveling for some reason even though it usually
never takes them this long to get from their trailer to the cul-de-sac but it is what it is
in fact they even find some odd items along the way like some wieners and pennies as well as the
cult so you know the things are going well it seems for them a present now lands in front of
eddie but it's attached to a rope that pulls it away causing eddie to chase it all the way
up to a tree where it turns out to be some sort of intervention with double d playing an angel trying
to speak some sense and truth into eddie but without saying a word eddie just destroys their
whole setup steals double d's wings and heads out to the next place jimmies now wearing those
said wings he pretends to be a christmas angel and with all this excitement now jimmy lets him in the
house and gets really ecstatic about showing him his gingerbread village that he had spent a long
time putting together as a display eddie notices one problem though there isn't any presence
around but there sure is a heck of a lot of food okay now that's something i can get behind but
not for eddie here although when jimmy leaves to use the restroom for a moment upon returning
finds that eddie well he ate the whole gingerbread display causing jimmy to get extremely upset and
calls in some backup sarah now over there throws eddie right out of the house and right through
a snowman eddie now is desperate to find some form of presence so he pleads at kevin's door
to let him in adopt him blah blah blah the usual stuff he's been saying leading him to try and
even break into the house kevin eventually opens the door after some more begging and he gives in
and gives eddie one of his presents and inside was a knuckle sandwich with eddie's name on it
classic kevin now with all of his options exhausted he sees everyone inside different
houses embracing the company of others and seemingly having a great time as he's just outside
alone left to wallow with his own misery in the cold in his sadness and self-loathing he walks and
walks and walks throughout the winter tundra i'll refrain from making the spiral reference again
oops looks like i just couldn't help myself he stumbles upon a christmas tree sitting alone
with one of the lights on it not working so when digging in his pockets he happens to have an extra
light that he uses to replace and fix it it then begins to start glowing brighter than usual uh-huh
yes that's right uh by the tree up by nasa's house if you could come back oh excellent thank you
i know they're in there hello hello double d and ed come over to congratulate him for doing that
as it was an unselfish gesture that would result in no benefit for eddie to do double d goes on to
explain that this feeling that eddie is feeling right now for doing so and how it was in the vein
of what the season is all about in fact they are joined by everyone from the cul-de-sac who
have now come to the tree to celebrate the season together in a nice touching finale as santa flies
overhead dropping a sack of presents with all of their names on it i would say it's a nice ending
albeit a little morally skewed based on one small selfless thing being done after such a marathon
of pure on degeneracy but that's not where our story ends as eddie then takes the whole
sack of presents for himself and runs off with ed and double d in hot pursuit of him he tries
hiding in rolf's shed but the door is quickly knocked down by ed's battering ram overhead
so now it's a battle of the presence which results in them flying out of the shed and landing back
in front of the kids of the cul-de-sac but just before the night is over the canker sisters show
up with everything turning into the rest of the three kings story who followed the star to bring
presents to baby jesus in the manger yes somehow they unintentionally recreated the nativity scene
the canker sisters then try and kiss the ed boys like usual against their will but the other kids
just sing christmas carols as we depart from this holiday special yeah this one is a weird one for
sure as this being another cartoon network-based property christmas special it definitely sets a
tone all its own that isn't what you'd expect for the season in fact this episode much like
the show can get sometimes goes way out of its way to point out and showcase the negative side
of behavior during the season following eddie's descent into selfish madness that by the end of it
results in nothing close to a decent moral being taught despite the effort that double
d wanted to go through to help him find the real spirit and i think why this episode sticks out
for so many people is because this bad natured based episode within a show that often is about
bad natured things schemes tricks the pursuit of success no matter the people that get steamrolled
over in the process look the list goes on but it somehow feels even more bad natured
than usual the show has never been one that focuses on the good in morally bankrupt characters
yeah ed usually doesn't know any better double d at least tries to be the best person he can be
but eddie well it's very rare that i can empathize with his behavior here is no different in fact
here it's worse than ever the acts of unkindness and complete selfishness result in a very mean
spirited holiday special but why that's not a bad thing is that it's not glorified or rewarded
in any way that's why we get the fake out of the presents being given after one small act of being
selfless and then it gets quickly disregarded for an even more messed up tactic eddie was
trying to pull by the end of it if anything this episode highlights why it's bad to do
these things it only results in feeling awful and being left out and at the end of the day
left with nothing and no joy it doesn't make me feel in the spirit at all though for a holiday
special with no real push for the good in the christmas spirit it stands out as an interesting
take on how to do a holiday special but in that example it doesn't fill me with joy in any way
for the season i kind of just feel a bit more jaded in a way i don't know i do like this episode
heck i love the show even when it does get really mean-spirited at times but here in the holiday
special during the season as i'm looking for that joyous feeling it just didn't do it for
me but let me know your thoughts on this episode or hack the show in general in the comments below
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