History YMMV / TheChristmasTree

** Also, Judy could easily have reported Mavilda to the mayor as soon as Mavilda lost the money in that poker game - it's not like Mavilda could have hidden the fact that she hadn't bought any new clothes or toys like the mayor told her to do upon any actual inspection. The film does make a slight effort to justify this by having Mavilda threaten to evict Judy and her children if word of the abuse gets out... never mind that Mavilda will have no authority to do so if she gets fired, as she almost certainly would.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The Mayor. He only makes the barest effort to ensure the childrens' wellbeing, and could probably have found out about the embezzlement and child abuse if he'd done more than just take a look at two children wearing nice clothes. Furthermore, when he figures out the truth, his first question is "what if the inspector were to come?", which makes him seem [[ItsAllAboutMe very self-centered]].

* {{Anvilicious}}: "You always win when you are good."

** "Here goes the children's money again!"

* UncannyValley: The movie spends its entire running time jumping into and out of the valley, especially with that godforsaken ''blinking.'' Many of the movie's scenes show absolutely no movement when the characters are on screen. Except for the fucking blinking - it's rather unsettling. On top of that are the eyes - they attempt to go for irises rather than just black dots, but they don't actually use any color for them. They're black corneas and gray irises, which are just... unnerving.

* HamAndCheese: Whoever did the voice of Mrs. Mavilda was clearly having fun with her role.

* SoBadItsGood: Some people have referred to this as ''Film/TheRoom'' of Christmas specials, what with everything being so badly done that it's hilarious. However, unlike ''The Room,'' [[https://collinwatchesmovies.wordpress.com/2016/12/02/the-christmas-tree/ there may have been some deliberate intention]] on making this movie horrible, making it more akin to a cinematic {{Trollfic}}.

** What little legitimate emotion shown by Judy after being reunited with her [thought then to be dead] daughter is ruined by (to quote WebSeries/TheNostalgiaCritic) [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150520102907/http://kenbrasai.tumblr.com:80/image/71347030976 "The creepy Coke Santa ad"]] showing up for a couple of seconds ''right in the middle of the scene''.

** What little legitimate emotion shown by Judy after being reunited with her [thought then to be dead] daughter is ruined by (to quote WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic) [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150520102907/http://kenbrasai.tumblr.com:80/image/71347030976 "The creepy Coke Santa ad"]] showing up for a couple of seconds ''right in the middle of the scene''.

* UncannyValley: The movie spends its entire running time jumping into and out of the valley, especially with that godforsaken ''blinking.'' Many of the movie's scenes show absolutely no movement when the characters are on screen. Except for the fucking blinking - it's rather unsettling. On top of that are the eyes - they attempt to go for irises rather than just black dots, but they don't actually use any color for them. They're black corneas and gray irises, which is just... unnerving.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: The movie was released in 1991, but considering how awful it's production values are, it could easily pass as something from the 1960s.
* UncannyValley: The movie spends its entire running time jumping into and out of the valley, especially with that godforsaken ''blinking.'' Many of the movie's scenes show absolutely no movement when the characters are on screen. Except for the fucking blinking - it's rather unsettling. On top of that are the eyes - they attempt to go for irises rather than just black dots, but they don't actually use any color for them. It's black corneas and gray irises, which is just... unnerving.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The Mayor, at least among {{WebVideo/Phelous}} fans, due to the latter's portrayal of him as the [[TheDitz scatterbrained]] cousin of fellow Darkhorse [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeastGolden1992 Old]] [[FountainOfMemes Man]].

* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Is Judy's son named Pappy or Happy? Either way, ''why''?

* SoBadItsGood: Some people have referred to this as ''Film/TheRoom'' of Christmas specials, what with everything being so badly done that it's hilarious. However, unlike ''The Room,'' [[https://collinwatchesmovies.wordpress.com/2016/12/02/the-christmas-tree/ there was some deliberate intention]] on making this movie horrible, making it more akin to a cinematic {{Trollfic}}.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The Mayor, thanks to {{WebVideo/Phelous}}.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The Mayor, thanks to [[WebVideo/Phelous]].

* {{Anvilicious}}: "You always win when you are good".

** Also, Judy could easily have reported Mavilda to the mayor as soon as Mavilda lost the money in that poker game - it's not like Mavilda could have hidden the fact that she hadn't bought any new clothes or toys like the mayor told her to do upon any actual inspection. The film does make a slight effort to justify this by having Mavilda threaten to evict Judy and her children if word of the abuse gets out, never mind that Mavilda will have no authority to do so if she gets fired, as she almost certainly would.

** A good 90% of Lily's lines are [[TheUnintelligible impossible to understand]] due to utterly baffling BabyTalk. You can tell that she's voiced by a little girl who only recently learned how to talk...''[[TropesAreNotGood and that's not a good thing]]''.

* SoBadItsGood: Some people have referred to this as ''Film/TheRoom'' of Christmas specials, what with everything being so badly done that it's hilarious. However, unlike ''The Room'' [[https://collinwatchesmovies.wordpress.com/2016/12/02/the-christmas-tree/ there was some deliberate intention]] on making this movie horrible, making it more akin to a cinematic {{Trollfic}}.
* UncannyValley: The movie spends its entire running time jumping in and out of the valley, especially with that godforsaken ''blinking.'' Many of the movie's scenes show absolutely no movement when the characters are on screen. Except for the fucking blinking - it's rather unsettling. On top of that are the eyes - they attempt to go for irises rather than just black dots, but they don't actually use any color for them. It's black corneas and gray irises, which is just... unnerving.

* SoBadItsGood: Some people have referred to this as ''Film/TheRoom'' of Christmas specials, what with everything being so badly done that it's hilarious.

** What little legitimate emotion shown by Judy after being reunited with her [thought then to be dead] daughter is ruined by (to quote WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic) [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150312154305/https://kenbrasai.tumblr.com/image/71347030976 "The creepy Coke Santa ad"]] showing up for a couple of seconds ''right in the middle of the scene''.

** What little legitimate emotion shown by Judy after being reunited with her [thought then to be dead] daughter is ruined by (to quote WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic) [[http://kenbrasai.tumblr.com/image/71347030976 "The creepy Coke Santa ad"]] showing up for a couple of seconds ''right in the middle of the scene''.

* MoralEventHorizon: The climax suggests that Mrs. Mavilda would not have hesitated to chainsaw through the wall of ''people'' [[WouldHurtAChild (including children)]] trying to guard Mrs. Hopewell.

** The plot would have been over before it began if the mayor (who is not in any way supportive of Mavilda's abuse) took more than a passing glance at the children before handing his huge bags of millionaire duck currency to Mavilda.

** What little legitimate emotion shown by Judy after being reunited with her [thought then to be dead] daughter is ruined by (to quote [[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic]]) [[http://kenbrasai.tumblr.com/image/71347030976 "The creepy Coke Santa ad"]] showing up for a couple of seconds ''right in the middle of the scene''.

** What little legitimate emotion shown by Judy after being reunited with her [thought then to be dead] daughter is ruined by (to quote {{Phelous}}) [[http://kenbrasai.tumblr.com/image/71347030976 "The creepy Coke Santa ad"]] showing up for a couple of seconds ''right in the middle of the scene''.

** What little legitimate emotion shown by Judy after being reunited with her [thought then to be dead] daughter is ruined by [[http://kenbrasai.tumblr.com/image/71347030976 this]] showing up for a couple of seconds ''right in the middle of the scene''.

* NarmCharm: Some people have referred to this as ''Film/TheRoom'' of Christmas specials, what with everything being so badly done that it's hilarious.