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...It didn't look anywhere near cold enough to be Christmas Eve. I mean, driving in an open golf buggy through Carlisle in late December (without gloves on) and in an elf suit without gloves.... I reckon it was filmed around late September at most. (Probably wasn't Carlisle either!)

Otherwise, this is a stupidly and brilliantly festive, full of Christmas spirit and only 53 minutes!

Merry Christmas! 🎅 🎄 .

Caught this on Amazon Prime, I do like Stephen Merchant, his lanky body and accent lend themselves well to being a funny man. I absolutely loved this homage to one of my favourite holiday films, Jingle all the way. Stephen's co star was great casting too, very funny guy with perfect timing and the chemistry between the two was absolute magic. The arcade scene especially was very well put together, I found myself egging them on.

Overall very well written and directed and a pleasure to watch and highly recommended for a christmas film treat. This could easily have been extended a little and made a feature film with a theatrical release.

This was a truly lovely one off drama, the perfect start to the Christmas period, it was funny, it was moving, so nice to start Christmas off with something funny. It was slow to start, but quickly turned into something really rather excellent. So some of the jokes were a little telegraphed, but who cares, it was lovely, and made me laugh. The music was terrific, and seriously in keeping.

Stephen Merchant and Asim Chaudhry take a bow, you delivered the goods for Christmas. 9/10

First off, I never give 10/10 ratings on here. I watched this last year and found it quite amusing. Gave it a re watch this year and found myself laughing out loud and totally blown away by how much I enjoyed it. So maybe it depends on the mood you are in?

If you like Brit humour and especially Stephen merchant, and are not the type of viewer who wonders why Christmas Eve night is not ermmm...colder??? ( rolls eyes at some reviews), then this is a must see for your Xmas viewing.

Mr merchant plays it to the max, but never overplays, and his unwanted sidekick is a perfect foil for him. Humour, heart, a few non preachy life lessons, and mild action and peril. No doubt it is streaming somewhere this December, so give yourself a Xmasy treat, and go watch it.

As soon as I heard this was in the pipeline a few months ago I started looking forward to Christmas even more! I'm a big fan of People Just Do Nothing and knowing that rising star Asim Chaudhry would be starring in this opposite Stephen Merchant was all I needed to hear. And it did not disappoint! Classic Christmas caper that I will be rewatching tomorrow with the family. The chemistry between both the lead characters is brilliant and with hints of Shaun of the Dead (quick fire edit scenes) and the Tupac Shakur reference it ensured that I stayed enthused throughout. Yes it reminded me of Jingle All The Way but who cares? I was laughing throughout it! For me Chaudhry stole the show as the haplessly cheery neighbour who also had a depth to him that becomes more apparent as the story progresses. Merchant was alright too but he really doesn't have a face for television!