Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey could have been an excellent, timeless piece of festive cinema. Netflix have been pumping out these Christmas films each year for the past few years, creating their own, original, smorgasbord of premium holiday content. Last year’s Klaus was a huge hit, not only evoking the wonder and magic of a Christmas film, but also delving deep into the heart of how a Christmas movie ought to make viewers feel. The bombastic, over-the-top Christmas Chronicles, on the other hand, took the place of such classics as The Santa Clause, and Jingle All The Way – but Jingle Jangle somehow manages to get lost somewhere in the middle.

The musical starts of very strong, introducing Jeronicus Jangle (played at first by…