When Craig’s mom discovers her husband on top of Miss Pearl (clothed), she pulls the landlady’s hair. Money Mike is able to save himself from being raped by grabbing Damon’s testicles with a pair of vice-grips (an extended scene). When Moley fires Craig and Day-Day, he is kicked for revenge. One ruffian punches the strip mall owner (Moley) and throws Money Mike to the ground. The church ladies send a gang of thugs after Craig and Day-Day in retaliation. Bar-B-Q slap a reindeer-clad Uncle Elroy. The thief-Santa returns and robs the pair and their fathers with what appears to them to be a gun. When Craig and Day-Day catch what they believe to be the bad Santa, they punch and kick him mercilessly (it turns out not to be). Jones then smacks his mother with his bare hand, knocking her out (it’s supposed to be funny-even when she’s still suffering in a follow-up scene). Jones and Uncle Elroy record a commercial for their barbecue restaurant using the slogan, “Tastes so good you’ll wanna slap yo mama.” Mr. Violent punches are traded, and Santa gets pummeled with a Christmas tree (a repeat of the Christmas tree’s use happens at film’s end). When caught breaking and entering, Craig and “Santa” go at it. Violent content: Most of the violence is of the slapstick variety although some of it is quite mean-spirited. At film’s end, Day-Day is shown in bed with two women, while Craig boasts of getting an “early Christmas present”-referring to having sex with Donna (after an earlier episode is interrupted when Day-Day comes in the bedroom with condoms). Craig and Day-Day have a porn mag in their apartment. Moley claims to have 12 wives and views Donna as a suitable thirteenth. Plenty of cleavage, tight and sensual clothing and partial breast nudity get screen time. Jones boasts to Uncle Elroy about his penis size. Day-Day complains he won’t be able to get any sex dressed in security guard clothes. Later, he attempts to rape Money Mike in a bathroom (the scene is played for laughs). He hugs Craig and Day-Day and grabs his crotch after they leave. Rummaging through their apartment and finding condoms, Miss Pearl responds, “Wishful thinking!” The gay-leaning Damon gets aroused watching a Tupac video. Later, this negligee-clad nymphomaniac tries to seduce Craig’s dad after he knocks on her door seeking to use her bathroom. Miss Pearl offers to excuse the rent payment if the pair will have sex with her (she sticks out her tongue suggestively). When Craig tells his roommate their Christmas party plans are off due to the break-in, Day-Day expresses great frustration in the change of plans because one of the women invited has promised to perform a certain sex act on him that he’s never experienced. Sexual content: A lot (in a Christmas movie no less). At one point, Uncle Elroy further slams the real meaning of Christmas when he rants, “Celebrate Kwanza-not this white man’s holiday!” Referring to the true story of Christmas, Day-Day exclaims, “F- that s-! You hos gotta move!” One of the women responds with an equally obscene put down before angrily marching off with a “Hallelujah Jesus!” floating in the air behind her. As strip mall security guards, Craig and Day-Day are determined to remove several church ladies who are singing “Joy to the World” on the premises. The lyrical truth of the incarnation stands in stark and disturbing contrast to the many troublesome elements the film promotes. Spiritual content:“Silent Night” is background music as “Santa” prepares to rob Craig and Day-Day’s apartment. Craig turns down Mike’s reward money, saying he was only doing his job. Positive elements: When a couple attempts to shoplift clothes at Money Mike’s Pimp N’ Ho’s clothing store, Craig and Day-Day apprehend the culprits. Meanwhile, Craig and Day-Day start new jobs as security guards (on Christmas Eve no less), hopeful that they’ll come up with a plan to secure enough money to cover their monthly lease. With no cash, landlady Miss Pearl threatens eviction (on Christmas Eve no less). on Christmas Eve, a crack fiend dressed in a Santa suit breaks into Craig and Day-Day’s apartment, stealing presents and other valuables including the duo’s rent money.
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