Ramble: The Christmas Prince 3

"All the 17-year-old reporters in the nation came out for this." 😂 I just rewatched the original Christmas Prince main channel vid so of course I have to rewatch this one too! Oh and last night I was talking with a friend who loves Hallmark movies (both ironically and actually... it can be two things) and I sent her a link to the original main channel Christmas Prince vid. She watched it immediately and replied back "That was amazing!" so I may have made a new Jenny convert!

I love the idea of a war restarting anytime someone loses the physical treaty, even if we've had a dynasty change and the implementation of a constitutional parliament since then. Though I'm pretty sure Aldovia has no representational voting body and the ruling dynasty has stamped out dissent through fear and undermining democratic opposition over the many years it's been in power.

Another classic! I've seen a breakdown of The (original) Christmas Prince but I don't remember if it was Jenny's and maybe I just watched it out of sequence (since I'm working backward through the timeline). Or maybe she did a mini-revisit in another Christmas movie-themed ramble. Anywayyy... Pondering in 2025... did the McDs Apple Pie tree ever happen? If she was waiting until she hit 1M main channel YouTube subscribers, she's currently at 1.33M

It might seem odd that Amber's blog is named "Amber's Blog" since you'd think someone would've snatched up a name that generic ages ago. I just assume that the royal family sent their secret police to threaten any other Ambers with blogs, and executed anyone resisting with a sham trial.

the lack of a scene where the two kingdoms armed themselves with candy canes and gumdrop cannons from a story that tried so hard to give us an inevitable *Christmas War* is immensely anti-christmas of the movie

predicting that the baby is a girl

Rewatching this one and maybe the writing is so bad with no setups etc. because it's all from only the queen's pov written for her blog? In a very casual "I'm writing for memories and not because I'm a professional writer" way. But she is a professional writer, so even then you'd expect her to tell a fuckin story, y'know?

The embed or link didn't work for me either, but there's a link to the Youtube video on the pinned post at the top of the feed. Here's a link if you can't get to it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQl_1UCABrg

This isnt working for me. Is there a fix

Has anyone tried to watch this one recently? The embed isn’t working for me and the link isn’t either

Night club song at 4:56 rules hard

Oh my gosh there is a Christmas royalty cinematic universe. Queen Amber appears in Princess Switch 2: Switched Again.

I’m having trouble finding the video :(

It’s asking me to log in? I watched it several times before without a problem.

"It will definitely be a girl" me before knowing the answer

Cursed Child is absolutely abysmal. I'm a fan of HP in general and love plays (especially over musicals) but all of it was just. So. Cringe. That being said, I'd love a Jenny video on such a garbage waste of money. There were some cool effects though! I guarantee those IATSE employees weren't paid enough.

The Christmas Prince castle you're talking about is Peles Castle. It's in Romania and it's sort of a historical building. But it's not a real castle. It's really just a mansion built to look like one. I appreciate that the Romanian-ness is sort of present in the movie too. They didn't just find a pretty building in Romania and pretend it was... like, France or something. And the actors in the battle seen do sort of resemble Huns. But Nobody in the actual movie actually looks Romanian.

I fricking choked and shouted at my phone when Jenny made that dead baby joke.

Jenny should watch Skeleton Jelly on YouTube. A terrific short film.

Can I just say that, as a pregnant person, no these in jokes are just as boring and gross to me as they are to you lol when ever you said ew I died with laughter. Pregnancy “jokes” cringe

excellent point about the people who constantly talk about how they like tacos .... yeah, not funny or interesting

the baby is going to be an assassin

i just. Elleri rhymes with celery and i will never be able to let that go

Rewatching this ramble reminded me of something. Jenny's point about mysteries hiding a key detail (like the butler's family history) being unfair is my biggest issue (of two) with classic Veronica Mars as a series. Much as I loved the show, they were nearly always hiding the one detail that solved the Big Mystery until the finale.

Jenny I’ve been to that castle it’s actually really cool so if you’re ever in Europe it’s worth a visit

I can't wait for The Christmas Prince 4: The Royal Divorce

the treaty drama reminds me of how Berwick-upon-Tweed is still at war with Russia 😭

Jenny was pretty bloodthirsty in this one lol

I'm so glad you pointed out how the nutcrackers weren't even real nutcrackers they were driving me insane as soon as they appeared on screen - like they look green-screened in the scene lmao

It's good to see Aragog and Skippy getting along so well

Mr Little was way more concerned about the baby curse than he was about forcing his whole country to go to war.

"I feel like a watermelon" "well don't wear GREEN" LOL

I love that you don't remember stuff from the first two films. Like you made the Christmas Prince video and that was you purging the entire experience from your brain to protect it.

I had to check the release date to figure out if I was pregnant when it aired (no, but I think I was for the first one?), and I find all the pregnancy-related stuff kind of tedious, too. Actually, when I was pregnant with my daughter, I was much more likely to watch your videos than obsess about other people's babies and pregnancies.

Great getting the final chapter in the Christmas Prince trilogy (for now)! Would love to hear your take on Diana the musical :)

I’m really glad that you’re feeling better, Jenny! And thank you for talking about vaccination. (From an immunosuppressed fan)!

'i love tacos' humor is just notlikeothergirls humor

I thoroughly enjoyed this, idk what it is about watching you accurately predict every story beat that delights me so much. Just wondering on the status of the Barbie video? My friend and I are coming up to our annual rewatch of the top tier films and it reminded me :)

wait I just watch Princess Switch 3 and there are some very similar elements between them LOL what's going on

Bet my friends the baby would be a boy and I lost $10 :(

I love how when Amber at the climax said "Someone in this room stole the treaty!" and its a tacit admition (although I dont think they filmakers realized it) that these movies are so low budget that they cant even hire extras to "populate" the castle. These people are literal royals yet theres not a single maid, or cook or stable hand working on the palace, They dont even have a live-in doctor despite the fact the queen mother is in her elder years and the princess has cerebral palsy. I know thats kinda of weird thing to fixate on, but its pretty noticibale if you so much as think about it Elleri... thats some GOT-ass name

I think its fascinating how these genre movies always operate under the assumption that the made-up countries are microstates in Western Europe like Andorra or San Marino but at the 9:30 mark we see a map of Aldovia and its huge! and in Eatern Europe...?

Her going from "magic? lol" to "gasp! my baby! felt very "I'm not superstitious... I'm a little stitious."

A girl for sure!

I've watched Jenny's Christmas Prince 1+2 video enough times I can recite the facts and history of the labor crisis in Aldovia by heart, meanwhile Jenny can't even remember the first two and also if she has even seen the third one. I need to go outside I think.

I really don’t enjoy the watch-along rambles 😞 nothing against Jenny’s commentary (which I’m sure is great!) I just can’t abide the double audio. voting tier patreons pls give us a normal-format ramble this month?

Thanks for this video, and I hope you feel all-the-way-better soon. :) I love the idea of a “ticking clock” peace treaty, where if you don’t renew it on time everyone is immediately overcome by an unquenchable bloodlust, and every first-born child devolves into a hideous monster! Shame they didn’t go with that alternate ending…

My favourite part of this movie is that they show a map where Aldovia is somehow a larger version of Austria-Hungary that includes Istanbul

Hey Jenny! Professional opera singer/voice teacher here. Have you thought about how you support your speaking voice? As a YouTuber, you are definitely a professional vocalist, so you need to use your abdominal muscles to support the sound the way an opera singer does. It will definitely help with regards to longterm vocal health, although I would recommend seeing an ENT and speech language pathologist given how often you have been losing your voice.

It drives me crazy that ALL the royalty, even from other countries, speak with an extremely affected posh English accent.

I'm kinda sad nobody in the movie said "this FRAUDULENT Christmas baby" ! But they could use that for the sequel, my idea for Xmas prince 4 is "Christmas prince: the princess switch" and they switched the babies!! :O

Late* watcher. Glad you feel better. Your critical eye catches otherwise casual curiosities. High spirits

I'm torn because I would love to see you eviscerate Cursed Child but I also believe nobody should do anything that gives JKR money... definitely excited for whatever content you make and whatever order it comes out in :) I liked the Evermore previews so I hope it's not too big a pain to take care of all the legal CYA, because I'm very excited for the full video of that whenever it's completed

It always seems amusing that in a series called The Christmas Prince, the prince himself is the most bland character of all the cast. You could write him out of one of these movies in the first 5 mins, bring him back right at the end, and you almost wouldn't notice.   Weirdly, I think the Christmas Prince video was the first video of Jenny's that I watched from beginning to end. I was doing some work and had YouTube on autoplay on my tv, the CP video came on and I ended up watching it more than working lol. Good luck with the Hugo Awards Jenny!

im gonna say its twins one boy one girl

I have experienced Laryngitis and I'm sorry you had/have it. I know its not a contagious/viral thing always and can literally just be cause by overexertion. I love your content for its thoughtfulness but also empathy so I get feeling this need to express without the physical ability. I'm just enjoying your content and not passing judgement. Our bodies do not always reflect our mind, is what I'm trying to convey with this reply/comment/response/whatever.

I lost my MIND every time the baby-curse was brought up, like howling with laughter. Thank you for taking us on this journey, it was amazing.

Oh man when I first watched this I rewound the part where Emily says the baby will be cursed like three times, I adore it. She takes it SO seriously. Magic is not established to exist in this universe, and yet.... Though I *think* there's a nod to the fake country in The Knight Before Christmas. Like someone has an ornament from there? And magic is 100% established in that universe, so maybe the curse was real after all. (For the record, the Princess Switch trilogy is my favorite of the Netflix Christmas movies. The last one gets bad reviews, but I think they just don't understand the art that is having three Vanessa Anne Hudgens's impersonating one another)

great video! worth the wait 100%

The moment at the end of the video where jenny started talking about the apple pie tree all i could think about is how im the guy on twitter who spotted a wild apple pie tree and that is a legacy i am proud to have! https://twitter.com/afanofalltrades/status/1462208232370413571

"Whoever wrote this - they didn't care! Or they weren't smart. But probably...well, maybe both actually." I laughed so hard at that.

If you want to see the Diana Musical in person, you have to hurry because they just announced its closing on December 19th.

in A Knight Before Christmas, a medieval knight is teleported to modern america to fall in love with vanessa hudgens. in that movie, they mention aldovia. which means that magic is real in this universe and they were in fact right to be scared that their baby would be cursed

In quarantine, some friends and I came up with a bunch of fake movie titles and one of them I suggested was “A Christmas Prince 4: The December Revolution”.

The baby will be intersex and raised nonbinary. Or maybe I’m just giving this franchise too much credit.

Chekov's Baby Monitor requires that you NEVER SEE OR HEAR ABOUT THAT DAMN BABY MONITOR AGAIN UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!!

Thanks Jenny! I love the movie watch along videos. Hope you get back to feeling 100% soon.

yo jenny you were right about it breaking the rules, knox's 8th says that the case may not be solved with clues that are not presented

I think the Diana musical closed? Or is closing?

In the event of a war, does Aldovia have a standing army or would they rely on a peasant levy

Pretty sure when they said beshrewed they meant it. Clearly the baby will be born a shrew

The Butler did it - what a shocking and unexpected twist!

I somehow really loved the Diana musical even though I knew as I watched that it was bad. So I'd love to see a video from you on it. It's closing on Broadway now though, so you might not get the chance to see it unless you go now.

https://ew.com/theater/diana-the-musical-to-close-on-broadway-december-2021/

I loved how Jenny kept trying to wish an execution into the plot XD .

I don't know which was better, Jenny having guessed the entire plot by trying to make fun of it, or how incredulous she got at the climax.

Oh, and get well soon!

Best of luck on the hugos!!

Lol I love this. I wrote a rant about the economics in The Christmas Prince 2 ages ago, and then I got really into your vids partly because of your Christmas Prince video. This has inspired me to finally publish my rant, because why not? It's Christmas! https://ireadtilldawn.blogspot.com/2019/02/questions-about-christmas-prince-2.html

Oh man I would LOVE another musical based video from you, I know next to nothing about that entire realm of content so its very entertaining to hear it relayed to me like the evan hansen vid or beastless or whatever the fuck that was called. Also beanie babies are a genuinely interesting topic, a cool study on the effect of mass media hype and FOMO. Honestly just whatever you make Im here for it lol

okay but can we talk about the fact that aldovia apparently takes up like…half of eastern europe???

I just watched Agatha Christie's "a crooked house" and the girl who played princess Emily is in it and I kept thinking "she looks soooo familiar but why? Oh!! The little princess from Christmas land"

I was rooting so hard for the Payless Castle royal lesbian affair

Moment where the other king sings at the party and having to sit through it 100000% the thing I fear most in life. Well not a king but you know.

I hope somebody can greenlight Jenny's treatment of a Hallmark/Lifetime Christmas romance movie with an assassination subplot.

My YouTube recommendations have been pushing "The Grim Dystopia of the Christmas Prince" pretty hard lately. Even through my parents' YouTube after I made them watch the Avatar and Evan Hansen videos. YouTube knew what was coming and wanted me prepared. The thing is I have a Mr. Little-style blood oath to stan anyone from iZombie, so this was a fun way to see what Rose McIvor (Queen Amber) did on Christmas Prince 3 while maintaining my streak of never actually watching a Christmas Prince movie. Hooray for that! Also I'm sure I'm not the only one to say it but I'm fine to wait two weeks for a ramble so you can take care of yourself, hope you continue to feel better.

Wasnt this the same fucking issue as #2 or am I getting my thin knowledge of movies I’ve never watched confused?

Omg I love how Jenny predicted every single thing about the plot, lolol

Loved this, Jenny! Regarding what you said about these types of movies being very kind of soulless and bland with the romance without even trying to make it more fun, I totally agree. I watch a lot of Korean dramas and I notice a lot of US media outlets often compare romantic Korean dramas to Hallmark movies due to the relative conservative nature of your average Korean public broadcast romance (because public broadcasters have censors to follow so their content is suitable for most audiences), but they make the character dynamics a lot more interesting and have much better production values even when they fall into similar tropes. A lot of this is because, obviously, Hallmark movies are a niche section of the US industry and they don't exactly attract the best actors or screenwriters/directors while a Kdrama romance is mainstream in the industry and is more capable of getting famous and capable cast and crew (and money). I really like recommending Kdramas to Hallmark-esque romance fans who want something a little different but still somewhat conservative because of this! Of course, with the rise of cable and streaming shows things are changing a lot and you can definitely find some less conservative K-romances out there, but I still think they appeal to the demographic that likes to watch these types of movies--as long as they're open to reading subtitles.

I know they’re in a castle so it makes sense to have a dungeon but I kind of wish the dungeon was just a massive storage in the basement that they called the dungeon because it’s where they store all the decorations for other holidays that have been banned in Aldovia. ONLY CHRISTMAS put the other holidays in Christmas jail

I lost my voice once. It was terrifying. I honestly thought my voice would never go back to normal.

"If that treaty isn't signed my baby is cursed" is one of my favorite, stupid cheesy lines in any movie ever.

the structure you mentioned for a romantic movie series is a good one, and I know because the lovely Renaissance Fair themed romance book series Well Met does it. having new romances each book means you don’t have to have some contrived conflict in the original couple, and having them be minor characters feels more like seeing old friends. 10/10 would recommend (unlike this mediocre movie)

Haven't had time to watch the ramble yet but I gotta ask - why are the recent rambles all in this watchalong reaction format? Is this a permanent change? If that's what Jenny wants to do with the rambles now, fine, but I have to say reaction videos (even from Jenny!) are the most boring kind of content to me. And I'm a person who watches mathtube. Plus, you can't listen to this kind of ramble, you have to be looking at the screen (those who get it will get it and the rest will think this is an extremely strange thing to say about a video) Have mercy on the small giant spiders and stop voting for "reacting to movie" topics, oh wealthier patrons!

I love Jenny's commentary it's always better than the movie. I'm hype for all these future projects but really looking forward to seeing the apple pie tree in the background!

Christmas Prince and the cursed child on broadway when

I saw this movie with a friend of mine and at some point we both got convinced the movie was called "The cursed baby". It's a much better title, but maybe not for the intended audience.

Woot!!

Time for some hot sipping chocolate for watching.

glad you are feeling better

I want to see a version where they end up going to war and they all have Christmas-themed weapons.

The idea that a 600-year-old peace treaty still has to be upheld is so funny to me. Like they can't just instantly sue for peace (if they even felt the need to) the moment the contract 'ends'.

The script was likely written in one pass, for about 500 dollars.

So excited for this, thank you! 😄

I'm sorry but I really don't like this movie review style :/ are all rambles gonna be like this now?

Also, if I may, I would like to recommend you the movie "Rex: kyoryu monogatari", a japanese Christmas movie about a little girl and her dinosaur friend. I think it'll be right up your alley.

Is Toruk still on the table?

Maybe they exist in an alternate reality where curses are proven to be real? Side note: is it just me or does the population of this country decreases with every movie? Maybe it's another curse

omg. this was so worth the wait i love the christmas prince video so much

Dehydrating medication gang 🤘😔🤘

love you either way

WHERE ITS MY BARBIE TOP VIDEO!

I love the "excitement" for the apple pie tree. Reminds me of the legendary disney email video

The best part of a late ramble is that another is right around the corner. As for the movie, the sets seem so sparsely populated with extras, I was convinced this had been filmed during the pandemic and released last Christmas. Turns out, it just looks cheap!

Pronounced "Pelesh" and not far from Transylvania - sounds like prime content opportunity to me! Thanks for the fun videos! Much appreciated!

Jenny: I saw an Apple Pie tree at a garage/scrap yard in Littlerock CA. Not sure if it's for sale but I have the address if you want it

Okay I did a Twitter search and you defs watched this movie and forgot it completely 😂 https://twitter.com/jennyenicholson/status/1209704806455005184?s=21

I'm starting to worry that the Barbie video will never see the light of day....

Wow. Peace treaties don't work that way. Each side should have AT LEAST one copy of the treaty. Technically, wars have to be DECLARED. They don't just automatically happen if a treaty isn't renewed.

honey wake up, new Jenny Nicholson Ramble just dropped

I'm glad that you're feeling better, Jenny! I'm sorry that you got so sick. Don't rush your recovery. Take as much time as you need. If we have to wait on content, it's no big deal. You don't want to take chances on your health. Continue to feel better! :)

I was so certain I watched this but maybe I didn't? Because watching you go through it I remember nothing that happened.

I wonder if I'm the only one dorky enough to download these and put them on my Plex so I can watch them on my big TV. I need that full Christmas Prince ramble experience.

also I physically cannot look at amber bc all I see is tinker bell from once upon a time 😑

Hot damn. The Grim Christmas Prince Nightmare Facade is my favourite video of yours. I'm hyped.

I think the baby is going to be a boy!

Okay before I finish the video: I’m betting the Christmas Baby is a boy, only because Amber’s dad is in this one and I think that’ll be a point of tension. Also Amber will call the baby her Christmas Prince at least once. Excited to see what happens next.

Yes, Jenny's back! Well everyone, "It seems that Christmas...arrived early." *winks at camera

A gift for me? Right after I submitted my honours thesis? Jenny, you shouldn't have!!

Why are you doing these on Vimeo? I can't watch on my tv. :/

I was never going to watch the christmas prince 3, but I did have some curiousity after your video on the first two. Happy to see this upload.

bazinga

I downloaded the Vimeo app on my tv to experience this as Cinema

Is it 1:30am on the night before my finals week? Yes. Will that stop me from watching this one hour video? Absolutely not.

Hooray! Thank you!

At long last!