7 Reasons "Olive, The Other Reindeer" Is The Best Christmas Movie | The Odyssey Online
Start writing a post
Lifestyle

7 Reasons "Olive, The Other Reindeer" Is The Best Christmas Movie

The holiday hero we need.

324
7 Reasons "Olive, The Other Reindeer" Is The Best Christmas Movie
YouTube

It's finally December, which means it's the perfect time to ignore your impending exams, snuggle up on the couch, and watch some Christmas movies. Now everyone can claim a certain movie is the best for the holidays, but they clearly haven't seen the best of them all. "Olive, the Other Reindeer" is a classic, at least in my opinion, and here's why.

1. Olive, the dog

First of all, who doesn't like dogs? Second of all, who doesn't want to see a dog try to save Christmas?

2. Martini, the penguin

Let's take a moment to appreciate the genius that is naming the two main characters of a children's movie Olive and Martini. Also kudos to Martini to being the most resourceful flightless bird around.

3. It's got all the Christmas spirit

The movie may not be well-known, but it contains just at much Christmas-time joy as "Frosty the Snowman."

4. The villain is motivated

Yes, the Postman hates the holidays because it means he has to carry around more mail. He actually has a reason. But that's nothing to ruin Christmas over.

5. The songs are diverse

You get Olive singing about Christmas, the Postman complaining, and an entire bar trying to convince Olive and Martini that they're nice people.

6. The North Pole is realistic

I think if Santa actually had a workshop there would be security and a way to stop abominable snowmen from getting in (I'm looking at you "Rudolph").

7. It's kid friendly but adult enjoyable

Kids will love the dog and penguin duo and everyone else will laugh at the fact that there are numerous alcoholic references in a children's movie.

Report this Content
This article has not been reviewed by Odyssey HQ and solely reflects the ideas and opinions of the creator.
Relationships

8 Cringey College Tinder Stories

. Cringey Tinder stories from some Tinder girls

703
a man and a woman sitting at a table
Photo by Good Faces on Unsplash

Toilet Troubles

"So, usually I would never go on a Tinder date but when you are out with girlfriends and a hot Bosnian guy says he wants to hang with you and his friends, you oblige. We head to their apartment and when I realized I may pee my pants if I don't find a bathroom soon. I ask for the bathroom and a friend of my tinder date shows me to it and said in all seriousness that I was not allowed to flush the toilet under ANY circumstances. Having a few drinks--or five--I relieved myself to, nevertheless, flush the toilet. Within seconds, his bathroom was flooded and towels were laid out everywhere to catch the toilet water. To say the least, we were not invited back"

Keep Reading...Show less
Girl with a Guy Bestfriend
vignette3

I can confidently say that about 90 percent of all the friends I have are male. It's just always been that way since I was a kid. Over the years, I've heard a lot of things and I've learned a lot of things, and here it all is. Enjoy!

If you're a girl with a guy best friend you know that...

Keep Reading...Show less
Greek Life
Clare Concannon

With being a member of Greek life, you are going to come across people who HATE Greek life and who always want to say something negative towards it. If you're not a part of Greek life, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. But maybe try and keep some of the not-so-nice comments to yourself.

Keep Reading...Show less
retail
Chor Ip / Flickr

I'm sure, like me, many of you received lots of gift cards over the holidays. After working retail seasonally, here are a few tips that I learned in order to make the employees at your favorite store just a little happier and not want to charge you extra on your purchase for being awful. Here are some times when you should be nicer to retail workers than you actually are!

Keep Reading...Show less
5 Untold Struggles Of The Short Friend

I'm the Short Friend. I've been the Short Friend since about the seventh grade. I'm the one who stands in the front of the photos, gets made fun of for their height, and still shops in the kids department.

This article is not for the Almost Short Friends, i.e. the 5'3" and 5'4" Friends. No no, this is for the Actually Short Friends, i.e. the Barely Scraping 5'1" and shorter Short Friends.

Keep Reading...Show less

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Facebook Comments