Ed, Edd n Eddy's Jingle Jingle Jangle

Directed by:	Danny Antonucci
Written by:	Danny Antonucci Jono Howard Mike Kubat
Release date:	December 3, 2004
Running time:	24 minutes
Rating:	TV-Y7
Available on:	DVD Max

“	Christmas ain't about what you find under a tree. Christmas is about what you find in your heart!	”
— Eddy

Ed, Edd n Eddy's Jingle Jingle Jangle is the second Christmas episode of the Cartoon Network original series Ed, Edd n Eddy, and the first of four special half-hour episodes, aired between the show's fourth and fifth seasons.

Synopsis

It's Christmas Eve in Peach Creek, but Eddy's not so much trying to get into the spirit as he is getting into peeking at the stash of presents that his parents have gotten him. But when he finds his gifts beneath a squeaky floorboard, they turn out to contain nothing but clothes.

Meanwhile, over in the Trailer Park, the Kanker Sisters are getting into the Christmas Eve spirit as well with getting a paper crown each from their prize poppers, when their attention is grabbed by the light of an unusually bright and twinkling star. It's so intriguing, it's enough to even make them leave their cozy home and soon, wearing elaborate paper crowns and bundled up in their winter coats, they're trekking across the snow-covered landscape following its mesmeric light in a rather familiar Christmas scene.

Back over in the Cul-de-sac, Ed is preparing for Santa as best as he can, including moving the chimney stack and fireplace from its usual location to his own basement pad and settling up a nice comfy chair for Santa. Double Dee then arrives to spread a little Christmas cheer, although for Edd at least, the moment is soured when Eddy bursts in and reveals that he looked at his Christmas presents prematurely. This revelation is almost more than Edd can bear, and he lectures his friend about what the spirit of Christmas is really all about. Naturally, Eddy isn't really listening to Edd's speech until he gets to the part about "adopting a better attitude." Eddy decides that if his own family won't give him the presents he so badly wants, then surely the obvious solution is to get himself another family by putting himself up for adoption.

Out in the snowy cul-de-sac, Eddy first walks over to Jonny and Plank's house, where he sees that all the snow in their yard appears to be missing. Eddy spins a deceitful tale for the gullible Jonny, and is invited inside the house, whereupon he sees why the garden has no snow - Jonny's family like to bring all their snow inside, with Jonny pretending he's Jack Frost nipping at Eddy's nose and Plank is Mr. Snowflake. Eddy is a little daunted, but the prospect of presents in the pipeline for him soon has him back in action. However, before Eddy can get to Jonny's presents (which are frozen in ice blocks), a trap door opens under him and sends him down an ice slice that drops him back outside (apparently, Plank had seen through Eddy's plan).

Not one to give up easily, easily, Eddy's next port of call is Rolf's house. He finds him dressed in a sheep outfit busily hanging hams and sausages from the eaves of his house and turns on the sob story and the puppy dog eyes until the bemused Rolf relents and invites him to join him for the celebrations. Now, if the outside of Rolf's house was wacky (check out the giant sausage spiked on a pitchfork) then the inside takes the cake as everywhere you look there are hams and turkeys and out sized steaks dangling from rafters and propped against walls but never a prettily wrapped gift in sight. As if that wasn't enough for Eddy, Rolf then begins to explain the joys of his traditional family celebration in honor of the great Yeshmiyek herself in a vigorous song and dance routine that Eddy's expected to join in with. Realizing no presents are coming with Rolf, Eddy takes his leave as Rolf continues his song and dance for Yeshmiyek. Ed and Edd can only watch as Eddy, bowed but not beaten, trudges off into the snowy night in search of Christmas happiness. Edd, however, is determined not to give up on Eddy, and with Ed's help, he hatches a plan to show him what Christmas is really about.

Eddy's next stop is Nazz's house. His plan seems to work here, as Nazz offers him one of her own Christmas gifts as well as a glass of eggnog. But when she tries to get him under the mistletoe, he ends up spitting the eggnog out and ruining her new Christmas outfit, which gets him kicked out of her house as punishment for the humiliation he caused Nazz.

The Kanker Sisters, meanwhile, are still trudging after the light of the mysterious star, and there in the center of the woods, May finds what they all believe to be a sign (a piece of rather rotten looking bread pretending to be a sign). A little further on, Marie stumbles upon some sausages lying in the snow with a couple of coins, and before long, Lee too discovers something in an old and rusted car, a rather hairy-looking coat touched by the starlight. Taking up their treasures, the Sisters march on following their star.

Out in the cold, Eddy's patience is wearing thin, and when the prospect of grabbing a potential present turns into a painful collision with a tree, complete with Edd dressed as an angel descending from it and shepherd Ed lurking nearby to spread Christmas goodwill, he's far from feeling ready to reciprocate the feeling. In fact, his reaction to Edd's wake up call is far from good-willed at all, and leaving his friends sprawling in the snow, Eddy makes tracks for Jimmy's candy cane decorated house.

By stealing Edd's angel wings, Eddy somehow convinces the youngster that he's a real live Christmas angel come to share the holidays - and all their assorted bonuses - with him. It all seems quite promising, but unfortunately for greedy Eddy, no presents are forthcoming and instead he has to endure the seemingly endless torment of viewing Jimmy's fresh-baked Christmas consumables. Jimmy's delighted to have his own personal angel about the house, but his joy soon turns to dismay when, left to his own devices, the bored senseless Eddy devours the hapless Holly Jolly Christmas Gingerbread Village. What happens next is inevitable: Distraught at the loss of his sugar and spicy sailors, Jimmy calls Sarah, and after a good thrashing from Sarah in revenge for Jimmy's gingerbread sailors, the Christmas angel is soon out in the cold again, minus his wings.

Stomping down the street and ignoring Edd's call that there's still time to mend his ways, Eddy realizes he's become desperate enough to actually knock on Kevin's door and ask to be adopted! Sadly for Eddy though, Kevin's been the butt of his pranks one time too many, and the reception he gets is icy to say the least. Kevin's not buying the idea, but he is happy to give Eddy a personalized present, that being a good punch in the kisser, knocking Eddy's shoes off his feet in the process.

Eddy, cold and alone, gazes around his neighborhood and sees the Kids enjoying themselves in their homes. He could have been there among them if it wasn't for his greed. Feeling wretched, he walks up to a Christmas tree he passed and notices a bulb has gone out. By strange coincidence, the one Ed so annoyingly slipped into his pants not so long ago is the exact match, and so without really thinking about it, half-frozen Eddy replaces it and stands silently watching the tree as it bursts into dazzling light. Edd is delighted at this unselfish act, explaining to Eddy that this is what Christmas is all about, not what you find under the tree but what you find in your heart, and as the other kids are all drawn to come and admire the tree's beauty, Eddy has to agree that his friend is right.

Moments later, a special delivery arrives for the Cul-de-sac as Santa drops a sack of gifts for them all as he makes his annual journey and flies past overhead. Now did you think Eddy had really got a touch of the Christmas spirit? That he'd truly mended his avaricious ways? You did? Oh well, in that case, you'd better think again as moments later, he comes to his senses, and with a greedy laugh, makes off with the entire delivery! With Edd and Ed - still wearing their costumes - in hot pursuit, Eddy hides himself in Rolf's animals' shed where, among the startled goat, cow, pig, and chickens, he and Ed wrangle over the sack of gifts. Ed is pretty steamed for once, but Eddy's equally determined, and as Angel Edd tries to resolve the situation peacefully, the sack is sent soaring out through the roof and lands back among the kids - so at least they're happy. Edd is not so happy however. He's now dangling from the rafters, caught on some of the torn metal from the roof, but before Eddy can exact revenge, the barn door is flung open, right in his face, and he, in turn, is flung backwards into the feed trough as Ed cowers in the background and three regal shapes enter, much to Edd's confusion and curiosity. It's not until Lee speaks do the Eds realize it's the Kanker Sisters.

It all makes for a very traditional Nativity scene with the animals, the angel, the shepherd, the wise men, and of course, the "baby" in the manger, and just to add to the atmosphere, the "kings" have brought gifts too. No, not quite gold, frankincense, and myrrh, but rather mold (May's bread), franks and cents (Marie's sausages and coins), and fur (Lee's coat). The Eds panic as they get smothered in kisses by the Kankers, but their cries for help are drowned out by the rest of the joyful kids caroling, save for Rolf, who is confused by the lyrics.

Availability

The special was released on the Cartoon Network: Christmas Rocks DVD, released by Warner Home Video in 2005 and was later available on Amazon Prime from December 30th, 2022 to December 30th, 2023. The special itself was also featured on Cartoon Network's Holiday specials YouTube livestreams from 2022 and 2023.

Trivia

• The title is a reference to the song "Jingle Jingle Jingle".
• Ed recalls being an elf from "Fa-La-La-La-Ed".
• This is notably the first time the show used digital inking techniques.
• May's line "Do you see what I see? Something twinkling in the sky!" is a reference to the song "Do You Hear What I Hear"
• Eddy replacing the bulb on the tree is a parody of the ending to A Charlie Brown Christmas.
• The scene where all the Eds plus the Kankers are in Rolf's shed resembles a Nativity scene which is the birth of Jesus. Eddy is Jesus, Edd is the angel, Ed is the shepherd, and the Kankers are the three kings. Edd points this out by saying that the picture has the Christmas spirit.
• The three presents the Kankers brought to the Eds were mold, franks and cents, and fur, which spoofs the ones the Three Wise Men brought which were gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
• When Lee looked out the window, we can see one of her eyes.
• Rolf plays the concertina in this episode.
• Yeshmiyek is mentioned again in a mini-game in Ed, Edd n Eddy - Scam of the Century.
• In "Fa-La-La-La-Ed", Eddy mentions that he always gets clothes for Christmas. That prediction comes true here.
• Despite black eyes healing faster in other episodes, the one Eddy gets stays with him throughout this one.
• This is the first time that an adult spoke in the series. The adult shown in this episode is Santa Claus, who only appeared as silhouette.

Goofs

• Jimmy's eyebrows are thicker than usual in this special.
• When Eddy is trying to open the last present in his attic, the wrapping paper never disappears.
• When Nazz opens up the door to greet Eddy, her front door opens inward. But, when she promptly kicks him out, it opens outward.
• When Jimmy called Sarah on the phone, the sound makes it like it was a button phone but he has to dial with a wheel dialer.
• When Eddy replaced the bulb, the light was pink. Later on the light is a dark purple.
• For some reason, when Eddy was calling everyone's name for who got presents in the sack, Ed wasn't mentioned.
• When Ed and Eddy are fighting and Eddy is smashed to the ground, when he gets up he has lipstick marks on his face. Later, they are gone.

Cast

Voice actor	Character
Matt Hill	Ed
Samuel Vincent	Edd
Tony Sampson	Eddy
Keenan Christensen	Jimmy
David Paul Grove	Jonny
Janyse Jaud	Sarah Lee
Kathleen Barr	Kevin Marie
Erin Fitzgerald	May Nazz
Peter Kelamis	Rolf
Danny Antonucci	Santa Claus

See also

• "Fa-La-La-La-Ed"

External links

• Ed, Edd n Eddy Wiki: Ed, Edd n Eddy's Jingle Jingle Jangle
• Ed, Edd n Eddy's Jingle Jingle Jangle at the Internet Movie Database
• Ed, Edd n Eddy's Jingle Jingle Jangle at TV Tropes