Fuck it, five stars. It has Kevin McCarthy as the perfect bad guy and a twinkie weiner sandwich.

Why this doesn't get played every Christmas on TCM or whatever is beyond me. Its got a lot goats, Mary Astor talking smack to cops, and a climactic slapstick fight framed with a wreath emblazoned with "PEACE ON EARTH, GOODWILL TO MEN". If this played every Christmas season, I'm sure there'd be some families with a ceremonial matchstick tower on top of an empty beer bottle.