Sinbad - Playing the Coolest and Funniest 'Bad Guy' that you can root for!
The most unique flags to appear in Jingle All The Way 1996 were the festival flags that announce the "12th Annual Twin Cities Holiday - Wintertainment Parade." Jingle All The Way is a fun and campy holiday treat that pokes fun at the holiday nonsense of finding gifts. It is a children's movie spiked with adult afterbites perfectly aged for the upcoming 90s nostalgia renaissance.
If you ever wanted to visit the Twin Cities downtown, this movie captures the feels of the city. Apparently the Twin Cities Holiday Wintertainment Parade started as an event in 1984. The persons in charge of the festival made effective use of the logo which can be seen on all sorts of balloons, waving felt hands, felt tress and a variety of flags.
A lot of movie prop set schwag was created for this movie. Here loads of people in Minnesota can be seen with the various items that announce the Wintertainment Parade.
Notice the seal design of the flags that appear in the movie. The image projected here was reversed since the person holding the flag had held the imprint backwards in the movie.
Jingle All The Way 1996 is zany and campy Christmas classic that pokes fun at the Holiday Season with humour for adults as well as children. The US flag appears several times in this film. When there are in the diner a small flag can be seen next to the register.
During the movie the ultimate 1990s comedian, Sinbad, can be seen wearing the US badge flag on his arm. Sinbad does a great 'Robin Williams' kind of performance in this movie, as he gave the world a stand up comedian performance all during the movie, with his on the mark rants, about Christmas.
The mailman is also looking for a Turboman for his own son. The US Mail logo is slightly different as it is in real life. Instead of the standard US Post Office logo we have a hand with a letter, to represent the US mail in this fictional universe.
Deep in the heart of America is Oklahoma and South Dakota. In this post, they are decked out with the Spirit of Christmas. With Oklahoma, the heritage totems of the Native and Newcomer are reversed. Instead of the olive branch to represent the Old World, a stalk of corn represents the New World. Likewise the shield is totally turned into a decoration from the Old World, the Christmas Wreath. Instead of seven feathers, there are seven red balls and a Santa Pipe replaces the Native American Peace Pipe. Finally, six stars are visible in the middle with four points.
For the North Polarized flag of South Dakota, it is a night's winter scene. Instead of a man plowing a field with two horses, we see a Santa sleigh with two reindeer. You can tell it is winter by the leafless trees on both sides of the river. The moon is showing with stars in the background, and the state motto is replaced with "Merry Christmas to All." And hanging from the chimney top are super sized icicles.
Coincidentally both states have a strong beating streak of the Native American spirit, as their lands and traditions are kept alive in both states. Likewise a large area of tribal lands make up the character of each state. In a way South Dakota is the Oklahoma of the North. Or rather, Oklahoma is the South Dakota of the Southern States? South Dakota indeed has 'South' within its name, now we know why.
For a clear comparison of the state flag to the Holiday versions, take a look below. Hope y'all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy Holidays!
The UK flag appears in Dan Brown's movie adaptation of The Davinci Code in 2006. When the plane lands at London's Biggin Hill Airport, the grand Union Jack can be seen in all its glory.
Swastika's are intense symbols, like Yin and Yang on a global scale. From the 'East' of the Hindu-Buddehic Path, it is an icon of peace and loving surrender to higher dimension of hope. But from the 'West' of the Judeo-Christian Path it is as akin to hateful symbol of hopelessness. The negative attachment to the Swastika was only recently added in the tragic wake of the Western Empires of WWI, due to egocentric leadership of the Western leaders, in their desire for revenge.
In 2006 Tom Hanks played as Dr. Langdon, Robert, and he can be seen giving a lecture in the film The Divinci Code in front of a Nazi Flag. Shocking as this may be for some, Dr. Langdon is provoking his audience to see the Swastika from an objective level. Although it is not explained in the movie, it shows several Buddhist statues with Swastikas. And if you have ever traveled to India, China, and Japan you would certainly see the adornment of Swastika's all over the temples, which were crated long before the birth of the modern German Nation State.
The Swastika as used by Nazi's was slightly modified as it is seen in temples of the East. Mr. Hitler rotated the device 45 degrees off its base. Nonetheless a Swastika at any degree of rotation usually sets off a knee jerk reaction in the Western Mind as a projection of something evil. Likewise the other religions beyond the Judeo-Christian fold are typically seen as evil manifestations from the Western mind, in private and the mainstream media. In 2016 the film Silenceput a spotlight on the 'evil' religions of the East.
Before WWII (The War of Endless Tears) the Swastika had many positive associations. On the slide here, at the fictional lecture of our Harvard Professor, Dr. Langdon this divisive symbol in a positive view meant: Good Luck, Light, Love, and Life. The added pictures help emphasize this with: a horseshoe for luck, two hearts for love, the Earth for life, and sunrise for light. Oh how so different, most persons of the West currently see this symbol.
From the academic point of view, symbols are icons that must be learned to understand their meaning. A person (the observer) through cultural learning, builds a base of knowledge that interprets a symbol as good or bad. Eventually this learned information becomes a projection that gets deeply rooted into one's sub-conscious. If a strong enough association is built up explicitly and subliminally, a person can not help feel anxious or at ease by a particular symbol or word. This is why when someone curses at you in a foreign language it does not offend. At least until the message is translated.
During the movie the ultimate 1990s comedian, Sinbad, can be seen wearing the US badge flag on his arm. Sinbad does a great 'Robin Williams' kind of performance in this movie, as he gave the world a stand up comedian performance all during the movie, with his on the mark rants, about Christmas.
The mailman is also looking for a Turboman for his own son. The US Mail logo is slightly different as it is in real life. Instead of the standard US Post Office logo we have a hand with a letter, to represent the US mail in this fictional universe. 
For the North Polarized flag of South Dakota, it is a night's winter scene. Instead of a man plowing a field with two horses, we see a Santa sleigh with two reindeer. You can tell it is winter by the leafless trees on both sides of the river. The moon is showing with stars in the background, and the state motto is replaced with "Merry Christmas to All." And hanging from the chimney top are super sized icicles. 
In 2006 Tom Hanks played as Dr. Langdon, Robert, and he can be seen giving a lecture in the film The Divinci Code in front of a Nazi Flag. Shocking as this may be for some, Dr. Langdon is provoking his audience to see the Swastika from an objective level. Although it is not explained in the movie, it shows several Buddhist statues with Swastikas. And if you have ever traveled to India, China, and Japan you would certainly see the adornment of Swastika's all over the temples, which were crated long before the birth of the modern German Nation State.
