“We Wish You A Turtle Christmas” is a hilariously corny “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Christmas special. It’s a musical with some painfully bad songs but it’s mercifully short. The whole thing only lasts twenty minutes.
In “We Wish You A Turtle Christmas”, the Ninja Turtles are getting ready for the festivities when they realise that they haven’t bought a gift for their mentor, Master Splinter. They decide to head out on Christmas Eve to get him a present. The whole time, they sing a variety of different songs ranging from opera to rap and get ready for the worst rendition of “The 12 Days Of Christmas” ever.
The outfits on the Ninja Turtles are even worse than the ones they had in “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III”. In the cartoon shows and the films, you could always tell them apart because of their different personalities but here, they all act exactly the same as one another. Their singing is absolutely awful. Splinter looks terrible too. There’s no Shredder or Krang to fight. The only victim of any crime is you for having to endure the bad singing. There are some kids that appear in it but they don’t speak, they just join in with the singing.
“We Wish You A Turtle Christmas” will no doubt make you laugh at just how cringeworthy it is. It’s thankfully quite short so it’s not as unbearable as “Teenage Mutant Ninja III”. As far as Christmas specials go, this is far more tolerable than “Star Wars: The Holiday Special”. The singing here is the main focus and the songs are as annoying as can be. If you are desperate to see some guys in seriously unconvincing Ninja Turtles costumes rapping about pizza then “We Wish You A Turtle Christmas” will deliver. If you are a sane individual, you will look elsewhere for your entertainment.