''The 12 Disasters of Christmas'' (released on home media as ''12 Disasters'') is a Canadian-American disaster television film produced for

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in 2012 and directed by

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Plot

In a small town called Calvary, a rain of ice spears puts everyone on notice. Just before Jacey's (

Magda Apanowicz Magda Apanowicz ( ; Polish: ; born November 8, 1985) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles as Andy Jensen on the ABC Family series ''Kyle XY'', as Lacy Rand in the Syfy science fiction drama series ''Caprica'' and as Emily (born ...

) grandmother dies, she gives a mystical ring to her explaining that she is the chosen one to stop the end of the world prophesied by the Maya for

December 21, 2012 The 2012 phenomenon was a range of eschatological beliefs that cataclysmic or transformative events would occur on or around 21 December 2012. This date was regarded as the end-date of a 5,126-year-long cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count cale ...

. Jacey was born right at Christmas, her parents are named Joseph (

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) and Mary ( Holly Elissa), and the solution is in the hidden message of the popular Christian holiday song " The 12 Days of Christmas", where a different disaster corresponds to each day and the "five gold rings" provide a messianic gift.

Cast

Release

''The 12 Disasters of Christmas'' first premiered on the

network on December 8, 2012, at 9PM Eastern. It became Syfy's most watched television film on its premiere since February that year. The DVD version was released on January 6, 2014.

Reception

The film received negative ratings, but critics have noted that the film is entertaining despite its lack of quality. The ''

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'' stated that "the movie gets an F in most of the traditional critical categories. Dialogue? F. Coherence? F. But in terms of serving as a counterweight to the syrupy fare that clogs almost every other network at this time of year, this ridiculous mess earns an A+." The ''

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'' gave the film one star out of five, opining that "some bad movies just bore you, while others create a perverse fascination, an aura that keeps you watching in the hope they will never get better. ''The Twelve Disasters of Christmas'' does not. It stays true to the path on which it embarked, seemingly never troubled for a second by concern for trivial matters like, oh, dialogue or plot." ''

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'' gave the film a D rating stating "...comes closer to so-bad-it's-good territory than any SyFy Original Movie in recent memory."

References

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