Let's just get this out of the way, shall we: this 1983 farce is the original cinepanettone or 'cinematic Christmas cake', the name given to a particular genre of Italian Christmas comedy that's every bit as sugary, festive and familiar as a loaf of panettone. 

They're less Hallmark romcom, more Carry On lm, with visual gags, double entendres and questionable attitudes aplenty. Good taste it ain't, but they at least have the advantage of being easy to understand even if your Italian is limited.