Jingle All the Way/Headscratchers

• It bugs the hell out of me at the end, why did Arnold say I think I have an idea after his wife thanks him for saving Jamie. What did that even mean?
  • He is making a remark that he knows how would the father of Jamie feel in that moment, without outright saying that he himself is. Duh.
  • Okay, then why wouldn't they know that that is his father? How many 6 foot austrians with thick accents were in the movie anyway?
  • ...Having them immediately discover who was him would have ruined the scene, they find out eventually anyway, and it helps that he was in costume as a super hero and was supposed to look that way.
  • As for his Austrian accent, i believe the costume had a voice modulator attached so that he sounded like the superhero.
  • Also, he's wearing a helmet