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the story of my life. can we go now? yes, we can go now. it brings out every childhood wonder and hurt that you can imagine. good morning ms. hues. i can t think of another movie that gets childhood so perfectly. like 9 years old. listen. where ralphie swears and uses bad words and believes in santa claus. it taps into a universal kid experience in christmas writing essays about the thing you want like a red rider bb gun. i want a red rider club and air rifle. it really does capture wanting that gift that you know your parents don t want you to have. no. shoot your eye out. ralphie is facing resistance from all corners, his teacher, the department store santa. you ll shoot your eye out kid. it s a story told from the kid s point of view. ho, ho, ho. it s funny and sweet.
after the end of world war two and the country seen the worst of war and lost people they cared about in war, they needed to recognize the brotherhood of man kind. in the 1940s we get great christmas movies. mr. jones reporting. these are movies where christmas is a cattlest for re-examining where we are. there is something magical about christmas that can heal wounds and can lead to self-knowledge and of course, the best of them. it s a wonderful life. it s a story about greed and goodness and charity and hope all wrapped up into one. i can t think of christmas and christmas eve without
the expectation is that everybody will get a piece of the pie. the martini castle. look, mr. potter. meanwhile, there s mr. potter who is a greedy businessman. i pay will 50 cents on the dollar. you never miss a trick, do you, potter? it s really a very simple story of good and evil but still mindful of all of the problems that happen. on christmas eve, george bailey has this unexpected financial crisis that derails him as it would anyone. mr. potter inspires to ruin him professionally and personally. your worth more dead than alive. than the bottom falls out. and then oh my, what do you do? misappropriation of funds. a sobering thought. i can only imagine how george felt. how do you deal with your children and your wife looking
conversation. the real santa is chinese. what? what? santa is chinese? yes. why do you think all the toys he delivers say made in china? but it s a fictional character. santa can be whatever he want. it can be a woman. the movie noelle is a story about the person who is eager to take the mantle is the one that is often ignored. noelle is the sibling of the soon to be new santa claus played by bill hater. this is heavy. the book of santa, i read it, i memorized it and listened to it on tape and don t get it. okay. if he wants to do anything in this world except be santa claus. merry christmas. so do we break for lunch now? a perfect person for that movie. she is so grounded and humble. i think humility is a really important equality in santa. it s not just about the presents we get but the presents