Movies and Television:
-"Home Alone"
-"Home Alone"
-"Home Alone 2: Lost in New York"
-"Die Hard"
-"A Charlie Brown Christmas"
-"A Muppet Family Christmas"
-Hershey's Kiss "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" commercial
-"The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" - Original animated not live action movie
-"Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean"
Music:
-"The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" - Original animated not live action movie
-"Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean"
Music:
-Boney M's "Christmas Album"
-"Once Upon a Christmas" - Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers
-"Christmas Time Is Here" by Daniela Andrade - The video especially
- Kenny G's "Miracles: The Christmas Album"
Food and Drink:
- Kenny G's "Miracles: The Christmas Album"
Food and Drink:
-Yearly carton of egg nog
Words to live by.
I always watch the 1965 Christmas classic A Charlie Brown Christmas.
"Linus is right, I won't let all this commercialism ruin my Christmas."
-Charlie Brown
I always watch the 1965 Christmas classic A Charlie Brown Christmas.
"A Charlie Brown Christmas" has some good messages we could learn from. There are topics of not feeling Christmas, sadness on the part of Charlie Brown, commercialization, and the meaning of Christmas in which Charlie Brown doesn't understand.
The quote about not letting commercialism ruin his Christmas is one we should learn from. Growing up, getting presents was, of course, something I looked forward to. What kid didn't? Getting CDs ("Best of Van Halen Vol. 1 for instance), video games (Super Nintendo, Game Boy, etc.), toys, etc.. I loved Christmas. It was my favourite holiday. Maybe the presents had something to do with it.
I knew what the meaning of Christmas was in many respects from the story of Jesus' birth to spending time with family and friends and all that stuff. As I grew up and no longer got presents, I still loved Christmas. Getting the odd gift or not getting gifts at all is not a big deal. But for some, exchanging presents is a big deal. That's all fine and well.
For decades and decades, Christmas has become more and more commercialized. Stores start putting out Christmas decorations and the goodies you eat during that time such as chocolates and cookies, etc. way too early. Before Halloween. At work, even a kid said it was too early.
The ads and commercials bombard us with getting the latest technology (phones, computers, video games), gadgets, and all sorts of other stuff. Go here or go there for your all your holiday needs. Get various deals. That's all fine and well. I would have Christmas deals on if I had a business. Just makes good business sense.
If someone was to get me something, get me something practical that I need. I at one point was getting a yearly pair of socks from my Grandma Sheldon. Thanks, Grandma. Better than nothing as they say.
Now, in A Charlie Brown Christmas, commercialization is mentioned many times. Charlie Brown was wise to not let commercialization ruin his Christmas. He focused on the little tree he thought was perfect even though that's not what Lucy wanted for the Christmas play. He stuck to his guns and loved that little tree.
He left to go and decorate the tree and not focus on the commercialization of Christmas. We could all learn that from him. Although, at the beginning, Lucy mentioned getting all sorts of presents of things she wanted. Sally wanted money from Santa. As kids, that's what we wanted.
Now, I have a little tree that I call my Charlie Brown tree. Of course it's nothing fancy, but I don't care just like Charlie Brown didn't care. He was disheartened that a single ornament made it fall over. I get how one might feel that way. After he left, Lucy, Sally, Pig-Pen, Schroeder, and the others decorated his tree. Lucy saying afterwards:
"Charlie Brown is a blockhead, but he did get a nice tree."
Here is the clip that ends this classic including his reaction to his tree being decorated by everyone.
I knew what the meaning of Christmas was in many respects from the story of Jesus' birth to spending time with family and friends and all that stuff. As I grew up and no longer got presents, I still loved Christmas. Getting the odd gift or not getting gifts at all is not a big deal. But for some, exchanging presents is a big deal. That's all fine and well.
For decades and decades, Christmas has become more and more commercialized. Stores start putting out Christmas decorations and the goodies you eat during that time such as chocolates and cookies, etc. way too early. Before Halloween. At work, even a kid said it was too early.
The ads and commercials bombard us with getting the latest technology (phones, computers, video games), gadgets, and all sorts of other stuff. Go here or go there for your all your holiday needs. Get various deals. That's all fine and well. I would have Christmas deals on if I had a business. Just makes good business sense.
If someone was to get me something, get me something practical that I need. I at one point was getting a yearly pair of socks from my Grandma Sheldon. Thanks, Grandma. Better than nothing as they say.
Now, in A Charlie Brown Christmas, commercialization is mentioned many times. Charlie Brown was wise to not let commercialization ruin his Christmas. He focused on the little tree he thought was perfect even though that's not what Lucy wanted for the Christmas play. He stuck to his guns and loved that little tree.
He left to go and decorate the tree and not focus on the commercialization of Christmas. We could all learn that from him. Although, at the beginning, Lucy mentioned getting all sorts of presents of things she wanted. Sally wanted money from Santa. As kids, that's what we wanted.
Now, I have a little tree that I call my Charlie Brown tree. Of course it's nothing fancy, but I don't care just like Charlie Brown didn't care. He was disheartened that a single ornament made it fall over. I get how one might feel that way. After he left, Lucy, Sally, Pig-Pen, Schroeder, and the others decorated his tree. Lucy saying afterwards:
"Charlie Brown is a blockhead, but he did get a nice tree."
Here is the clip that ends this classic including his reaction to his tree being decorated by everyone.
It's good they learned the meaning of Christmas. We should get a reminder instead of that in case we forget. You should not focus on commercialization of the season and focus on what truly matters. Family, friends, good food, good times, making memories, etc. are what matters. As said I said, getting presents is all well and fine, but that's not what truly matters.
Oh and we shouldn't forget to thank Linus for telling Charlie Brown about one of the meanings of Christmas when he didn't know. It lifts Charlie's spirits and makes him feel slightly better.
Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown. Merry Christmas one and all.
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