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| Task #10 Favourite Holiday Movies Starting with something I enjoy watching, though it isn't a movie and isn't counted as one of the ten. It's actually a commercial!  MOVIES 1. The Santa Suit I really like the concept of him becoming Santa Claus. The transformation of the character is very well done. He has never seen things from anyone else's perspective before, now he's forced to and he understands stuff he didn't before. I've actually watched this one a few times, which is saying a lot since I don't usually take to movies easily. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3LCVhlQRBU 2. The Santa Squad Because of the various relationships that get sorted out - father-daughters, elderly couple. 3. Saving Santaland Shows how misunderstanding and hurt can be overcome. 4. Since it has 'Holiday' in the title - "ROMAN HOLIDAY" - I'd watched it in childhood with my parents, on screen, and loved it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vm2FdHg7Io&t=31s 5. Home Alone I'm not much of a movie buff and this task is a bit difficult for me. Since I have to name 10, I'm putting this on the list because I did enjoy it when I saw it. It shows what a kid can do if he puts his mind to it! However, hearing what happened to Macaulay Culkin later on, it now affects my viewing of this movie. 6. A Christmas Carol I like the classic Dickens story, hence this one features on the list. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd31WpkEi_8 And the animated version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD3kFnyIkxw 7. The Night They Saved Christmas Human beings do a lot to destroy the Earth's most precious resources. I think the idea of human activity potentially destroying the North Pole is a great way to get the extent of the damage into children's minds and hearts. I also love the idea of Santa not giving a child a violent toy like a gun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThflrTHiMKo 8. Frosty The Snowman A short animation film, full of fun and song and some witty dialogues like 'us evil magicians need to make a living too'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSkyv8EUEsU 9. How The Grinch Stole Christmas Not exactly a movie, but a read-aloud of a favourite Dr Seuss story. The message of Christmas in typical Seuss style (Are his shoes too small, or his heart??) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUchF0dSY_U 10. Enchanting Christmas I like the relationship between father and daughter, and I like what the teacher says about 'belief'. I love the line: "Warm like hot chocolate, but in my heart instead of in my stomach." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQM6ncbBNBo 11.Tails of Christmas Discovered this one - cute dogs! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReJox8F4VC8 |
| Task #9 Reviews of Holiday Themed Items (min 500 characters) 1. Review of "Christmas Surprise"  2. Review of "Remember, Remember the 4th of December" 3. Review of "Someone Jacked Your Sleigh" 4. Review of "'Twas the Lice Before Christmas!" 5. Review of "Holiday Cheer" 6. Review of "The Thankful holiday " 7. Review of "The Worst Christmas" 8. Review of "Trouble at the North Pole" 9. Review of "It Was The Day Before Christmas" |
| For Task #11 of "12 Days Of Christmas 2024" Words: 469 "Now, on my whistle - HO HO HO!" "But - Ma'm -" Mrs. Claus raised an eyebrow. "Well, Amisha Elf, what is it?" "Ma'm, isn't it Santa who does the Ho Ho Ho? Why is it part of our Elf Audition?" "Because, Amisha Elf, it is the Elf Motto to stand in for Santa if he needs it. Now he hasn't needed anyone to HO HO HO for him in centuries, but that doesn't mean we don't stay prepared. If there are no more questions - on my whistle - HO HO HO!" "Right." Mrs. Claus looked each aspirant up and down before saying, "Elf #7, Elf #9, Elf #2 - please step forward." The three of them did so. Amisha Elf, being #4, stayed at the back. "You three are through to the next round. Congratulations! Step off stage and go to the waiting lounge to await your next task. Those left here, you have three more attempts - try to get it right -" "Please Ma'm?" "Yes, Amisha Elf, what is it again?" "I don't know what to put right, Ma'm because I don't know what I did wrong the first time. Please tell me." "All right, Amisha Elf. Your "HOs" have to stay the same volume but get higher pitched. Only slightly mind, don't get falsetto on me. Now, on my whistle --" This time, Amisha Elf got through. When all the aspirants had either "HOed" to Mrs. Claus's satisfaction or finished their number of attempts and been eliminated, she joined them. They had to load a sleigh in teams of three. The key was to co-ordinate with each other and not get into arguments. It's not easy, loading a sleigh with packages of all shapes and sizes meant to go across continents. Everyone had his or her own idea of how it could be done. Amisha Elf thought she could have worked better just alone, but the idea was to work in teams. Amisha Elf's team came third as far as 'timing' went and fourth on 'overall efficiency'. The team that came sixth on timing actually topped overall efficiency by a long shot. They had really taken everything Santa might encounter along the way into account. Then was the most delicate task of all - mending toys so that they don't appear to have been broken-and-mended. Amisha Elf's eyes were smarting and fingers aching by the end of that one. The elves didn't realise it, but even the cocoa break was part of the audition. How polite they were, how much gusto they showed for the cocoa and whether they washed their own mug at the end - Mrs. Claus was making her notes! You'll be happy to know Amisha Elf was selected. The main point in her favour was - "She asks questions and gets clarifications if she doesn't understand something!"   |
| For Task #6 of "12 Days Of Christmas 2024" Mary and Joseph's little child is born Angels sing in praise Noel, Noel, joyful voices cry Gaze upon the Saviour! -Gaze! Every heart is filled with joy Reign supreme, o baby boy! Another acrostic as a comment on "Note: A NEWSFEED CHALLENGE *BulbB**^*Bulb..." |
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Deadl..." I couldn't understand all the lyrics but it sounded like this wasn't a happy-happy Christmas song. It sounded like there are troubles and there is hope that Christmas Lights are going to bring some joy. This made me look at the title in another way. It said Christmas Lights (Official Video) I thought - what if it was Christmas Lights (Off) I guess there are people for whom the lights' are off, even though the time is supposed to be for rejoicing. I guess it's the time to reach out to them. My friend used to do Christmas parties for economically deprived kids and elders. She had about 3,000 kids per party (elders were in smaller groups) and at her peak, touched 100,000 kids and elders one year at Christmas. I volunteered sometimes, collecting gifts or doing activities. It was good to be part of those events. A typical party included: A snack / juice; Lunch; Santa Gift; Games/Activities. My Dad was Santa once, but couldn't do much of an act at that party. It was at a school we hadn't visited before and the principal and teachers were worried that the kids would tell their parents that we had tried to 'convert' their religion. This would mean some trouble, so we were asked to only give out gifts. To make it up to us for cutting our party short, the principal (himself not a rich guy) treated us to glasses of milk he ordered from a nearby restaurant. We were a bit sad that we couldn't do our party, as our intention wasn't to interfere with anyone's worship, only bring some cheer. I'm a Hindu myself and I keep my Hindu beliefs while helping out at Christmas parties. However, we understood where the school staff was coming from and there were no hard feelings. |
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