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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! |
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48-HOUR CHALLENGE : Media Prompt
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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48-HOUR CHALLENGE : Media Prompt
Deadl..." I just listened to a few seconds of the song, to get the idea. I don't want to listen to more. I'm missing Dad a lot and this sounds like it would trigger me. The title and first few lines made it sound like it's about following someone who dies somewhere - too upsetting a subject in my current mood. Dad's first death anniversary is coming up on Nov 14. My cousin is asking if I want a family Zoom meeting, but I don't think I want to organise it, nor have her do so for me. It was nice of her to offer, but it's a big task, co-ordinating the different time zones the family lives in. I want to share so many things with Dad and 'he's watching from Heaven' just doesn't cut it. I want to tell him about my new (part time) job and about my hobby and so many things. I miss you, Dad. |
| Once upon a time, there was a town. In this town, everything had to be bigger, better, faster, more convenient. Nobody walked if they could take the helicopter, nobody climbed the stairs if they could take the elevator. Puffs of big black smoke came out of factory chimneys and the factory owners had bets on whose smoke would be the blackest and biggest. The weather began to change. It rained or snowed when it wasn't supposed to. Sometimes the sun shone piercingly bright for days on end. Sometimes it grew cold. The townsfolk built better, more efficient structures to combat this climate change. Now, unseen by the citizens, there lived some monsters in a cave nearby. These were the pollution monsters, and they thought bigger was better, too. Each one tried to get the biggest, heaviest carbon footprint. Considering how much pollution was going around these monsters had no problem getting greenhouse gases to grow on. They grew bigger and bigger. Their feet grew bigger and bigger. "Now to test who has the biggest carbon footprint!" the Chief Monster announced. With shrieks of delight, the Monsters ran to the town. The townspeople saw them approaching and gasped. The monsters lined up. Each one raised their right leg. "When I say GO," the Chief Monster said, "all of you bring your foot down so we can measure your carbon footprint. Ready-steady-GO!" A hundred monster feet came crashing down on the town. All the biggest, most convenient structures were destroyed, along with the people in them All that was left of the town was the carbon footprints of the monsters, with their measurements written neatly in. So, the town died sadly ever after. The end. |
| "Note:
48-HOUR CHALLENGE : Media Prompt
Deadl..." I love the visuals in this one - the toy 'phone' at the two ends, and trying to connect. Very evocative. What does it mean, to connect? To be physically near each other? Heck, couples who are supposedly making love aren't always 'connected' though all their skin is touching each other's. So then? To be on the same wavelength, even though you might be physically distant? Technology has given us ways to close the physical gap these days. So if someone gets what you are saying, are you connected though you're miles apart? Or just it simply mean to WANT to be close, like this song says. If both people really desire proximity, is it achieved already, by the very longing for it? Richard Bach says 'if you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there?' So, if you want to be connected, you already are! |
| "Note: Newsfeed WEEKEND Challenge till Sunday 11.59 pm o..." Once upon a time, The Story Master and The Story Mistress created the site we call Writing Dot Com. On June 1, 2016, wiesblaize found this online home. She loved it, and soon became very active. She made several friends. On a bright Saturday, she thought up a challenge and asked folks to write a drabble. Sonali didn't know what a drabble was, but found out one second later! Questions came pouring in. Weisblaize answered promptly. Everyone soon got cracking on their keyboards. Sonali has just finished her entry and is going to do a word count now! Fingers crossed! Words: 100 |
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48-HOUR CHALLENGE : Media Prompt
Deadl..." Nature's great Nature's great There is colour there is sound there are creatures dancing around There is music there is rhythm tiny things moving though you can't see them Nature's great Nature's great There is wind there's snow and rain and then there's sunshine back again There are mountains there are valleys and lakes ponds, streams, seashores water don't sleep, it always wakes Nature's great Nature's great Don't destroy the disco snails don't destroy any creature let's share our planet happily with the miracle of nature Nature's great Nature's great |
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