Consider Yukon Cornelius, for example. Loud, full o' himself, impulsive, brash. But he always manages to come out ahead. He plays the bumbling savior role to perfection.
And what about Hermie the Elf? Annoying voice aside, he stays true to his dreams of dentistry. And in the end, it saves them all. Inspiring.
Then there's Clarice, the only one who truly accepts Rudolph as he is. Typical woman, loving her guy through all his hardships, a real stand-by-her-man kind of gal. Going out in a blizzard and risking becoming the next white meat for a nasty snow beast. In the end, she gets a kiss and her man.
The Bumble, well, he's the ultimate scene stealer, isn't he? A dark (metaphorically speaking) and dangerous creature, he's the original hater. Despises Christmas. Wants to eat all the cute reindeer. Forgets that he can't swim and steps right into the deep ocean blue. The Bumble has issues. But even he finds redemption in the end, coming around to find his new avocation--placing the star perfectly on top of the tree. Cheers abound, happiness ensues, and good will is ensured. And all it cost him was all his bright, shiny, reindeer-munching teeth.
Even Hermey's supervisor eventually comes around to the right way of thinking, letting Hermey set up his practice and fix all the elf cavities that year-round sweets can buy. Probably the first and only push for diversity the North Pole has ever experienced.
Anyhoo, I LOVE when the holiday specials start. What else can whisk us back to the shiny parts of childhood faster than Burl Ives singing "Silver and Gold?" Oh, joy! Oh, delight! And the lessons that the Island of Misfit Toys impart--well, would we be lying if we said, from time to time, we haven't all felt that we belonged there? When we see those toys floating down to their new homes, we can believe in anything.
What about you? What's your favorite holiday special? I'll give three cheers for "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas," myself. Go on--'fess up. It's good for the soul.
8 comments:
Thanks for the wonderful Christmas launch. I love the specials, as well.I saw the Grinch, Elf and White Christmas. And the Giant Trees-they are incredible. Ho Ho HO!and you know who you are.
my favorite holiday special contains the recurrent phrase "good grief!"
as for the Bumble, well...i still have questions.
Moi's fave holiday special? Anything 50 percent off at Neiman's.
OK a few favorites from this year so far:
1) Sun bathing (yes, eat your little hearts out, sunbathing by the pool at Bally's here in the hell-hole).
2) Going to free movie screenings.
3) Trying to make baked gifts, sampling them over and over, and then making more (OY VEY!).
...The RZ Studios X-Mas special is going to be utterly horrible, and definitely not for children.
I'll sum it up in three words: Santa Eats People.
So don't be all happy about X-Mas specials. Some can be downright not-right.
i'm not so upset by the fact that i provided tre with genes, as i am by the fact that so much of his childhood environment is attributable to me.
still, i'm blamin' it all on zak.
DR: Who you callin' a ho???
aj: but he has no teeth and all.
moi: Oh, that one's a classic.
a.fanny: When do I get my baked gifts? Seriously.
Soup Man: but isn't that what makes them so...right? The fact that we can only view them after the children have gone to bed?
aj: well, *duh.*
Re your baked gift: if you could please come and help me with my poltergeist problem! Every time I go to wrap up another batch, they're GONE!
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