Reminds me of a poem by Shel Silverstein called "True Story"
This morning I jumped on my horse, And went out for a ride, And some wild outlaws chased me And they shot me in the side. So I crawled into a wildcat’s cave To find a place to hide, But some pirates found me sleeping there, And soon they had me tied To a pole and built a fire Under me—I almost cried Till a mermaid came and cut me loose And begged to be my bride, So I said I’d come back Wednesday But I must admit I lied. Then I ran into a jungle swamp But I forgot my guide And I stepped into some quicksand, And no matter how I tried I couldn’t get out, until I met A water snake named Clyde, Who pulled me to some cannibals Who planned to have me fried. But an eagle came and swooped me up And through the air we flied, But he dropped me in a boiling lake A thousand miles wide. And you’ll never guess what I did then— I DIED.
You know what I want to accomplish this year? Me neither. I like things the way they are. I am totally content with watching life evolve around me, it has always seemed to work out just fine.
I know some of you are cringing right now.
Cry me a river, build me a bridge, and get over it.
I dont know how many times I have typed this blog post and erased it. In the end, there is no good way to explain how I feel about Christmas.
So I wont.
Im only gonna say that last Christmas I was given some epic advice on letting Christmas be what it really is. And last May I heard a CES talk by Elder Bednar titled "Things as they really are" that only cemented it.
Christmas for our family was wonderful and very enjoyable. Also, Im glad its only once a year.
Well, its fun to see the end of the world. Honestly, who could complain about that? But dont expect a good story.
They made the true hero out to be a bad guy, and it ruined the story for me. And the main character was needlessly putting 100s of 1000s of lives in danger to save his own family.
The story of The Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is by far one of the most epic stories of all time ever period forever. There is alot of self-discovery in hypocrisy everytime I watch any version of that story (even this one).
But the new Disney show stunk, like a skunk, in a trunk, full of junk.
The digital-ness of it was very unnatural and there were lots of scenes that felt like time fillers rather than moving the story forward. I was very dissappointed.
My 2 favorite retellings of it are "The Muppets Christmas Carol" and "Scrooge" starring Albert Finney. Ill just stick to those 2 this year.