[Disney] A Christmas Carol: Do We Need the Christmas Spirit?

Jasmin 2022-12-27 07:58:52

A Christmas Carol is based on Dickens' 1843 novel of the same name. The story presented by the animation is not complicated: the protagonist, Abernazer Scrooge, is a nasty guy who is mean enough to take twopence from the eyes of a dead partner, and has no friends or relatives by his side, just a lot Lots and lots of money. Christmas Eve arrives, and the lonely Scrooge encounters three Christmas ghosts representing the past, present and future. Under the guidance of the ghost, Scrooge saw the happy and innocent self he was when he was young, the harm he had caused to others because of his ruthlessness and meanness, and more importantly, he saw that he was lonely to death s future. After being ashamed and remorseful, the Christmas spirit gives Scrooge a chance to correct, and he can share with others and be kind to others from now on, so that he can walk into heaven under the guidance of angels. Christmas, a religious holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus, has long since become a public holiday in the Western world and many other regions. In China, this holiday has been divorced from the original religious meaning and has become a reason to go out to celebrate. Facing the crazy carnival crowd, listening to the complaints that the Spring Festival is no longer a New Year, I can't help asking myself: Do we really understand what the Christmas spirit is? In fact, not only Disney, but almost every blockbuster animation or animated series will have at least one special Christmas edition. These animated shorts without exception promote the spirit of Christmas: fraternity, forgiveness and dedication, helping the elderly and the weak, and People share... Of course, we can regard this kind of propaganda of religious culture as a kind of cultural aggression, but looking at Chinese movies (especially mainland Chinese movies), there seem to be very few works that directly reflect the Spring Festival. Even the sixth film of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf Movie" doesn't seem to have much direct relationship with the Spring Festival. Have you really begun to think that the traditional Chinese festival Spring Festival is not so important? Or the taste of the year has changed a bit? What exactly is the Chinese Spring Festival spirit? Reunion, blessing, peace and gratitude? The taste of the New Year as a child seems to be very simple. It is already a great happiness and joy to be able to wear new clothes with New Year's money and go shopping at the stalls on the street with friends. I don't know when we started for power, money, Status and other things can be recognized by others and forget their true colors. Every day, they walk around wearing a mask of indifference, closure and hypocrisy. Talking about the pressure and busy work all day long, I have long forgotten the happy childhood that I can even eat a candy for most of the day; in the face of food, there is no more praise, but like worship He held up his mobile phone like he did; he no longer sighed at the wonders of nature in the face of the beautiful scenery, but took pictures as if he was "visiting here"; even when his family reunited to watch the Spring Festival Gala, he did not forget to swipe Weibo and spit it out. of? The temperature during the Spring Festival in 2014 was a little unusually high. Sitting by the crowded park, basking in the early spring sunshine of nearly 30 degrees, holding jelly that should not belong to this season, I was thinking about something serious. problem. Thinking about it makes me really have a headache. Then, I decided I didn't want this problem anymore.

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A Christmas Carol quotes

  • [from trailer]

    Ebenezer Scrooge: What do you want with me?

    Jacob Marley: You will be haunted by three spirits.

    Ebenezer Scrooge: I'd rather not.

  • [from trailer]

    [to the Ghost of Christmas Past]

    Ebenezer Scrooge: Haunt me no longer!