Tuesday, December 11, 2018

All About The Heart Of Christmas

By Kevin McDonald


Its that time of the season again. And what better way to approach it than with a whole bunch of sentimental and schmaltzy movies in which you can feel all the feels, as per the hackneyed alliteration. Lets narrow down the mind boggling smorgasbord of choices for you with The Heart of Christmas.

This one here is an American dramatic feature film released way back in 2011. Quite a long way ago, but as timeless as ever, as is everything related to the Yuletide Season. This time of year is the type to mesh with all the atoms and particles of the atmosphere, so much that you feel the Holiday vibes like theyre solid substance. It wouldnt hurt to append that and herald its forthcoming your own way, though, especially with a perfectly themed movie to jack up all the feels.

This movie just might tick all the boxes in your checklist for all the makeup of a nice go to movie. Of course, theres the omnipresent and successful plot device, the tearjerker. If youre boggled and confused on what all the fuss on Christmas is all about, get right down to this one.

This feature film chronicles the story of a family with a toddler suffering and dying from the terminal stages of acute leukemia. However, the scriptwriters do a good job of delegating the first person narrative to a businesswoman wife and mother who had nothing to do with the familys life at the start. That enables us to identify with another MC and view the familys tribulations from a third person point of view, that which would depersonalize the story to an extent and allow us by degrees to approach the main dilemma in an empathizing and humanizing way.

The Walsh family matriarch is a career oriented woman whose job demands have separated her socially and emotionally from her children and husband. As part of her foxhole recourses to repair her broken relationships, she takes her children out of town for trick or treating. Its October, after all. Imagine her surprise when she comes across a compound decking out Christmas decors at this time of the year.

In a last ditch attempt to fix her relationship with her family, she takes her children trick or treating. Alls well and breezy in the first few steps. She tries as best as she can, although the viewers can pretty much perceive from the get go that theres still an epiphany or eureka moment to help her get her act straight perpetually and for good.

As per the title, the movie serves to bring meaning to the oft hackneyed expression of Christmas. After all, its celebration is as old as time immemorial itself. And the meanings of the customs, practices, and traditions have regressed well back into oblivion.

Turns out, the simple explanation and the hard truth is that they were trying to provide one last Christmas for a toddler dying from leukemia, Dax Locke. As if that isnt enough to choke your heartstrings to submission, Megan goes on an emotional roller coaster undertaking of reading Daxs mother Julies blog to learn about the Locke familys journey. Megan is then inspired to introspectively examine her own life and her priorities.

The meaning of Christmas differs to each our individual natures. For the family above, Christmas doesnt mean December 25, and it doesnt mean presents, gifts, and festivities, however. Were no longer going down the schmaltzy details, but do watch the movie to decide on your own meaning.




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