Sunday, December 26, 2004
No bell
I caught the Polar Express the other day. It may have been a simple children's story, but it was beautifully done and I couldn't help but like it.
It had the usual storyline of the jaded child who couldn't quite bring himself to believe in Santa Claus / Christmas; naturally, the next thing he knows he's on a trip to the north pole.
The interesting bit was the medium for the journey, a strange train complete with ghost riding shotgun.
And naturally, in the end, the boy believed again.
*****
I never believed in Santa Claus.
But for a while there, I believed in love.
In the film, the boy receives a wondrous bell from the north pole that only believers can hear. It gets harder as one grows older to keep hearing the call of the bell, and eventually when you shake it, nothing happens.
*****
Did anyone else notice the moon last night?
We had a full-moon on Christmas night, here on the equator.
It had the usual storyline of the jaded child who couldn't quite bring himself to believe in Santa Claus / Christmas; naturally, the next thing he knows he's on a trip to the north pole.
The interesting bit was the medium for the journey, a strange train complete with ghost riding shotgun.
And naturally, in the end, the boy believed again.
*****
I never believed in Santa Claus.
But for a while there, I believed in love.
In the film, the boy receives a wondrous bell from the north pole that only believers can hear. It gets harder as one grows older to keep hearing the call of the bell, and eventually when you shake it, nothing happens.
*****
Did anyone else notice the moon last night?
We had a full-moon on Christmas night, here on the equator.
