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  2. I agree with you, Cheryl. Turing the Christmas story into an animated comedy just doesn’t feel right to me. It’s not that it can’t be done. Charles Shultz (who was a Christian) beautifully wove in the Christmas story in his animated cartoon, A Charlie Brown Christmas. It was charming and adorable and truthful, without being corny or disrespectful. I have very mixed feelings about this new movie. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.
    Crystal

  3. I also agree with you, Cheryl (and Crystal, too).
    There’s a big difference between making a story age-appropriate for little children and demeaning the message for the sake of laughs. As Crystal pointed out, humor can come alongside the account without being disrespectful. After all, it’s not as if God doesn’t have a sense of humor…He created us, didn’t He? 🙂

  4. Cheryl, I agree with you that, far too often today, very serious matters are trivialized. I believe this is spiritually harmful. While I enjoy humor, I think that misplaced humor, especially in children’s books, conveys the wrong message.

    Thank you for your relevant post!

    Blessings,

    MaryAnn
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    MaryAnn Diorio, PhD, MFA
    Author & Writing Coach
    http://www.maryanndiorio.com

  5. Completely agree with you, Cheryl (and also with the comments by Crystal, Ava, MaryAnn and Janice). It seems that the beauty and wonder of redeeming love and grace are going to be completely lost in this film. 🙁

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