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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 American drama feature film was released back in 2011. And being timeless, it hasnt at all lost its appeal and originality. Its not yet too late to ride on Santas sleigh, the yuletide counterpart of the bandwagon, and get out the seasonal Christmas vibes this movie proffers.

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.

Starting off, the movie skates across the life of this disillusioned businessperson, Megan Walsh, who is on the verge of an existential crisis. Breaking through the glass ceiling was all fine and dandy. Until, that is, when she finally noticed that her relationship with her husband and children was going precipitously downhill. No doubt because she was spending less quality time with them.

Upon further probing, she finds out that they are celebrating an early Christmastide to keep up with the cancer diagnosis of toddler Dax Locke. Megan finds herself drawn to the family, and she even reads Julie Lockes blog about their familys roller coaster journey. These accounts change Megan Walsh for the better, as she learns to take herself and her problems, experiences, and priorities in perspective. Her faith and her attitude towards her own family undergo a considerable transformation.

It comes sooner than expected. In the course of their desultory trick or treating, they come upon a neighborhood in which many families are decorating for Christmas, which was evidently two months away. Of course, this is especially mind boggling, seeing as how mistaking the time and date can be a particularly debilitating form of mental disorder. Deciding that either her or these villagers were off their rockers, she decides to ask them what the whole shebang was all about.

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.

It is due to this universality that we should take a few seconds to ponder on its deeper meaning. After all, it may get buried under all the morass of contrivances and superficialities. Instead, all must employ some necessary introspection to drive home its purport and essence. Then again, to each his own.




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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 American drama feature film was released back in 2011. And being timeless, it hasnt at all lost its appeal and originality. Its not yet too late to ride on Santas sleigh, the yuletide counterpart of the bandwagon, and get out the seasonal Christmas vibes this movie proffers.

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.

Starting off, the movie skates across the life of this disillusioned businessperson, Megan Walsh, who is on the verge of an existential crisis. Breaking through the glass ceiling was all fine and dandy. Until, that is, when she finally noticed that her relationship with her husband and children was going precipitously downhill. No doubt because she was spending less quality time with them.

Upon further probing, she finds out that they are celebrating an early Christmastide to keep up with the cancer diagnosis of toddler Dax Locke. Megan finds herself drawn to the family, and she even reads Julie Lockes blog about their familys roller coaster journey. These accounts change Megan Walsh for the better, as she learns to take herself and her problems, experiences, and priorities in perspective. Her faith and her attitude towards her own family undergo a considerable transformation.

It comes sooner than expected. In the course of their desultory trick or treating, they come upon a neighborhood in which many families are decorating for Christmas, which was evidently two months away. Of course, this is especially mind boggling, seeing as how mistaking the time and date can be a particularly debilitating form of mental disorder. Deciding that either her or these villagers were off their rockers, she decides to ask them what the whole shebang was all about.

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.

It is due to this universality that we should take a few seconds to ponder on its deeper meaning. After all, it may get buried under all the morass of contrivances and superficialities. Instead, all must employ some necessary introspection to drive home its purport and essence. Then again, to each his own.




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