This leads one to think that the only reasoning behind Santa’s potential refusal of Rudolph for the team someday is cosmetic. Unless there’s some underlying medical concern that Santa hasn’t shared (and of which would probably be too complicated to wrap a plot around in a film of this nature), a nose of a different color should not hinder this particular animal from doing that particular job, assuming he is capable of the “flying” part. Technically, though, a reindeer’s nose is completely irrelevant to his ability to fly. This precedent is setup for failure, given that no other reindeer has ever been born with a lightbulb on his face, nobody would therefore know what steps to take to cure him, so he probably will grow up automatically eliminated from Santa’s team before he’s ever had a chance to try out, and that conclusion uttered from children’s greatest, jolly hero of the holidays. Imagine that a perceived physical flaw renders a young one’s value in the magical kingdom of Christmastown completely hopeless, unless he outgrows this flaw. THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, WE’RE ALL FROM THE ISLAND OF MISFIT TOYS: PART 5 I’ll spend this chapter showing how and why, and giving a history lesson on vampires, immortality, blood, and a few otherworldly creatures gaining in popularity in the last days we’re living in. (I’m afraid I may be showing my age a little with that last sentence.) But, the seduction this vampire trend has on young girls especially is not only disturbing, it’s dangerous. Everything “vampire” is now as popular with these young girls as much as Barbies, Cabbage Patch Dolls, and Easy-Bake Ovens used to be. “Vampire romance novels,” as they are referred to, have swept through the publishing world. And what’s very disturbing is that this interest and obsession is especially strong in young women. It can be argued that the current trend, or rather, obsession, started with the highly popular books and movies in the Twilight series. Vampires have become more popular than ever now, thanks to recent movies and books. These days, you can’t turn on the TV or walk into a bookstore without seeing vampires everywhere. ![]() PARANORMAL ENTITIES AND THIS OCTOBER’S HALLOWEEN (PART 11)-Twilight of the Last Days You, with your nose-so-bright, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine… They did it for you, and they did it for me, the bearded-lady freak. They rose up for every odd-man-out, every loner, anyone mislabeled as a “nonconformist.” They broadcast with their actions that there is no man left behind in this game of life, that every soul has value and there is no toleration or appreciation for the insinuation that those the world deems as damaged goods won’t be allowed to share in the happy ending. They made a stance for the broken, the disabled, the lonely. They protested on behalf of every person who feels they don’t belong. If we allow a representative character to get the shaft, our silence stands as an endorsement that we are okay with allowing the world to forget those of us who feel the way these sad toys did. The underlying motivation behind their activism was for real-life misfits. But, for whom did these people really rise up for? A bunch of fictional toys in a stop-animation movie? Certainly not. When the toys were left behind forever on the island, there was a public outrage. ![]() ![]() THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, WE’RE ALL FROM THE ISLAND OF MISFIT TOYS: PART 6
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