If your four years old like my Daughter (Romi), these are great times. She is so PSYCHED for Christmas ...I mean she is about to explode with excitement. She is like a little jumping bean of anticipation right now. Although we read plenty of books every day, and we have been reading a few of the Christmas books over and over since October, its the Christmas cartoons that she is truly excited aboout (and didnt we all get excited about the Christmas cartoons?). The cartoons were a sure sign that Christmas was CLOSE! Tonight we saw "Santa Claus is coming to town", and I believe tomorrow we have another one. Next week we have the classic "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and then we see "The Grinch". (although Romi is not so sure about the Grinch, she say she doesn't like him because "he takes Christmas away". Taking REAL Christmas away is exactly what CBS did in taking "The Little Drummer Boy" of the air. In the wacky world we call "Political Correctness" they chose to take LDB off the air because it was about JESUS!!! Of all things silly, to NOT air this 23 minute classic is a CRIME! Its sad. The good thing is, its still available in DVD. Its also a pretty easy book to get. Too bad though, this classic, about a compassionate little Boy, unable to afford a gift for baby Jesus, plays his drum for him. I've tried (with some success) to make the connection between Jesus and Christmas with my Daughter, and its not as easy as you might think. She is dialed in on Santa, and you don't want to mess with that, yet trying to weave in the real meaning of the season with the focus around giving is a lot to take in when your four. This little gem of a show was a PERFECT companion to the other Christmas classics.
How about bringing it back?
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