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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 one here is an American dramatic feature film released way back in 2011. Quite a long way ago, but as timeless as ever, as is everything related to the Yuletide Season. This time of year is the type to mesh with all the atoms and particles of the atmosphere, so much that you feel the Holiday vibes like theyre solid substance. It wouldnt hurt to append that and herald its forthcoming your own way, though, especially with a perfectly themed movie to jack up all the feels.

If youre an indefatigable consumer of tearjerkers, then youre on your turf here. It takes such a lot of scientific thinking and neurobiological analysis to know why we are suckers for sad movies in the first place. It could either be because theyre cathartic or therapeutic, or whatnot. Whatever the reasons, youll walk out of the movie house or room, in a puddle of tears and with an aura of love.

To top off, this is actually based on a true to life story. It has to do with a family caring for a toddler who is on the final stages of a rare and fatal form of acute leukemia. It is told through the eyes of a stranger, another mother slash businesswoman who has another set of problems and issues all on her own.

This businesswoman, Megan Walsh, is a successful career woman. But she soon discovers that all boons come at a price. The astronomical costs are her progressively deteriorating family relationships, both with her spouse and her children. Evidently, this is because shes so caught up in the rigors of her job that she no longer found time and energy to spend with her family.

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.

The answer was such a hard pill to swallow. Turns out, they were out to herald an earlier Christmas for a dying toddler named Dax Locke. If that doesnt purge all the salt drops from your tear ducts, Megan then goes on to read Daxs mothers blog so that she may know about the Lockes journey. The experience inspires Megan to bring her very own life and priorities to perspective.

The meaning of Christmas differs to each our individual natures. For the family above, Christmas doesnt mean December 25, and it doesnt mean presents, gifts, and festivities, however. Were no longer going down the schmaltzy details, but do watch the movie to decide on your own meaning.




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