by Gina Meyers
That's me with my Grandpa Chig, also known as Harold Hill/Santa Claus, but he'll always be Grandpa Chig to me.
I just watched a movie called Surviving Christmas and it was hilarious. It had me in stitches from beginning until the end.
The best way to describe the movie in a nutshell is Drew, an advertising executive has a lot of hangups is stressed and anxious and doesn't like the holidays. He buys he and his girlfriend first class plane tickets to Fiji for Christmas Vacation. His girlfriend Missy dismisses this gesture and gives Drew an ultimatum, "invite me to meet your family and commit". Drew then seeks out the advice of Missy's therapist. Drew is told by his former girlfriend's therapist to go to his childhood home and list his grievances and then lite the piece of paper on fire. He attempts to do just that, however he is accousted by Mr. Valco, the new owner of Drew's childhood home. With Drew's persistence, and $250,000 he asks (almost demands) that the Valco's become his temporary FAKE FAMILY for the holidays. (In the hopes of releasing all of the anxiety and childhood trauma he has from his formative years).
For a more in depth explanation, please visit, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surviving_Christmas
Drew, like so many of us, don't just want to survive the holidays, we want to thrive during the holidays. With Covid and all of our "old" traditions kinda out the window temporarily, we are having to forge ahead into a brave new world of planning for the holidays.
That's Drew's big worry, "being alone at Christmas". He would rather hire a fake family than to be alone. What he uncovers and discovers is more of a blessing for himself and the Valco Family. That in trying to please other people and make them happy, they too can find their passions, and they can make each other happy.
In other words, there is a big difference in "being alone" and "being lonely", he learns that in "being himself" regardless of his physical circumstance, "close to family", "far from family", "it's in the proximity to his kindness that he finds ultimate bliss."
MY THOUGHTS ON SURVIVING & THRIVING AT CHRISTMAS
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