Day 117

In Literati today the game was a bit boring. My opponent said nothing at all. Saddening when at least a hi or something would have been nice. I found that I could place not a single word I had often today and found myself frustrated at the game. Here is the board:

Today's Movie: Thomas Kinkade's A Christmas Cottage

This movie was inspired by true events. I found it absolutely fantastic on so many levels. I do not feel it will keep a child's attention but a wonderful holiday movie I can foresee seeing again next year.

Here is Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage:

Such a beautiful painting. It is shown in the movie as well. It is warm and inviting. Alive in the cold snow. I think this movie showed his inspiration for such warmth and life in his paintings. As a lover of art I admit I loved this movie for so many reasons. The main fact would be one of the morals you will find in the movie: Family is family and they are supposed to help each other no matter the cost.

In this movie we find Tom returning home for the holidays with his brother. The year is 1977. The surroundings are nature at her best, life covered in snow. They pick up their mother from work and go home to the cottage. It is decrepit looking at best. We find the cottage is in need of repairs. The boys will also soon discover their mother is about to lose it as well when Tom finds the foreclosure notice. Mom believes she should be taking care of her boys not her boys taking care of her. So she never told them. She wants them to enjoy their break and go back to school not being worried of her and the cottage. The boys cannot let it be this way.

So the two boys take on jobs to help mom. Thomas takes on a mural for the town. It is supposed to be Main Street in the town. When he first takes it, it is "Just a job". His mentor Glen, a famous painter who lives next door tells him that he must put his all in every painting he does. He takes those words to heart and starts his own version of the mural now adding in more detail and people who pass by, even their pets. It is amazing. The people love it as it catches them all making the simplistic town beautiful and welcoming as it is.

Glen will continue to talk with Thomas. So will other people of the town. He starts to put more of his heart and soul into the picture realizing everything Glen has told him. He will even help Glen finish his final painting. He will let Thomas know the light and life is the most important to catch the natural beauty within the painting. I believe he succeeds.

The other story going on is how to save the cottage. Both boys are working. The brother is helping the electrician. The prior pageant queen turned hustler poser is the celebrity of the town. The people are close and friendly. Mom seems to be the one who keeps the peace among them always finding a solution. Yet, her pride gets in the way of her asking any of the favors returned. Not to mention this is the Christmas tree capital!

Will Thomas find the light? Will Glen get that last picture painted? Will mom lose the cottage? Watch and see I am sure you will be glad you did.

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Look familiar you say? Yes... they do. They are an edit to yesterdays moons. She was a good girl I guess.