There's even a movie about it. "Elmo Saves Christmas". He gets a wish, and he wishes for Christmas every day. And it sucks, because everything special about Christmas is ruined. It's not special anymore. Ollie is totally jaded at 4, and Finn likely will be as well.tintin15 wrote:Seriously. One of my favorite things about holidays has always been the anticipation for that one special day you get to go nuts. Is waking up Christmas morning special when you've already been overloaded with decorations and forced traditions? Is a day full of dressing up and eating candy awesome after you've been doing the same thing every day for a month?
There's a line from the musical Into the Woods (and, boy, these two could learn a lot from that musical) that says, "If life were only moments, then you'd never know you had one". They are taking the fun right out of life for these boys. Nothing is ever going to be special for them because it gets taken from that one special day or special moment to "every day is like this".
For example, let's say you had a favorite dessert and had a specific day of the week you ate it, and you always looked forward to that day. If you changed it to having that dessert every day, it wouldn't really matter anymore. There would be nothing to look forward to. In fact, you'd probably get sick of the dessert after a couple weeks.
It's the same for Halloween with them and I'm sure Christmas. What is there to look forward to? Some of the best memories in life end up being special, specific moments. These boys aren't going to have that, which makes me sad.
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