Do you remember, when you were a kid, those nights every single year that the world would almost stop...everyone would get home from work on time...meals would be eaten....popcorn would be popped...and the whole family would gather around the tv to watch an epic movie together. Oh, not just any movie...those movies that would replay every year, like clockwork. At Easter, there was The Ten Commandments. At Halloween, It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. At Christmas, Charlie Brown Christmas, Rudolph and Frosty. And, I cannot recall what time of year it was but the annual viewing of The Wizard of Oz.
This was, of course, before dvd players made their way into just about every home. Now, they do still play on tv...though I think "The Wizard of Oz" plays on TNT which some of us may or may not have, but with dvd players, there is no need for us to, collectively, stop to enjoy these epic movies along with the nation. I kind of miss those times. The simplicity of not having it all at my fingertips.
I thought about this last night. I went to the library and was perusing the available dvds and saw "The Ten Commandments" and thought...WOW, I have not seen this movie in about 10 years. I thought about how I would sit with my dad every year to watch this epic movie...sitting in awe as Moses helped build the awe inspiring temples in Egypt....the burning bush...the plagues...the parting of the sea. My kids have never seen it and, even now as I checked it out of the library, I am watching it on my own because we just don't seem to have 3 hours to devote to it. It is kind of sad.
We watch "The Wizard of Oz" every couple years or so (I was thrilled to be able to see it last year in a movie theater for only $1). The Christmas and Halloween movies we see yearly, but on our own time.
But, I remember back when I was a kid and it was a big deal. No homework. No doubt just about every tv in every home was tuned in to one of these epic movies on one of those epic nights.
I thought about this last night. I went to the library and was perusing the available dvds and saw "The Ten Commandments" and thought...WOW, I have not seen this movie in about 10 years. I thought about how I would sit with my dad every year to watch this epic movie...sitting in awe as Moses helped build the awe inspiring temples in Egypt....the burning bush...the plagues...the parting of the sea. My kids have never seen it and, even now as I checked it out of the library, I am watching it on my own because we just don't seem to have 3 hours to devote to it. It is kind of sad.
We watch "The Wizard of Oz" every couple years or so (I was thrilled to be able to see it last year in a movie theater for only $1). The Christmas and Halloween movies we see yearly, but on our own time.
But, I remember back when I was a kid and it was a big deal. No homework. No doubt just about every tv in every home was tuned in to one of these epic movies on one of those epic nights.
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