This is such a well done movie. The themes are a father neglecting his son for work and then going shopping. The idea I think is that he is always making money or spending it. He neglects his wife too, and another man tries to steal her away.
No dad is perfect. No husband is perfect. It is a miracle that any family stays together in our modern world. All you can do is cut each other some slack. Maybe your mate doesn't behave perfectly, but neither do you. "Judge not lest you be judged" right?
The majority of the movie is the madness over the dad trying to find a sold out toy. He goes everywhere he can, and competes with another dad in crazy ways to get the toy. In the end the kid gives the toy away to the other dad. He says, "Why do I need the toy when I have the real thing at home?" Isn't that life. We think all these other things will make us happy. What we have at home already is all that we really need. But we buy and buy and search endlessly for that next thing that we crave. It is a never ending hunger that we think we need to satisfy. What object will make me happy next?
May we all be happier with what we already have this holiday season. May we see that the people in our family are the best presents we could ever receive. May the greed we may feel fade away. May we just relax and enjoy the things we have. May we learn to be content and stop always searching and getting more and hungering for more. May we learn to be fully satisfied with less.
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