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This might be your best essay yet. Just brilliant. Also, this reminded me that Kate said she would sell her soul to the devil himself to get back to Kevin.

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It makes me want to do a bigger analysis of Protestant/Catholic Christmas movies. I think there’s something there…

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After reading your essay, I think you're right. This really made me think about subtle religious references (subtle perhaps only because they are contrasted to a Rube Goldberg slapstick death machine of a house) in films that I hadn't more fully noticed.

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Thanks, I am very fond of this one. It was a lot of fun to write.

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Also, Home alone was the first time I went out with friends and we were paired up with girls once we got to the theater. I think it was 6th grade? That was exhilarating.

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“Siri, give me an example of how to tell people I’m super old”

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Dear Idiot, “Millions” is the best Christmas movie.

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Objectivists (followers of Ayn Ran) love Christmas, despite being very unreflective atheists. They love it because it's an unabashed celebration of material possessions, so I assume they also love a lot of Christmas movies as well, since what you've said about those movies is right.

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