Watch my NEW VIDEO on the sequel (Angela's Christmas Wish) here:    • Angela's Christmas 2 and the Patterns...  

Read an adapted version of my script at Busted Halo - https://bustedhalo.com/life-culture/t...

I find Angela’s Christmas, a charming little children’s film on Netflix, to be surprisingly deep in the way that it maps onto many of the basic symbolic patterns and themes of the Christmas story itself. In this video essay / analysis, I dig into these patterns and their meaning -- which intertwine with the setting, characters, and light/dark imagery -- as well as commentary from the book’s author and the film’s director. I think it's much more than a story of a girl who steals a baby Jesus statue!

--

*Support this channel on Patreon:   / moonlightingenglishteacher  

*Other ways to connect:
- Facebook (  / moonlightingenglishteacher  )
- Instragram (  / moonlightingenglishteacher  )

--

*Sources:
- John Donne, “Annunciation” - https://www.bartleby.com/357/84.html
- Interview with author Frank McCourt -    • Frank McCourt: Angela and the Baby Jesus  
- Interview with director Damien O’Connor - https://www.brownbagfilms.com/labs/en...
- Jonathan Pageau, “The Nativity Icon as an Image of Reality” - https://orthodoxartsjournal.org/nativ...
- C.G. Jung, The Archetypes and the Collective Uncounsious -   / 67890.the_archetypes_and_the_collective_un...  
- Dolores O’Riordan, "Angela's Song" - http://cranberriesworld.com/music/son...

*Music (Creative Commons Attribution)
- “Frost Waltz” - Kevin MacLeod (   • Frost Waltz – Kevin MacLeod (No Copyr...  )
- “Exile” by Jonny Easton (   • Dark/Beautiful Piano Music - Royalty ...  )
- “Love Story” by Jonny Easton (   • Emotional Sweet Piano Music - Royalty...  )