I am a HUGE fan of the Christmas specials by Rankin and
Bass. From "Santa Claus is Coming
To Town" to "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" to “Year Without A
Santa Claus” to "Little Drummer Boy", Rankin and Bass Christmas specials have never failed to
please the inner child in me. On a shelf in my living room,
all my Christmas movies/specials are proudly displayed, but my favorites, are
the box set of Rankin and Bass!!!!! Normally, we watch them all as we decorate the house for Christmas. I just love opening up the box and watching them ALL!!!
Due to the impending nasty weather we are forecasted to
receive tomorrow, thus causing the cancellation of the Annual Christmas Party
(that had been 39 consecutive years strong), I decided to write about the Miser
Brothers today: Heat Miser and Snow Miser, from "Year Without A Santa Claus". You must remember them (along with Jingle and Jangle the little Christmas elves)! The two brothers
just don't get along. Funny when I look through my newsfeed on the wonderful
book of Faces, how many people I see who either love summer and hate winter or
vice versa. It’s like we have our own little battle of the Miser brothers
before our very eyes. In the summertime, people complain about the heat and how much they despise it and then when the winter hits, there are complaints about the cold and snow.
It is this exact debate that prompted the question: Who is
really the better of the two Miser Brothers?
Is it "Mister 101" or "Mr Ten Below"? Hopefully we can settle this once and for
all, but I have a sneaking suspicion that the answer is as simple as, “To each
his own.”
Let’s take a look at Brother Number 1. Snow Miser, aka
"Mr. White Christmas", lives in the North Pole and enjoys the
cold. He sits on an icy chair and has
icicles of snot (which I always thought was quite gross) growing off his
gigantic, ski slope nose. He sings and dances about how much he loves snow,
white Christmases, and is even referred to as Mr. Ten Below. And now let me
introduce Brother Number 2. Heat Miser, aka "Mr. Green Christmas",
lives in, what appears to be, the bowels of Hell itself. While eating fire and
turning everything he touches into molten goo, he basks in the fiery glory and
keeps his icy brother's snow from affecting the South by turning it in to rain.
He, too, sings of his love of all things heat, melting things in his clutch,
being referred to as Mister 101. Both are creepy, yet insanely adorable Rankin
and Bass characters, who are loved by so many people.
I’m not sure which I like better, so for the sake of which
Miser Brother is the better of the two, I will vote neither. I enjoy both
summer and winter alike. I love basking in the sun on my pool deck, sipping
adult beverages with those I love, wearing shorts and tank tops, buuuuuuuut
I also enjoy sipping hot chocolate on my couch, wearing baggy sweats, and watching
the white flakes float to the ground, creating a beautiful picture of freshly
fallen snow.
Right at this moment, I am a tad upset with Mr. Snow Miser
for his timing of the next snow storm about to come our way. I wish he would
have waited a bit so we are ensured a White Christmas, but……
Until tomorrow, my friends…..let us be thankful for the
changing of seasons, the beauty each one brings to us and let us NOT become our
own Snow or Heat Misers.
Think Thankfully!!!
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