of work jesus is supposed to have called christians to do dad do you have to do it now the pageant isn't as important as helping people in need edmond and the next time we see him he's done a complete NUMBER_TOKEN. edmond didn't want you to spend christmas in jail how what changed i think that this is more important than it seems on the surface because we are trending dangerously close to you the christian kid watching this are better and smarter and more clued into the truth simply by being a christian than the average unchurched doofus which i don't think that the special is trying to do and i actually think it's putting in some effort not to do having junior need to learn a similar lesson to hardened criminal bob the tomato is actually really great but having junior's journey take place off-screen in a way that makes the character the target audience is most likely to identify with the inspiration for rather than the subject of the most clearly depicted character growth is not a neutral choice it says stuff stuff that kids will listen to but you know overall good intentions and spectacle are fine but not actually interchangeable for love and service and forgiveness simple but nuanced good stuff alright so those two specials were it from my childhood but as does happen veggietales has moved on with its life without me now as much as i would love to sort through every christmas special the series has released since i left it behind my family would like to see me this year so we're going to pop in for just one installment and full disclosure that decision has been made by which one i could find in its entirety on youtube so we are jumping forward to NUMBER_TOKEN with mary larry and the true light of christmas which hits at an interesting moment in this eyepiece history this was after big idea had declared bankruptcy and been shuffled through a few different ownerships and finally landed with dreamworks where it has stayed even through dreamworks acquisition by universal but this is also before the series went into reboot iterations so we're still technically looking at the original run of veggie tales anyway this one's about how capitalism will bring the true meaning back to christmas inside a framing device within a framing device we meet bob and mr lunt who run a decorating company contracted to christmasify a struggling post-recession shopping mall owned or should i say ruled over by archibald asparagus who i'm actually going to refer to by his in-story character name because it is mr cashberger the king of them all bob and lunt arrive for the job sing about the true meaning of christmas and meet larry a mall elf who is super super super into his job decorating commences and meanwhile at the elf hut this one little string bean or something comes by saying she doesn't want anything for herself this season she just wants to see if larry will buy one of these cards she's selling to raise money for someone who needs it she disappears before larry can find out more about this mysterious stranger who needs help so larry commandeers bob and lunt's shiny north pole express to run after her and a slapstick chase scene ensues wrecking the decorations and confirming bob's suspicions that larry's enthusiasm is likely to get in his way but
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