It's a great cartoon, and a wonderful allegorical piece.
Spoiler alert.
Noel Noel's business.
Noel Noel was a toy-maker who loved making toys and his were the best in the land, but no one would buy his toys. Everyone was spooked by the gigantic pine tree behind his shop. He was sure to go
bankrupt.
Noel Noel's Fairy
Luckily, he had a fairy who loved his him and his work. She felt bad that Noel's toy store was going bankrupt. The fairy grants Noel's wish but he must kiss her to get it. A stipulation is if he takes the wish, he can't hurt the tree where the
fairies live or he will be cursed. He kisses her and falls in love.
Noel Noel's Decent
Noel becomes very successful but couldn't get Beatrice out of his mind. Noel wasn't good with words, but could make toys.
He offers the fairy a hand-carved reindeer and she loves it. If she likes one, he figures, she'll like a whole bunch! But she doesn't want more stuff. She wants him to speak to her. Unfortunately, that's not his strong suit. She leaves him. He thinks it's because she doesn't like hand-carved toys, but wants more lavish expensive gifts.
Noel Noel's Curse
Noel becomes extremely successful work-a-holic and wants to build a castle for Beatrice and himself. The tree would be key to building what he needed. After he chops it down, he becomes cursed. The curse is every
Christmas, his most successful time of the year, past midnight he'd turn into a gruesome Monster. The death of the tree is the ultimate act of selfishness and the death of his love and happiness. Noel Noel has lost true happiness in the attainment of everything. He keeps Beatrice's glasses and magic wand. And Beatrice's reindeer friend watches this pass.
Noel Noel The Corporate Mogul
Noel Noel has become cold, his heart is like lead. He tips his staff with useless gifts. He even sells live reindeer... no more cheap carved ones. Only the best, most expensive things. Whatever makes a profit. Reindeer for everyone.
Noel Noel's Best Customers
The Little Zoey Murphy stares at Noel Noel's store waiting excitedly for the clock to countdown when the store opens. She sees Noel Noel and enters his store. When Zoey and her Father pass the live reindeer, she knows that is what she needs for Christmas. Her Father looks at the price tag and says no. But Zoey is somewhat of a spoiled brat and she cries.
Noel Noel's Christmas
The Murphy's celebrate Christmas by opening their gifts they bought from Noel's store. Mom gets a fire extinguisher, Dad gets the Christmas tie that ties itself, and Zoey get the reindeer that she wanted, and Snooze the dog gets lonely. Meanwhile, Noel's curse is revealed. He becomes a physical monster, an outward expression of what we should think about him.
Noel Noel's Encounter
Noel Noel leaves his office as an ugly scary monster. The reindeer escapes Zoey's house. Zoey wakes up to fin he's gone out the window. Zoey follows. When Zoey's mother notices Zoey is gone, Snooze, her dog, sets out to find her.
Zoey meets Noel who is upset and lost his true loves glasses. Zoey found them in the snow and gave them back to Noel. Noel was happy. As this was happening, spirits whisked them away to the dead stump where the Noel's old work shop was.
Noel Noel's Confession
Zoey sees her reindeer and gets excited. The spirit of the stump possess her reindeer who demands to know why Noel broke his promise. Noel confesses that all he wanted to do was to express how much he loved Beatrice the fairy. Beatrice is moved. She wants her glasses back, and Snooze runs in to save the day.
Noel Noel's Lesson.
Love isn't expressed in material possessions, but in thoughtful acts and verbal expressions from the heart.
"From the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks" -Luke 6:45
Noel Noel the Allegory
Noel is the French word for Christmas which I'm sure most of you know. Noel's journey of starting with joy at making toys for Christmas is admirable. Then when his wish is fulfilled, and his desire to become rich to impress, he becomes materialistic. He encourages people to buy things they don't need. Like the Murphy's Father's tie. The Murphy's forget momentarily how much damage is done to their pocketbook. Noel forgets the joy of making toys. Noel Noel has destroyed the goodness of Christmas and literally killed the Spirit that made Noel successful in the first place.
But this can all change, if we remember that love isn't expressed in material things, but goes beyond that to a deeper place.
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