I’m looking forward to seeing Rise of the Guardians (hopefully soon) for a number of reasons.
One, I like it when established characters cross over into
each other worlds. It’s just interesting to see characters from one story
interact with characters from another. (And who didn’t smile when Detective
John Munch stepped in to help out in the investigation against the Bluths?)
And while it wouldn’t bother me if Santa Claus and the
Easter Bunny weren’t the best friends ever, I would be a little surprised if
their paths never crossed. My guess is that there are only so many people in
the bringing-holiday-treats-without-anyone-seeing-them line of work. There’s
got to at least be a contact list. You know, Santa finds out (the hard way) that
one house has a new, rather unfriendly dog – he shoots out a quick email:
Subject: Dog Alert
Date: 25 December 2011 1:06am
From: JollyYoungElf@northpole.com
To: EB@springtime.com; fa!rydust47@weefolk.com; Mr.S@sleepies.com
The Piedmont family in
Galena, Illinois
have a new pup. Not an easy-going sort. Seems particularly excitable when it
comes to the color red. Plan your trips to that house accordingly. Might I
suggest body armor? Or at least some Snausages?
Best,
Nick
Subject:
RE: Dog Alert
Date 25
December 2011 2:10am
From: Mr.S@sleepies.com
To: JollyYoungElf@northpole.com;
EB@springtime.com; fa!rydust47@weefolk.com
I’m
so sorry about that. I tried to get a message out earlier, but service out here
is quite poor. I met up with the canine in question when I was trying to get
the Piedmont children asleep. Point of interest, in addition to red, he really
doesn’t care for dust.
~
San
Really, that they would run in the same circle seems only
logical. So, to see a movie them about fighting evil? That’s pretty much all the
things I love wrapped up into one bundle of animation.
And then, of course, there’s the fact that it reminds me of
one of my favorite childhood holiday books, Christmas Always…
by Peter Catalanotto. (A book that is currently sitting on my living room table.)
Catalanotto’s story does not have the gang fighting evil and
the Easter Bunny makes no appearance. Rather the Sandman, Jack Frost and the
Tooth Fairy are all working to get young Katie to go to sleep before Santa’s
arrival.
This book was one of the first things to get me thinking
about connections between the more magical figures in my life and is one I
re-read every year. And every year it maintains it's awesome-ness.
Now, I get the sense that in Rise of the Guardians the problem at hand is going to be a tiny bit
bigger than getting one little girl off to dreamland, but I’m sure the team is
up to the challenge. And, I’d also like to point out that if any of these
legends are ever looking for an intern to paint eggs, catalogue bicuspids, fill
sandbags – whatever – I’m your girl. Hell, I’ll even make the list and check it
thrice.
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