Angela's Christmas: A Nice Middle Ground between Santa and Jesus for Little Kids

In keeping with the theme of Christmas movies, Pastor Robin and Cass took to Netflix to hunt down some new, easily available watches for the season. While there are quite a few duds to wade through, Pastor Robin did find a hidden gem based on a story by Frank McCourt- Angela's Christmas.

If you're struggling to find a more Christian-themed Christmas tale that isn't a straight retelling of the birth of Jesus, Angela's Christmas is a good middle-ground. Dickensian in nature, taking place in 20th century Ireland and focusing on a poor Catholic family, this narrative follows 5-year-old Angela when she steals the baby Jesus from her church's nativity scene in order to get him a blanket so he doesn't freeze in the Church. 

Pretty cute premise, right? A children's presentation through and through, this movie has a child-like feel, in that it paces and reads like it's from the memory of a child, instead of being written for a child- all members of the family should find something familiar and relatable in Angela's Christmas. Here's Cass and Pastor Robin's Hot Take on the Netflix Original for the holiday season.