Ep 13: Christmas - Let It Snow & Christmas In Evergreen: Tidings of Joy

In this episode of Parallel Fiction, Heather and Jeff celebrate Christmas!  Trees, snow, and the spirit of the season are the focal point of this episode.  Covering a movie and novel, Jeff and Heather dissect the traditions and themes of what makes a good Christmas story. 

Heather starts the summary section off with her coverage of Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy, a novelization of a Hallmark original movie.  Heather points out the cheesy cliché plot of the story, but who doesn’t love a traditional Christmas love story?  Heather felt uplifted by the story and enjoyed reading this book, even finishing it in 1 single day.

Did you know?  Terpenes play a big role in the accumulation of Christmas snow.  Heather gives us a great science lesson on the subject in her summary! 

Jeff follows up with an outline of Netflix original movie Let It Snow, starring Kiernan Shipka, Joan Cusack, Shameik Moore, and Jacob Batalon.  This story is loaded with sub plots revolving around a snow covered town, teenagers falling in love, and a very popular waffle restaurant.  Jeff runs down the three main love stories as well as the fates of the side characters, and relates the story to another holiday classic Love, Actually.  

Fun Fact! Shameik Moore and Jacob Batalan are both in separate Spider-Man movies!   Moore plays the voice of Miles Morales in Into The Spider-Verse, and Batalon has a reoccurring part as Ned, best friend of Tom Holland’s Peter Parker.

Following these reviews, Heather and Jeff dive into commonalities between the two works such as love, snow, positivity, togetherness, tradition, and the magic of Christmas.  Jeff and Heather go over new traditions they’ve made and reflect on traditions they will always cherish from their Christmases past.

Listen in to hear Jeff and Heather’s candid thoughts on the masterpiece scenes of each story, how Let It Snow andChristmas In Evergreen: Tidings of Joy compare, and how Jeff and Heather relate the two. Share this episode with anyone who you think would enjoy and is looking for some holiday spirit!

Heather’s Rating of Christmas In Evergreen: Tidings of Joy: Nice – Great for the holiday spirit! 

Jeff’s Rating of Jingle All The Way: Very Nice – A movie that makes a town you want to be in, and a group of people you’d want to be friends with.  A really fun coming of age story.

Watch Let It Snow here: www.netflix.com

Read Christmas In Evergreen: Tidings of Joy: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/christmas-in-evergreen-nancy-naigle/1137534286

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