Rebekah's Reading Room: Christmas at the Mall?

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Christmas at the Mall?

I know I've shared this other Decembers, but I still love it.

Happy early December!

2 comments:

Ryana Lynn said...: This is one of my favorite Christmas videos! Love it so much!; December 6, 2019 at 11:58 AM
Rebekah said...: Me too! Makes me want to be a part of something like this.; December 6, 2019 at 12:42 PM

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". . . It should be noted here that the public's standard for proper pacing has changed over the years. The leisurely pace of Jane Austen or Sir Walter Scott makes my modern students gnash their teeth. The fact that we have moved from a literary culture to a video culture, as Neil Postman points out, means that modern readers will tolerate little character development and less description. "Nothing happens" in a book, according to my students, unless the first chapter features at least two murders and a car chase.

This just means that moderns have a problem with perspective. Our idea of appropriate pacing is too narrow; it needs to be expanded to include subtle discussions and loving descriptions. But this does not mean that modern readers need to tolerate inefficient time management. Detours worth taking are allowed; foot-dragging is never acceptable."
~J. F. Baldwin

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Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Christmas at the Mall?

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