LizzieMaine
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Frosty is the outlier among the Christmas specials for being the one that gets into the deepest of theological and philosophical thoughts, pondering as it does the very nature of life itself. What exactly separates the animate from the inanimate, the sapient from the inert? Is not the life force "magical" in that it's the one thing Man, no matter how creative, has never himself created? Does not the creation of Frosty, a lifeless snow golem brought to life thru what amounts to faith, parallel the Genesis account of the creation of humanity itself? And yet, who really *was* Frosty? Is his re-creation thru the hat's power a rejection of the religious concept of physical resurrection of the actual bodies of the dead? In the end, is Frosty the snow -- or is he the hat? But the hat clearly existed before Frosty. Are Frosty, the Hat, and the Force of the Hat a representation of the Trinity? Or are they an Arian rejection of that concept? Or to offer an even more unorthodox thought -- could the universe and all it contains be the accidental creation of a second-rate magician who doesn't even understand the power he posesses?
Deep thoughts to ponder. And it becomes apparent that of all the characters in the program, only one knows the truth -- Jimmy Durante. The nose *knows.* But he's left it all for us to figure out for ourselves. Dem is de conditions dat prevails! Ah-cha-cha-cha! Umbriago! "He'll be back again some-day!"
Deep thoughts to ponder. And it becomes apparent that of all the characters in the program, only one knows the truth -- Jimmy Durante. The nose *knows.* But he's left it all for us to figure out for ourselves. Dem is de conditions dat prevails! Ah-cha-cha-cha! Umbriago! "He'll be back again some-day!"