Review: The Holy Moly Christmas Story Collection ASIN: B00XV31SW2

 

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The DVD The Holy Moly Christmas Story Collection is a very cute story with simple animations.  The narrator, a child, is the only voice we hear in any discernible language. Everyone else speaks in squeaks and squawks, very much like Charlie Brown’s dog Snoopy does in the Peanuts specials.  

Just like Snoopy, the audience gets the point and understands the frustrations and the joy experienced by the character.

The animation is simple and basic.  This is very much in the old stop action, flat drawing style of days of old.  This, to me, is very refreshing.

The stories are simple and basic.  They are not exactly Biblical in that they do take liberties with the events as told in the Bible.

One thing great about the stories is that, if one watches them closely, they see some pretty funny stuff. Think slapstick comedy.

If a parent were to take time to watch these with the child and discuss the actual Bible story, the liberties should be minimized.

The Holy Moly Christmas Story Collection will make a great Christmas present and also make a good companion to The Holy Moly Christmas Story book (ISBN 978-1506402574).

We were sent a complimentary copy of this book.  We are under no obligation to write any review, positive or negative.

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Book Review: The Holy Moly Christmas Story Written by Rebecca Glaser Illustrated by Bill Ferenc and Emma Trithart ISBN: 978-1506402574

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This book, The Holy Moly Christmas Story, Written by Rebecca Glaser, Illustrated by Bill Ferenc and Emma Trithart, and the DVD which is available, tell the Christmas story in a way that is maybe a little easier to understand for young children, which is its target audience.

The book is good, for the most part.  However, this hardbound book is designed to be colored in on a few of the pages.  This might teach young children it is okay to color the pages of a hardbound book.  This might teach a lesson to your child you might not want to teach them.

The book is good and, provides the Christmas story in a simple, easy to understand, way.

The Holy Moly Christmas Story will provide a great opportunity for parents to open a dialog with their young children and share their beliefs.

We were sent a complimentary copy of this book.  We are under no obligation to write any review, positive or negative.

We are disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255.

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DVD Re-Winder

DVD Re-winder

Most of you won’t recognize the device in this picture.  Many of you will think you know what it is, but you don’t.

Those of you who are old enough to remember VHS will understand after I tell you.  Then, you will realize that this little device is something you cannot live without.

Years ago, before there was streaming video, DVD, and blue ray, there were video tapes. Back in the late 1970s, there were two standards of video tape.   Sony developed a small cassette tape that produced a relatively high-quality image that they called Betamax, but was known in the world as Beta.

Along about the same time, the JVC (Japan Victor Corporation) developed its version of the video cassette recorder (VCR) which they called VHS, which stood for Video Home System.  That format was released in 1976.

The VHS system was inferior to Beta and the tapes were larger and more fragile.  To improve the playback quality of the recording, people could choose to select faster tape speeds that spread the recording over larger portions of the tape.  

They could also choose to use less tape by choosing slower tape speeds.  Thus, you had Standard Play (SP), Long Play (LP), or Super Long Play, which was also called Extended Play (SLP/EP). 

Video tape rental stores sprang up everywhere so that, in time, you could rent practically every movie ever produced.  Eventually, VHS won out as the most popular format between the two.  The problem was that people would rent the tape and neglect to rewind it before taking it back to the store.

Some video rental stores started charging for tapes that were returned without being rewound.  Many video rental stores would put stickers on their tapes that would remind customers to rewind the tapes.

Also, people would use video tapes to babysit the kids.  No parent wanted to take the time to rewind one Barney tape before starting the next.

Some bright person invented a device to quickly rewind the video tape without using the VCR.

The video tape has been replaced by the DVD and now by Blue Ray and streaming video.

Up till now, no one has invented a device to rewind a DVD.  No one has introduced a device to rewind the Blue Ray or even the streaming video.

The little device pictured above will solve all of that.  For only $19.95, plus sales tax, and shipping and handling of only $10, you can own your own re-winder.  

All you do is plug your DVD, Blue Ray, or streaming video device into the outlet of this device and then plug the device into any working 110 volt AC outlet and your DVD or Blue Ray or even streaming video will be ready to play the next time you want it.

But Wait!  You can get a second Re-Winder FREE. Just pay an additional shipping and handling fee of only $29.95 and you will get your second Re-Winder free.

What a bargain!!

Note: This is not a real product.  Do not try to place an order.

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Handcuff Your Kid

I am very keen on watching the numbers on the videos I upload.  I try to see what people are watching and try to find out why.  I want to repeat the successes and learn from the failures.  The video entitled Handcuff Your Kid is getting lots of views.  I thought I would re-post it for readers who have missed it. We have shortened the video to make it even better for you. 

Handcuff Your Kids

When our children were growing up, we would give them money for their birthdays.  It was something they looked forward to.

One year, our youngest son, Davey, used his birthday money to purchase a pair of toy handcuffs.  These were not your typical toy handcuffs.  They were called “Real Police Handcuffs” and they were made out of a combination of metal and plastic.

One day, Davey had Jared, his older brother, handcuff him.  Jared managed to put the handcuffs on Davey in such a way that the key would not work to unlock the handcuffs.  He was stuck.

Being the kind big brother that Jared was, he told Davey “Dad will probably have to cut your hand off to get them off.”

Jared brought Davey in to the den where my child-bride, Suzanne, and I were sitting and I took a quick look.

I asked Jared to go get my hacksaw and Davey burst into tears.  Davey thought that I was going to do as Jared had suggested and cut off his hand.

Suzanne and I comforted Davey and I assessed exactly how to remove the handcuffs.

There was a little room between Davey’s wrist and the handcuff, so I took the blade off the hacksaw and inserted it into the gap between his wrist and the handcuff with the teeth facing away from Davey’s wrist and towards the handcuffs.

After what seemed like forever, I was able to cut through the handcuff.  Davey was free and ever since we have avoided purchasing this type of toy again, until now.

Suzanne and I were at a convenience store owned by our friend, Anwar.  We decided to purchase a set of the handcuffs to use as a prop for the accompanying blog post.

When we were checking out, Anwar looked first at me and then at Suzanne and blushed and said, “You don’t have the leetle keeds.”  We wonder what was going through his mind.

People, be careful when you give toys like this to children.  They can be hazardous.

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Handcuff Your Kid

I am very keen on watching the numbers on the videos I upload.  I try to see what people are watching and try to find out why.  I want to repeat the successes and learn from the failures.  The video entitled Handcuff Your Kid is getting lots of views.  I thought I would re-post it for readers who have missed it. We have shortened the video to make it even better for you. 

Handcuff Your Kids

When our children were growing up, we would give them money for their birthdays.  It was something they looked forward to.

One year, our youngest son, Davey, used his birthday money to purchase a pair of toy handcuffs.  These were not your typical toy handcuffs.  They were called “Real Police Handcuffs” and they were made out of a combination of metal and plastic.

One day, Davey had Jared, his older brother, handcuff him.  Jared managed to put the handcuffs on Davey in such a way that the key would not work to unlock the handcuffs.  He was stuck.

Being the kind big brother that Jared was, he told Davey “Dad will probably have to cut your hand off to get them off.”

Jared brought Davey in to the den where my child-bride, Suzanne, and I were sitting and I took a quick look.

I asked Jared to go get my hacksaw and Davey burst into tears.  Davey thought that I was going to do as Jared had suggested and cut off his hand.

Suzanne and I comforted Davey and I assessed exactly how to remove the handcuffs.

There was a little room between Davey’s wrist and the handcuff, so I took the blade off the hacksaw and inserted it into the gap between his wrist and the handcuff with the teeth facing away from Davey’s wrist and towards the handcuffs.

After what seemed like forever, I was able to cut through the handcuff.  Davey was free and ever since we have avoided purchasing this type of toy again, until now.

Suzanne and I were at a convenience store owned by our friend, Anwar.  We decided to purchase a set of the handcuffs to use as a prop for the accompanying blog post.

When we were checking out, Anwar looked first at me and then at Suzanne and blushed and said, “You don’t have the leetle keeds.”  We wonder what was going through his mind.

People, be careful when you give toys like this to children.  They can be hazardous.

Visit My Child-Bride Suzanne’s Blog 

Watch This On YouTube