Beebo's Holiday Lessons (Spoiler Free)

 

This week was the introduction of the holiday special "Beebo Saves Christmas." If you don't know Beebo is a stuffed animal from the show Legends of Tomorrow. He first accidentally became a god to the Vikings in "Beebo the God of War." (Why you have to be careful when you accidentally time travel) 

In "Beebo vs Mallus" the Legends fight an army of Romans, Pirates, and Vikings and a demon called Mallus in the wild west and save the world by combining there powers and becoming a giant Beebo (in Captain Planet fashion) so you know Beebo's Holiday special is going to be strange and fun.

I really enjoyed some of the lessons of Beebo Saves Christmas including:

Everyone celebrates the holidays in their own way. There is no right way to celebrate and sometimes activities that don't appear festive are festive for those celebrating. This is an important reminder not to judge how others celebrate and a reminder to not judge how we celebrate either. No one is "doing it wrong." This is especially important during a year where a lot of things do look different from years past for a wide range of reasons. 

There are a wide range of emotions we might feel at the holidays including joy, nostalgia, melancholy, sadness, … I was especially impressed by this because the majority of Christmas/holiday movies are about people finding the holiday sprit and becomes joyful and happy or moving past tough emotions simply because it is the holidays. Few holiday films include the fact that many people experience other emotions which is why Blue Christmas/Longest Night services are popular. 

Now Beebo saves Christmas is pretty wild and silly but what else would we expect from a Beebo Christmas special. :)  And among the silliness there are some important lessons that we all could do to remember. It is important to remember we do not have to compare our celebrating with how others are celebrating. The holidays can be however we celebrate and whatever we are feeling. The holidays are big enough to hold everything in our lives. And that is an important lesson for us all.