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Dec. 23: No Day But Today

MeL — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:00:38 +0000

Whatever you do on Christmas, try to have the best time you can have and to make the most of it. And not only on Christmas, but everyday – because there is no day but today.

The movie “Rent” is about a group of friends who live in New York’s East Village in the late 1980s, and who are struggling with life, love, the impacts of AIDS to their community, and paying their rent. Both the first and the last scene of the movie are set on Christmas Eve, and a lot happens in the passing year – falling in love, breaking up, getting back together and losing a loved one.

But in the end, it all comes down to this one message: There is no day but today, so you better make the most of it.

Dec. 17: Take Me Or Leave Me

MeL — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:45:16 +0000

Christmas is not always as peaceful as people would like it to be, and more than a few relationships are being put to the test during the holiday season…

It is common knowlegde that once Christmas is over, the number of people who file for divorce rises significantly. Some of them might just have waited for the holidays to be over for the children’s sake, but others might have gotten into a fight that made them question their relationship altogether – like Joanne and Maureen in the movie “Rent”:

Dec. 10: Meeting the Ex

MeL — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:13:15 +0000

For most people, it is common to spend Christmas with family and friends. Sometimes, though, we also get to meet someone we never really wanted to meet…

In the beginning of the movie “Rent”, which takes place on Christmas of 1989, we learn that performance artist Maureen left her boyfriend Mark to be with a woman, the lawyer Joanne. But when she runs into technical difficulties while preparing for her next show, Maureen turns to Mark for help – to the great displeasure of Joanne.