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Little Drummer Boy

I know I’ve mentioned Veggie Tale’s new Little Drummer Boymovie a few times since Veggie Tales sponsored my trip to Relevant. (I still can’t stop laughing every time I think of that If You Give a Blogger a Drum video.) We even had an interview about Little Drummer Boy with Mike Nawrocki, co-founder of Veggie Tales and voice of Larry the Cucumber. But I still haven’t given you a review of the movie yet!

With Thanksgiving as the doorway to Christmas, I thought you might like to grab this DVD to watch on Black Friday (because I know you’ll be at home buying Truth in the Tinsel instead of running through the mall, right?) and get your Christmas holiday started off right!


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It begins with a very Princess-Bride-ish Grandpa Pa Grape reading the story of the Little Drummer Boy to a begrudging Junior the Asapragus. Junior is upset because he thinks his friends ditched him for Christmas caroling.

As Pa Grape tells the story, we see the connections between Junior’s bad attitude and the Little Drummer Boy, Aaron. And here’s where the sensitive alert comes in: Aaron’s house is burnt down by the Romans and his parents gone! (After my brother’s house fire this year, that scene hit close to home.) So, Aaron has a bad attitude towards…everyone!


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He ends up meeting a group of traveling gypsy-type circus performers (Mr. Lunt and friends) who want to use his drumming talent (and Aaron’s dancing pets) to make money. In their travels they meet the Three Magi (look out for some funny Jedi=Magi jokes!) and as they travel to Bethlehem, Aaron’s pet lamb, Baa-Baa is hurt.

When Aaron stumbles upon baby Jesus in the manger, I thought for a second that baby Jesus was about to heal the lamb. (Now that would have been something for Veggie Tales, huh?) Instead, Aaron’s parents return and the family is reunited. (Which heals that hard part about the fire from the beginning!)

Aaron learns to have love and forgiveness for those that hurt him. And of course, Junior, listening to the story does, too.

My very favorite part is at the very end when Aaron and his parents are reunited. They are standing in front of baby Jesus and Aaron’s mother says, “God has drawn us back together again.” And I know she’s talking about her family, but I think it was written to remind us that Jesus was born to draw us back to our Heavenly Father! The story of the Little Drummer Boy is actually the story of us! We were lost in our sins and while we were still sinners, Jesus came for us, died for us and loved us! He drew us back to him! Merry Christmas, indeed!

So, yes. I loved Little Drummer Boy! It needs to be in your Christmas classics rotation. In fact, I loved it so much, I’m thinking about a Little Drummer Boy Party! Check out my fun ideas!

 

 

Veggie Tales sponsored by trip to Relevant & gave me this DVD and CD in order to post about it. Opinions and text are mine.

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  1. Krista says

    November 23, 2011 at 9:24 am

    I love so many Christmas songs. I love to sing “The First Noel” and I sing “Silent Night” year round as a lullaby.

  2. Teena says

    November 23, 2011 at 9:29 am

    Wow I have lots of favorite Christmas songs! O Holy Night, Away in the Manger plus the whold Casting. Crowns Peace on earth!

    Grace

  3. Leigh says

    November 23, 2011 at 9:38 am

    My fav is a choral song – “This little babe.” It’s a beautiful song, and the words are amazing… “This little baby, a few days old, has come to rifle Satan’s fold!”

  4. Jen @ Happy Little Homemaker says

    November 23, 2011 at 10:03 am

    Silent night is my favorite.

    Jensteed.08 at gmail dot com

  5. Krissa says

    November 23, 2011 at 10:15 am

    One of my favorites is O Holy Night.

  6. Sue says

    November 23, 2011 at 10:48 am

    O Holy Night has always been my favorite.

  7. Mandy says

    November 23, 2011 at 10:58 am

    I love O Come All Ye Faithful!

  8. Ashley says

    November 23, 2011 at 10:59 am

    So many so gs to love but my favorite is silent night.

  9. Wendy F says

    November 23, 2011 at 11:22 am

    My favorite Christmas Carol is “Silent Night”! Happy Thanksgiving!

  10. Shonda says

    November 23, 2011 at 11:25 am

    I like the new one by Down Here- How Many Kings?

  11. Heather says

    November 23, 2011 at 11:29 am

    Great giveaway! My favorite Christmas song is Hallelujah Chorus!!!

  12. kathy balman says

    November 23, 2011 at 11:29 am

    Favorite Christmas song would have to be What child is this!

  13. Laura says

    November 23, 2011 at 11:31 am

    Oh Holy Night is my all time favorite Christmas song.

  14. Jodie says

    November 23, 2011 at 11:38 am

    It is a song in Sufjan Stevens Christmas album, but it is more of a hymn: Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing. So beautiful!

  15. MichelleH says

    November 23, 2011 at 12:02 pm

    My favorite of all time is
    O Come O Come Emmanuel.

  16. Eryn {mamahall} says

    November 23, 2011 at 12:20 pm

    my favorite Christmas songs are Silent Night and Mary Did You Know 🙂 thanks A!

  17. Jennifer says

    November 23, 2011 at 12:29 pm

    Ooh, how do I pick one favorite?? I’ve always loved Green Sleeves/What Child is This. O Holy Night, Silent Night.

    Fave Veggie Tales Christmas song: O Santa. 🙂

  18. Heidi Rose says

    November 23, 2011 at 12:30 pm

    Hello!
    My favorite Christmas song has got to be O Holy Night…always brings chills. But for sure a second runner up is Silent Night. I sing that to my daughter every time I put her to bed…Christmas or not!

  19. Carol I. says

    November 23, 2011 at 1:00 pm

    Happy Thanksgiving! My favorite Christmas song is O Holy Night and It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year! I also love to listen to the Charlie Brown Christmas cd!

  20. Christine says

    November 23, 2011 at 1:40 pm

    I get goosebumps when I sing “Silent Night.” Definitely my favorite!

  21. Angela says

    November 23, 2011 at 1:47 pm

    I think I love Bob and Larry more than my kids!

  22. Valerie says

    November 23, 2011 at 1:56 pm

    O Holy Night is my favorite!

  23. Christian Momma says

    November 23, 2011 at 2:12 pm

    My favorite Christmas song is O Holy Night!

  24. Elizabeth says

    November 23, 2011 at 3:19 pm

    Singing “O Come, All Ye Faithful” brings a sense of purpose and power in the celebration of our Savior’s birth – always warms my heart and sings, “yes, this is Christmas!” to me.

  25. Kristi says

    November 23, 2011 at 3:41 pm

    So many to choose from! I love the old hymn “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” and “I Believe” by Natalie Grant!

  26. Emilie says

    November 23, 2011 at 3:58 pm

    I love God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman. And I love Veggie Tales!

  27. April says

    November 23, 2011 at 5:32 pm

    I enjoy all Christmas songs, but lately I guess my number one pick would be Silent Night.

  28. Sarah says

    November 23, 2011 at 7:16 pm

    There are SO many! Christ with Us is beautiful.

  29. Jess K says

    November 23, 2011 at 7:46 pm

    I love do you hear what I hear.

  30. Meredith says

    November 23, 2011 at 8:04 pm

    O Holy Night is my favorite song for the Christmas season!

  31. Carrie says

    November 23, 2011 at 8:30 pm

    My favorite Christmas song would have to be “It’s Christmas Time” by the various artists on the City on a Hill Christmas CD. Love it!

  32. Janet says

    November 23, 2011 at 8:35 pm

    O Holy Night (though the silly kid song “I want a hippopotamus for Christmas” just came to mind because it makes me laugh)

    Thanks for a chance to win.

  33. Amy says

    November 23, 2011 at 8:58 pm

    So many Christmas son I love.. it’s very hard to pick one. Top two would be O Holy Night and I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day (on Casting Crowns’ CD). Happy Thanksgiving!

  34. Amber says

    November 23, 2011 at 9:09 pm

    I love Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel! It tells the whole Gospel story and is so pretty.

  35. juliea says

    November 23, 2011 at 9:52 pm

    I love all Christmas songs, but I’m really feeling “O Little Town of Bethlehem” right now, thanks to Tyndale’s “Journey to Christmas” series.

  36. Amber says

    November 23, 2011 at 10:31 pm

    I love the song “Joy To The World.”

  37. [email protected] says

    November 24, 2011 at 12:58 am

    My long time favorite has been “What Child is This.” Now it may be “Away in a Manger” because I love hearing my 3 and 5 year old sing it.

  38. Julia Durgan says

    November 24, 2011 at 8:46 am

    Anewer favorite: Hallelujah, Light Has Come by BarlowGirl

  39. Alison says

    November 24, 2011 at 2:26 pm

    Thise year…I’ll be Home for Christmas. Since we had a surprise homecoming from our family who serve as missionsaries in Africa 🙂

  40. Katie says

    November 24, 2011 at 7:41 pm

    My favorite Christmas song is Mary did you know?

    Good luck tomorrow

  41. amelia says

    November 24, 2011 at 11:49 pm

    Great post! My fave Xmas song is “The first Noel”.

  42. Dan says

    November 25, 2011 at 2:08 am

    Such an inspiring story. Might as well share this one to my kids. I’m sure they will be able to learn a thing or to do from this. Advance Merry Christmas to you.

  43. lizlacy says

    November 25, 2011 at 7:55 am

    I don’t really have a favorite Christmas carol, but favorite Christmas CD is Amy Grant’s. We put it on every year and listen to it as we decorate our tree and house the day after Thanksgiving and then all season long.

  44. TracyDK says

    November 25, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    My favorite Christmas song is What Child Is This. 😀

  45. Bethany says

    November 25, 2011 at 5:25 pm

    I love Joy to the World. It amazes when I read closely the words of Christmas songs. So many of them are such amazing awe-filled meditations on Christ’s advent.

  46. Melissa says

    November 25, 2011 at 8:19 pm

    Im going to go with O Holy Night!

  47. Julia says

    November 25, 2011 at 8:33 pm

    Oh Holy Night!

  48. Amanda R says

    November 26, 2011 at 10:16 am

    My favorite Christmas song this year is Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. My 2-year-old, Jack, loves to belt it out with me over and over in the car, and when I try to stop for breath he chants, “Sing it again, Mommy! Sing it with me!”

  49. Amanda R says

    November 26, 2011 at 10:21 am

    Mine changes every year, usually O Holy Night or It Came Upon a Midnight Clear. This year, however, my son chose it for me: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. He loves belting it out in the car with me at the top of our lungs. Whenever I try to rest and catch my breath, the imp starts sing-songing, “Sing it again, Mommy! Sing it with me!” I should be so sick of it by now, but every time I see toothy grin, I can’t help but love it.

  50. Amanda R says

    November 26, 2011 at 10:23 am

    Hmmm, my comment wouldn’t show up earlier, so I thought I was going to have to rewrite it. As you can see, the more I do something, the more I embellish it! Well, now you have two copies of my comment. Wish I could delete one somehow, because now I feel so silly!

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