Tis the Season to be Outraged: Scripting the Senses in the War on Christmas

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• Titel	Tis the Season to be Outraged: Scripting the Senses in the War on Christmas
  Mate van erkenning	Internationaal
  Media naam/outlet	Blog Religious Matters
  Mediatype	Online journalistiek
  Duur / lengte / grootte	1500 words
  Land/Regio	Nederland
  Release datum	22/12/2021
  Beschrijving	In contemporary globalized media-culture, most of us have received the Christmas narrative in some way shape or form. Whether it is through Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, countless Hollywood movies, children’s cartoons or songs, Christmas is not just the time to be merry, it is also a time in which people are reminded of the importance to be concerned about Christmas, to convert people to the true spirit of Christmas or to enjoy stories in which enemies of Christmas get their deserved comeuppance. In this blogpost I suggest there is a connection between the popularized narrative of Christmas as we see it in Christmas movies and contemporary polarization as it unfolds during this holiday season.[ ‘Christmas’, I argue, is a script involving all the senses. The script is used to express (and increase) a sense of belonging but also of fear and concern. This allows us to better understand how, in times of Covid-19, Christmas is connected to deepening polarization between ‘the people’ and its enemies.
  Producent / auteur	Religious Matters Project of Utrecht University
  URL	https://religiousmatters.nl/tis-the-season-to-be-outraged-scripting-the-senses-in-the-war-on-christmas/
  Personen	E. van den Hemel