Its that time of year again. Where you pull out all your holiday decorations and fake Christmas tree (yes I use fake) and play your favorite Christmas tunes. In addition to that you may be looking forward to Christmas-y holiday movies.

As such, I was in the Christmas spirit and decided to watch Merry Madagascar, which is a sequel to the animated Madagascar series.

Merry Madagascar basically is about how Santa is originally misunderstood and so the island of Madagascar and its lemur inhabitants are showered with black stones instead of gifts…yes, yes coal or black stone is what u get (or black socks) if your naughty…so the Madagascar lemurs were naughty? Idol worship? Stoned? What…is there a religious interpretation to this movie. Can Santa represent the Christian faith and failure to follow Christian laws and traditions will find you in the same predicament as the People of Lut, who received a shower of stones for sodomy? anti-homo message? is their a message? am i reading too much. well, welcome to how my brain works.

Anyhow, as always I quite enjoyed Merry Madagascar; like the other two installments of the lion, zebra, hippo, and giraffe’s adventures, the expressions and intonations and voice-over skills of the lead actors-Ben Stiller (Alex the Lion), Chris Rock (Marty the Zebra), Jada Pinkett-Smith (Gloria the Hippo), and David Schwimmer (Melman the Giraffe)- and the respective expertise of the production/animation crew of this franchise, was amazing.

Of late these animated masterpieces from various production houses have been proven to be so wonderfully directed and written, one can appreciate the movies enough to believe the millions of dollars that are shared throughout the movie industry are warranted.

I just cannot imagine how the writers first of translate their vision in such a way that the animation houses can illustrate and provide us with an amazing trip of a movie.

The movie also features the infamous penguins. Its a south pole-rs vs north pole-rs argument–penguins of the south, hate that the Santa moved to the reindeer’s home in the north…i love it!

Canada was first on the list of Santa deliveries! But, the cute babies didn’t make it back home to New York!

The movie will teach kids that sometimes you have to choose to do whats right for a larger group and forgo for the time being one’s own happiness. Even so, you can be happy in the state you are. Until your in the Empire State, New York state, or whatever state you wish you are in–live every second like your not even going to make it to New York; in other words, live it to the last drop. Would choosing to lead a straight life so my family’s shame is kept in tact? No, not really I am not so nice. But, I keep the faith that some how God will find away to allow me to balance both my desires, my parents wishes, and societal expectations. Anyways, TMI.

The movie was time well wasted!

Check out the trailer for Merry Madagascar below.

Happy Holidays!