Individuals who make Yuletide Log movies — are you okay? I’m anxious about you. The usual flame-filled movies of vacation cheer appear quite a bit darker these days, and whereas I’d like to know why, I’m additionally simply usually involved on your psychological well-being.
My first signal that one thing was unsuitable was The Witcher: Fire on Netflix, which technically got here out final 12 months however is understandably getting re-promoted now. It’s obtained a nice-looking fireplace crackling away within the Nice Corridor at Kaer Morhen, however the frivolously ominous music lurking within the background killed “the proper backdrop for a comfortable vibe” that Netflix promised.
Then Yellowjackets obtained within the sport on Wednesday with a Yuletide Log that saved the logs however appears to have missed the Yuletide. It’s simply two hours of creepy vibes and freaky Easter eggs.
So even when I give the creepy Yuletide Log’s the side-eye, if a scary fire brings you some sadistic sense of pleasure, or helps you address the sensation of compelled vacation cheer that appears to permeate every little thing this time of 12 months, then hey, okay, I get it. Generally we simply need our artwork to mirror the world, and 2022 hasn’t been universally nice. For lots of people, it’s been fairly shitty. If it helps you get by to have ominous whispers popping out of the audio system whereas a desolate winter scene hovers on the display screen, go for it. You do you.
Personally, I activate a Yuletide Log as a result of I would like an escape from <waves fingers> all this. I don’t have a fire in my NYC condominium, so I activate one of many “Fire For Your Residence” movies on Netflix whereas I wrestle items into wrapping paper. I’m precisely the type of individual that programmers had in thoughts when WPIX began the TV Yuletide Log custom by broadcasting a three-hour loop of a hearth in 1966.
I do know it’s fundamental, however probably the most thrilling factor I need to determine if I would like the basic or Birch variations. Carry on the flames. I’ll save the scares for an additional season.
