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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

GIVEAWAY and Review: The Promise - Birth of the Messiah DVD

My Thoughts:
I had the chance to review "The Promise: Birth of the Messiah" with my family this past weekend. It was a nice way to shift from the Thanksgiving weekend to beginning our Christmas holiday events and remember just what the reason for the season is. I was happy we had this to start off our Christmas season with so that we could slow down and appreciate the story of the birth of Jesus before things got too choatic and commercial. It is an animated musical, which makes it appealing to younger kids. Some of the words used are advanced for a young child's vocabulary, but the story is not lost on them. I think if a child has even the slightest familiarity with the story they can easily follow along with the visual even if the vocabulary might be beyond them.On the other hand, I do think there were instances that things were simplified quite a bit for the benefit of a young audience. It has it ebbs and flows in terms of what I think a young child will understand, but as long as you watch it with your children you can have a conversation with them about the story and I think both you and your child will take more away from it than just having watched it.

ABOUT THE PROMISE 

The Promise: The Birth of the Messiah is an animated musical celebration of one of the most pivotal events in all human history, the birth of Jesus Christ. This beautifully crafted musical is a faithful adaptation of the birth narrative from the Gospel of Luke in both story and song. The animated production leverages optical motion technology to blend traditional animation techniques with the performance talents of ballet dancers and dramatic stage actors. The result is a unique and worshipful story experience that will inspire audiences young and old for years to come.

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60 comments:

  1. Looks like a great DVD for the holiday season!

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  2. I think my nephews would love this!

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  3. What a wonderful DVD for Christmastime.

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  4. I would love to win this to watch with my kids

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  5. We have multiple nativities & the kids retell the story. Also lots of books about Jesus. We watch St. Nicholas video for the feast of St. Nicholas & we do Operation Christmas child to share what we have with those less fortunate

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  6. I will share this with my church family.

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  7. we honor his birth by having special events at the church.

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  8. I would watch this movie with my family.

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  9. We put up the nativity together as a family and read the Christmas story.

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  10. We read and discuss the stories from the bible.

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  11. Our family will watch this movie
    marypopmom (at) yahoo (dot) com
    Merry

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  12. We go to our churchs christmas eve candlelight service, read the bible and do operation christmas child shoeboxes
    marypopmom (at) yahoo (dot) com
    Merry

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  13. This would be a family gift that we open on Christmas Ever--after church, and what a better time to watch this..thanks for the giveaway

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  14. We start a little earlier with Operation Christmas Child Shoebox project --that is done all year collecting treasures--Then of course we have Christmas sleigh ride and hot cocoa for all at church as we Carol our little town, we make cookie, and look at lights, and go to the mall and do the Christmas Child tree and pick out a name.We go to our church Christmas Eve for about 3 hrs. for the program and then home to relax and get ready for bed

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  15. I would watch this with my entire family.

    We read scriptures daily, during december we especially focus on the chapters dealing with Christ's birth--and I try to plan little advent activities
    *kelly
    kelly-tillotson@hotmail.com

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  16. I would definitely add this to our Advent calendar of "things to do" We usually have one that is watch a Christmas movie with popcorn and hot chocolate

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  17. As in previous comment, we do Advent activities. This year we are using the book "Good Dirt Families" by Lacy Finn Borgo to have a theme with bible verses and things to do to remind us what the season os truly about- Celebrating Christ's birth!

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  18. We read the story of Christ's birth in Luke 2 every Christmas.

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  19. We will watch this with our grandchildren.

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  20. We read the Christmas story from the bible, we remind our little ones of the real meaning of Christmas & doing for others.

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  21. I will watch it with my kids and shared with other relatives.

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  22. We go to church, try to do something nice for someone everyday,we help with Operation Christmas child!

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  23. I would watch this with my family!

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  24. If I won, this would be for our family.

    Nancy
    allibrary (at) aol (dot) com

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  25. We attend special Christmas events, such as The Miracle of Christmas by the Sight and Sound Theater in Branson. It was breathtaking! We also share with others.

    Nancy
    allibrary (at) aol (dot) com

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  26. I will watch it on a Saturday night when I have 5 grandchildren over for the night.

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  27. I'll watch this movie with my sons

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  28. We celebrate advent in multiple ways including reading the Christmas story in the Bible, attending church, giving to the needy, and having an advent wreath

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  29. id love to watch this on Christmas eve with the grandkids

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  30. we go to Midnight Mass and then off to breakfast to celebrate Jesus' birth

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  31. I will give this to my nephew.

    april yedinak

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  32. I started a tradition when my kids were small where I bake a birthday cake or cupcakes for Jesus's birthday. I thought it was a fun way to reinforce the reason we celebrate and now it is tradition.

    april yedinak

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  33. This would be great to watch with my family.

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  34. I would watch it with my nieces.

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  35. We read the Christmas story from the Bible.

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  36. I'll watch this with my family.

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  37. I will watch it with my son.

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  38. We read the Christmas Story.

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  39. This DVD would be for my family to watch.

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  40. We go to Christmas Eve service, read the Bible in Luke about the birth of Jesus, and sing Christmas carols.

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  41. I will watch this with my three children.

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  42. I would watch it with the family. Thank you

    candieluster(at)gmail(dot)com

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  43. Church is a high priority for us. thankyou

    candieluster(at)gmail(dot)com

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  44. i would watch this with my family thanks

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  45. we discuss what christmas is all about

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  46. We would watch it as a family, for sure! Thanks for the giveaway :)

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  47. I would love to watch this movie with my family.
    Thank you!

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  48. We have a nativity set that we display every year. It is the one my mom had when I was young.

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  49. My daughter would love to watch together with the ole family I'm sure!
    Allison.bahr@yahoo.com

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  50. We have our nativity sets set up in a few different rooms in the home tosh are with family friends and guests too! Thanks so much for the chances to win.
    Allison.bahr@yahoo.com

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  51. we read the Christmas story in the bible

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