Here Comes a 'Spirited' Christmas
Spirited inverts the tropes of the holiday musical genre to update an age-old tale for 2022. It's a paean to those who make grand spectacles possible.

Mak Cun is busy preparing to market her products to Guangzhou, China this time. Mak Cun is very excited and diligently learns Chinese from Mei Ling. Manisah is shocked when she finds out that Mak Cun wants to go to China. She persuades Mak Cun to take her along to China as well because she has just launched her own product. As usual, Manisah is eager to go to China but unwilling to learn Chinese and does not make proper preparations for the trip. Mak Cun is shocked when her younger sister Kuntum returns to the village after 12 years in Saudi Arabia, disappointed by a broken heart. Kuntum receives a job offer at Kuala Lumpur Hospital and in the meantime she will stay in the village and help look after Atin and Atan while Mak Cun is in China. After successfully helping Mak Cun's business go viral and become increasingly recognized, Atin is now on a mission to teach her classmates who are weak in studies, especially Mathematics.
Spirited inverts the tropes of the holiday musical genre to update an age-old tale for 2022. It's a paean to those who make grand spectacles possible.
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