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.

Just before falling asleep, Mariana has a particular impulse: she will change the names of everything in the world. As if in a trance, the woman gives precise instructions to reinvent words and the order of things. Peaches will be called brushes; death will now be a mask.
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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