Frozen Wars

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When Hannah returned home from watching "Frozen" in the theater with her friend Sylvia, she told us she enjoyed it. She liked the songs and the story. She thought her family would like to see it.

Over the next several months, she was exposed to the hype. The song, "Let it Go" was everywhere. There were parodies in every form on the internet. Long before the rest of our family even watched the movie for the first time, Hannah was sick of it all.

Peter learned a medley of songs from Frozen in his music class at school. He loved the music. When "Frozen" came out on DVD, he got to watch it at school. Online, he watched YouTube clips of the little snowman, and adored his antics. For his birthday, one of the top things on his wish list was a "Frozen" DVD. He received it. Now Hannah makes a point of leaving the room - preferably leaving the house whenever he wants to watch it.

Last night we were on our way home from Scouts/Young Women's, when the song "Let it Go" came on the radio. Hannah asked Steven to change the station. Instead, Steven turned up the volume - somehow he has managed to get through the last several months without hearing the song, let alone watching the movie, and he wanted to listen to it. Peter started singing along softly, and, because he was sitting next to a very frustrated Hannah, got hit for it.

It is amazing to me how quickly love can turn to hate, how something that someone once enjoyed can become a form of torture, and how a cute, fun movie can become a source of so much contention and sadness.

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