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As the wives of the Festive Fans know, the best Christmas gifts sometimes come in small packages. The same can be said of this episode’s location -- Luxembourg. This mini country is often overlooked and forgotten, as it is wedged in between Belgium, France, and Germany. However, most Luxembourg residents are trilingual and they enjoy a multicultural history. Plus, although it may be tiny, Luxembourg is one of Europe’s richest countries. We share a memorable visit there as Luxembourg provides a festive backdrop of dense forests, fairy-tale castles and cobblestone streets winding through charming little towns.
We also experience a good old-fashioned ghost story. As described in the classic holiday song “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” there is an old tradition of telling “scary ghost stories” at Christmas. This is a nod to a forgotten practice once common in Victorian England. The Yuletide season, as we know, is often a time for looking back, reevaluating life, and making amends—which is a perfect time for a ghost story. Winter was considered a cold, dark and spooky season, to be enjoyed only by being indoors near a roaring fire, listening to the howling winds, and trying to scare the wits out of each other.
In the movie Les Ames de Papier, Luxembourg radiates a cozy warmth that is truly magical, matched only by the supernatural elements of this film. It’s a familiar redemption story that feels a lot like A Christmas Carol. Paul is a professional obituary writer, who is haunted by his wife’s death. He is visited by the dead husband of the woman he is falling in love with, and this ghostly encounter pushes him to deal with his own unresolved grief.
So come with us now, on this haunted adventure to an elegant place where joy shouldn’t be measured by its size alone.
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