Every New Year's Day Doug and I look forward to the Twilight Zone marathon on the SyFy channel. It is also a day of cleaning, so the shows make the tasks much more pleasant. This year was especially great because I saw at least five episodes that I had never seen before. I didn't think that was possible. Cal appreciates the marathon as much as we do and for the first time ever Meg joined us for a few episodes too. Her language class studied "Monsters on Maple Street" this year, and she now has much more of an appreciation for the show.
Brett finds the show to be a little more creepy, but did watch one of my favorite ones with me. In it a man dies while coon hunting. When he gets to "Heaven" St. Peter won't let his dog in with him, so he keeps on walking. The twist is that it was the devil trying to trick him into walking through the gates of hell. He makes it to Heaven along with his dog. Definitely a feel good story inside of a series that can be a little dark.
Cam is at the age where he wants to watch the show with us, but finds it a little too scary. Cal was the same way when he was eight. In fact Doug talked him into watching an episode that left him afraid of opening a closed curtain for months. All in all, though, the Twilight Zone has been a Heinisch tradition for years and a great way to ring in the New Year. Happy 2014!!
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