The "Religion" section of the Wikipedia article is particularly interesting. I had known that the title was a Biblical reference, but it hadn't quite clicked th

The "Religion" section of the Wikipedia article is particularly interesting. I had known that the title was a Biblical reference, but it hadn't quite clicked that this is, literally, a nativity story. I had next written a free-associating post here about Christmas, and paganism, and Diwali and Holi, and cycles of the seasons, and life and death and resurrection. And I backspaced over it. But then I returned to the article and saw -- details I hadn't remembered -- that the director had gone very far in this direction himself, with Sanskrit verse and final text. I think that, at its core, it's a primitive and fundamental story. The most important stories: 1. The seasons repeat, with spring, summer, autumn, and winter. 2. You are born, you live, and then you die. 3. When a mommy and a daddy love each other very much -- Let me put it another way, like maybe the Indo-Europeans did: Father Sky lies upon Mother Earth, and his rains come forth, and lo!, she bears fruit.