The Shining Explained — Kubrick's The Shining is Actually a Christmas Movie?

RƎᗡЯUM!! The Shining explained — hidden symbols in Stanley Kubrick’s classic that prove it is actually a Christmas movie.

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Chapters:
00:00 Stanley Kubrick Movie Theories
00:28 The Shining is a Christmas Movie
01:00 Color
01:31 Story Timeline
02:00 Christmas Iconography
03:28 Significance of the Number 12
04:11 Final Evidence

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The Shining (1980) is without question an amazing and terrifying film by director Stanley Kubrick. Even decades later, we find ourselves searching for answers to what The Shining is truly about. Particularly in the last few years, a number of compelling interpretations have emerged: The Wendy Theory, The Shining Moon Landing Theory, the 1919 World Series allegory, etc. But our analysts have spent months poring over each frame of the film...and even we couldn’t believe what we found — The Shining is actually a Christmas movie?! No, really.

Let’s start with the obvious symbolism: red and green. Look at the red bathroom scene with Charles Grady, redrum, and, of course, the geyser of blood pouring out of the elevator. For green, we’ve got Jack’s wardrobe, the green bathroom in Room 237, and, of course, the hedge maze. But that’s just the beginning of our The Shining theory.

Perhaps the most strict criteria for a Christmas movie is that it must take place during Christmas. So, what day did Christmas fall on in 1980 when The Shining was released? No need to look it up — it was a Thursday. And what two days occupy more than half of the entire movie? Wednesday and Thursday — Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, 1980.

If Stanley Kubrick wasn’t making a Christmas movie with The Shining, then why did he give us such clear clues to suggest it? Like the Holly brand bag of salt Jack sleeps on in the pantry. Or when the Torrance family is driving up to The Overlook Hotel, why are they talking about “the Donner party” — if you think this is just a reference to another mountainous tragedy as clever foreshadowing, you’re not paying attention. Donner is one of Santa’s reindeer!

What about the drink that Grady spills on Jack at the party, Advocaat. This is a Dutch beverage made with basically the same ingredients as egg nog, except it uses brandy instead of rum. Or is it redrum?! Are we forgetting the twelve turkeys that Halloran points out to Wendy and Danny in the freezer? Twelve is a significant number in both The Shining and Christmas. There’s the 12 Days of Christmas and the ever-so-slight coincidence that Room 237 adds up to 12 (2 + 3 + 7)!

Once you see The Shining explained as a Christmas movie, how you see Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece and the yuletide holiday will be changed forever...and ever...and ever.

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♬ SONGS USED:

"Main Title" - The Shining OST
"Instrumental Christmas Music" - Various Artists
"Music for Strings" - The Shining OST
"De Natura Sonoris No. 1" - The Shining OST
"Lontano" - The Shining OST
"It's All Forgotten Now" - The Shining OST
"Run Run Rudolph" - Chuck Berry

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