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The Polar Express is secretly about the Holocaust
At first glance, The Polar Express is a delightful adaptation of the christmas themed children's book written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg. But after watching again, certain things have come to light and it feels as if the film adaptation of this christmas tale might actually be more attributed to the holocaust. The first point I'm going to make is rather obvious; the train is eerily similar to the trains that transported the unfortunate to the concentration camps. Also, the main character, who grows up to be Tom Hanks, is wearing a blue robe that is similar to the kind of robes worn by the people who were funneled into the concentration camps. Also, the North Pole's buildings and such remind me a lot of a concentration camp (specifically like the one in Life is Beautiful, because I also recently watched that).

Taking that into account, the whole christmas theme is still left. I think that the christmas in this film actually represents the holocaust, and the remembrance of the holocaust is what the film's real message is. The bell that the boy receives from santa serves as a reminder of the holocaust, and as he grows older, the people around him remove it from memory, but he still believes.

The Polar Express = Holocaust train

Christmas = The Holocaust

The North Pole = Concentration Camp

The Little Boy = the boy in the striped pajamas