Thomas Smith I respectfully disagree with your observations re: The Little Match Girl. She neither died nor did she leave this world alone. Peace.

​@@californiadreaming9216 So?.

@@MiyakoPisces2_0 wym so?

Lol

But she didn’t die alone. First she didn’t die, her body suit did, she simply crossed over to a much better place. She went home and she made that crossing with her grandmother, not alone. And forgotten by whom? She mattered to those who loved her, namely again: her grandmother.

Many poor kids probably died this way too back in the day. Even now, poberty is a huge problem is many countries.

It is "the" saddest story ever written.

Indeed.....

So true

I'm pretty sure this story takes place in England in the 18 hundreds

I would listen to this story every Christmas Eve with my mom on a record. It was always a sad story to me about the poor little match girl, but such a fond memory with my Mom.

I acctually read it at school... half of the class shed crocodile tears...(including me)

@@Rabid_Nationalist Why fake tears? I think the story is worth real tears. :-) Is it just because kids don't want to cry around each other? Or did the teacher read it poorly and it didn't feel sad, or what?

Same... I heard this for the first time in school ten years ago, it's the only thing that makes me cry today.

@@Rabid_Nationalist crocodile tears? Fake tears? Why?

it made me cry

It's not in the anime world but in the real life their are a lot of poor people I wish that the future hold happiness to them ..thank u for making us remember them

me too the version on vimeo was so sad too'

i totally agree

In the 1800s the reality of life was if you were very poor , life could be very cruel. It was a reality that if you were very poor as it seems from her story that they were, beatings were not uncommon, if she didnt bring home money for food. It was not uncommon for beggar children to be out on the street trying to get money for food. At age 9 or 10 kids were out pedaling in the street having to pay their way to eat. This was in very poor families .

The book was written in 2001???

@@myralyra5978 naw, it's a very old story, from the 19th century or earlier.

_Robin Hood_ By Henry Gilbert made me cry, simply because of the ending where he was poisoned by one of his old enemies too cowardly to fight him face-to-face and his Merry Men had to bury him in the green pastures where he once enjoyed hunting during life. they did a really good job building up the friendships and love story between him and Maid Marian, I've never cried from any book before except for that one.

Same.. I read it when my age was in single digits. Still stayed with me in my 30s.

Same here... after so many years i started searching for this book all over google i could not remember the name of the book but i remembered the pictures from the book... i somehow found out with keyword remember the scenes from the book... it brings back childhood memories... feels nostalgic... rainy days have started and i suddenly felt the urge to look out for this story... i am 30 now too

Nutcracker sucks compared to this. I was 5 and it made an everlasting impression in my mind.

I was seven or eight years old when my father took me to the ballet and I cried. I understand.

I'm 57 now.

It’s ok if you cry a little. It’s a sad and touching story and your grandchildren may even cry too, but that’s ok, because you’re there to love them like the grandmother loved the Little Match Girl

No chance whatsoever. You'll just have to sob your way through it. I don't see any other way.

Lori Joyner I understand how you feel. For DECADES I could neither listen to nor sing Little Drummer Boy. Just too emotional. Ripped me apart inside. Somehow, now, I can. Not sure why.

@@X-Prime123 Anyone with any compassion left in them will be sobbing at the end.

i don't think all of her loved ones is dead isn't her father still alive ?

it is supposed to be beautiful and lead somewhere, it wouldn't be artistic.. it is part of the story. you can ignore the part about God if you don't like it.. like the words god.. you can say she was together with her grandma again, in her mind.

Hi - Little match girl. I believe it is how god never leaves us, but our hardships are what they will be, but in the end our souls are held in his hands. Are only cost to enter the kingdom of god is death. His son paid the price for all of us to enter the kingdom by his own death.

@RanStuff It doesn't state that _she_ doesn't love her father, it states that nobody but her grandmother ever loved _her_

@@wjb8855 hi. Thank you for your comments regarding The Little Match Girl Story. Actually, the cost of going into heaven is obeying God's Commandments. And the most important commandment of all this.. well you tell me.. are you Christian? Hint: it's the ELEVENTH commandment.

No cold, no warmth, no hunger, no fullness, no sadness, no happiness.

Satan bless you dear

@@armouredghoul8279satan?

@@armouredghoul8279 asnt no way satan 💀

Peeking Asian I think you misinterpreted the story. This story is about God taking his people up into his kingdom. The little Match girl was not hallucinating, she was taken up into heaven.

@@californiadreaming9216 Ah, that merciful Christian "god", who allows little girls to freeze to death so he can "save " them. If you knew how ridiculous and heartless you sounded, you would kill yourself.

​@@californiadreaming9216 Well the girl froze to death. Delusions and halucinations are a pretty common symptom of end-stage hypothermia.

@@GunRecon perhaps. But these medical facts were little-known in the 1800s when this story was written. As such, it is unlikely that either the author or the reader would be bearing these facts in mind when writing/reading this wonderful story.

@@californiadreaming9216 Hallucination before death is fairly common in general. And many people likely got to the point of near death before finding a source of actual heat in the cold. A lot more than do today, anyways.

You mean C.stars? Nah they go to the heroic spirits.

That is an interesting take on this story, I like it. Thanks for posting. It makes sense that it could be that way.

I know...Me too😭😭😭

Bless you, I would too, so very sad but a harsh reality if times gone by, let's hope it's not repeated now times are getting harder, but it reminds me of last year and the Ukrainians...I can't imagine what they must have endured in the cold with no supplies coming in 💔

Imagine being able to adopt her and giving her a good life... so much suffering could be prevented if we all were better people

Periodt

Game of thrones...

you must enjoy shakespeare then

Good endings are nice, but there's always the morning after

Miradae Whitespell but the ending ISN'T sad. The little match girl went to heaven, accompanied by her grandmother, leaving only her body behind. Our bodies are just vessels, loaned to us by God. In which we spend perhaps 80-odd years. These bodies are left here, but all that we truly are leaves them and goes to God when our time is up. For me there is a happy ending here. Abar shalom.

Me too... But in arabic haha ..kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aappfciTz72ulmQ.html

This one isn't really messed up. But let me tell you... it is by far the saddest one because it's so realistic and it still apllies to this day. Thousands of children suffer and die each day due to malnutrition and abuse. I like to think that The Little Match Girl is not a fairy tale at all, but a direct representation of our sick world.

i agree

Denise Stephens thank God for the fact that you feel compassion for this little girl (although fictional). It is a gift from God. Not all are blessed with it. Merry Christmas. Abar shalom.

I recently found some artwork and fanfiction retellings of this powerful story. The fans for the most part stayed true to the original often only changing names or certain physical features of the little girl. It might not end up being your cup of tea but if a person can get into classical music through a smart-alek rabbit, I try to have a pretty open mind about these things.

Uhm... no? The Ugly Duckling, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, The Princess and the Pea... all these stories(which most are also sad, by the way) lack a grandmother.

I ments 6000

+Carlys Indeed

I did! My first time seeing this story despite having a couple of Handerson's other stories. So, so sad to watch! 😩🤦🏾‍♂️

What other stories do you recommend M

@@niculaelaurentiu1201Pretty much all HCA stories are a worthwhile read, but "The Little Match Girl" is one of the saddest and most moving stories ever written.

Lol, traumatized? Try INSPIRED. It inspired me for life, I saw it at 6, some saw it at 5. It taught me - or rather reminded me at that age that death is waiting for everyone. But that there is a way out.

@@lovesandservesjesuschrist6752 I bet you’re the kind of person who doesn’t understand sarcasm, irony and sense of humor! So bye bye

I know, right? I also read it to myself as a child, and it traumatized me for life as well. It always stuck with me. I couldn't even read it again for like 20 years.

Oh great! so now it’s our fault?

That's amazing, yes it is my responsibility! I have spent this past two months working with a family that faces homelessness, they have already been at the shelter and now the shelter is full and because they have worked they are not as high of priority over those who have made zero income. It's getting cold. I am going to bring the kids into my home as a last resort if needed but the goal isn't temporary solutions on how to stay poor and survive but how to get to a place where they can start working on their long term goals that they do have. Honestly, I have tried getting them help with "all the resources out there," it's not always easy especially when your dealing with hopeless people used to generational poverty that sell themselves short. This mom is one of the best moms I have ever met. When we are together we are together for about 10 hours at a time. She is trying her hardest. There are situations where a person is so deeply in over their heads that they don't even know how to start to get out of it. How do you go to work if you have no car or money for the bus? How do you get a good reference if you lost your last job because you could never get your car to start? How do you get on food stamps if your moving from place to place looking for shelter and work and have no established "home?" What if you can't get help from family because your homeless self is actually doing best because your at least not on drugs? Yes, it's not everyone's responsibility but it is all "Christ followers" responsibility to simply follow Christ and even care for those who don't diverse it. Christians don't deserve heaven, that's called grace, God doesn't give heaven as a reward but a mercy we don't deserve if we surrender to him. Through surrendering that's how it's possible to be better, it's not by our works, but his. Many Christians try by their own means to help the poor, they just don't know how to think outside the box and prayerfully get relational and be lead by the Holy Spirit of God as to what is needed of them. This family I am helping has no want for cloths but they need someone to give them a chance and hire them. They also need to find places to work where it doesn't take two weeks to get a pay check. In the future they need to know to have a back up plan to fall back on. We take so much for granted but a few bad choices as a teen can give way to a life that requires people to step up and guide them. It's not always money, sometimes it's simply pulling them out of depression and encouraging them to fill out the right paperwork or have a little more confidence when they ask if their is work available. Sometimes it's defending a person who wants to detox at the hospital but the hospital workers have already given up on them and decided to treat them horribly when it's THAT treatment that will cause relapse. Most of the poor I see are near tears with no tears left. That hopelessness is the biggest thing holding them back from their dreams. They need hope, prayer, and friends that are going to pull them up instead of bring them down. If your a Christian pray that God blesses you with a friend that needs you as much as you need them. Every person has value. Sometimes we just need to remember to treat them that way.

sounds like he's dodging the question

amanda Johnson-Williams thanks for sharing your sad, yet stirring story. I got beaten a little as a kid, mostly by my Mom, not so much by Dad. And I'm proud of the fact that I have not ONCE lifted a hand against my 17-year-old. I think I would rather die than do that. Merry Christmas. Abar shalom.

It has been 8 yrs, but both maybe?

@@wakeful5923 maybe...but inspired is more

There is no escape from God. For what can be known about God is plain, because God has shown it to them. His invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. People know God, but they won't honor him as God or give thanks to him and do his will that you know. People have became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts are darkened and try to make excuses. Claiming to be wise, doubters became foolish. How can a person exchanged the glory of the immortal God for a life of mortal idols and purposeless selfish living? Jesus told His followers, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?" The thing is God choose you but respects you enough to allow you to reject him. God is not religion, he calls himself, "I AM," he always was and always will be, he is more than the creator who have you permission to reject you he is a father you loves you regardless of your rejecting. His will is that you follow Christ and feed and care for the poor but even if you don't those who are least on Earth will not be least in Heaven. Hell is a choice, you must choose to reject God. I reject religion, so many of the teachings are not what the Bible actually says in context but I do not reject God and to says his invisible attributes are clearly perceived is putting it lightly. Literally seek God and you will find him, just don't let idols of your own will get in the way. That's where faith comes in. You will start to know God but you only understand his ways as you seek his ways. You surrender first and understanding follows. That said, if you really study the Bible history and science are simply trying to keep up with it. Each day more and more findings prove God, but looking at those facts won't save you, you need to choose for you this day who you will serve.

@S. Rose. Good point, God bless💗

@@SRose-vp6ew Excellently written Rose. You're like one of those people who are a joy to listen to.