Parents, pets and pals all come together and form one joint, joyful force.
The bawdy aspects of love are warmly conveyed by Melissa Hart who transforms the Madame, a stock character, into a joyful life force.
He started early but lived with the sense of being a latecomer; under his riotous frivolity and comical self-display, there's the stubborn and anguished soul of an artist who hides in plain sight while facing the enormous phenomena, whether monstrous or joyful, that life has forced upon him.
It reminds me of how I came to be a farmer - how the healing soil and the fragile yet vibrant cycle of growing restored my spirit; how each walk in the fields connects me somehow to a joyful and powerful life force that we can share with others.
The first children's chorus follows, in a joyful mood, as the music gathers force and pace.
But while the tests often lead to joyful reunions among immigrant families, they are forcing others to confront unexpected and sometimes unbearable truths.
An Act of Parliament designated each 5 November as a day of thanksgiving for "the joyful day of deliverance", and remained in force until 1859.
And it's not going to get any less cheery and joyful and guilt-ridden — such is the driving force of many holiday narratives, after all — in the days between now and the new year.
8 P.M. (HBO) JOYFUL NOISE (2012) Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton play dueling divas forced to work together to win a choir competition in what Stephen Holden, writing in The Times, called "inspirational pseudo-Southern hokum".
The optimists in Iran and abroad have to ask themselves whether the joyful ruckus that filled the streets represented a new popular force or just an opportunity to let off steam.
