Do you ever have one of those days when you could just sing every Disney song ever imaginable? No? Maybe that's just me. Hakuna Matata, Be Our Guest, Kiss The Girl, Wish Upon A Star, Bare Necessities. The list goes on. Those from my generation know most, if not all of the Disney songs, but that's because we are a generation that grew up on Disney. We are the last generation that knows all of the classics. We are proud, unashamed, and serious about it.
First and foremost, we are such a proud Disney nation. We are beyond knowledgeable and we're not afraid to show it. We can quote movies forward and backward. Because of this, be very careful while watching movies with us, because we'll quote more than the characters do. We also try to outdo each other in our knowledge. Disney Scene It was/is my all-time favorite way to do that. Disney and board games, can you get any better?
Because of this love and pride, we sing the songs in public with absolutely no shame. If we hear someone say something that even remotely sounds like a line from one of the songs, be prepared for an impromptu outburst of Disney lyrics. No matter what, we always point out mistakenly sung lyrics. If you're going to quote it, quote it right.
One of the hardest things for us is when children younger than us don't know what the classics are. Some don't even know The Little Mermaid, and it's so unsettling to know that children not too much younger than us, didn't experience this love of Disney and childhood that we did. Yes, the "classic" Disney movies all came out before they were born. There were over 60 films animated between 1937 and 2000. That also means many and most of them were out before we were born, too, and that hasn't stopped us. Because of this, we're going to make sure our kids know them as forward and backward as we do. Sadly, it could have missed a generation, but we're going to try out best to bring them back.
Our love for these characters and movies have been with us for as long as most of us can remember and we are very passionate about them. We have this in many ways, such as lovingly correcting everything you say, serenading you, and enlightening you on everything you never knew you were desperately missing. We have taken this to absolute heart, "You don't have time to be timid. You must be bold and daring." Some of the best life lessons have been brought to us by Disney.