On TV they said Christmas is officially here now that the tree in Rockefeller Center has been lit. I always believe whatever I read or hear in the news so it must be true.
Frank works right near there and was very happy he had a meeting late in the day that required him to be down in Wall Street (at Wall Street?). It’s not because the whole tree lighting thing isn’t cool because it is. It’s because it’s really, really crowded. We know this because we went once, 24 years ago, when we were engaged. People get there hours ahead of time. Unless you are one of those people, you don’t really get to see much other than masses of people and the big tree. After it’s over, you had better want to go in the same direction the rest of the crowd is going in because that’s the only way you’re walking. Trying to walk in the opposite direction is sorta like walking into a tidal wave.
I had the TV on during the whole tree lighting show & was listening to it as I went about the house doing other stuff. I’d walk in every now & then to see performers I liked (Carrie Underwood, Josh Groban, Celine Dion). I have some questions. Why wasn’t Celine out there freezing her butt off in 42 degree weather like all the rest of the singers? How did she rate being broadcast from the Rainbow Room? And if it’s called Christmas in Rockefeller Center & if they are lighting a Christmas tree, why do they still have to say, “Happy Holidays?” If someone is offended by Merry Christmas, they shouldn’t be watching a Christmas show in the first place. Get over it.
November 29th, 2007 at 2:56 pm Quote
And why did they have Sean (or shawn) Kingston on there. His only his is that song “suicidal” which does not put me in a Chrismas mood. He was singing something that I couldn’t even understand.
DD was excited and watched a few minutes (between the dozen times the phone rang) because she was there last summer and had pictures of a few things we saw on tv.
November 29th, 2007 at 2:57 pm Quote
His only HIT….I need a nap.
November 30th, 2007 at 1:09 pm Quote
AMEN, SISTER! For me, it is MERRY CHRISTMAS, and that’s what I’m saying. If anyone says “happy holidays” to me, I WILL respond with “MERRY CHRISTMAS.” Because not only am I SO over it–this political correctness crap–I am also fed up with it and am not going to do it anymore. And if I ever go to a place that has HOLIDAY, I will wish them “HAPPY HOLIDAY.” But here, call it what it is. ***She curtsies and steps delicately down off of her soapbox.***
November 30th, 2007 at 1:15 pm Quote
…And while I’m at it…***clambers noisily back up onto the soapbox and shakes index finger***….I don’t have a clue who Shawn Kingston is, but if he’s a rapper, I got news on that subject too. Rap is not music. To me, it is basically talking in a strange sort of cadence, accompanied by many strange body movements and tics, along with inappropriate and odious grabbing of certain body parts that should only be grabbed and groped in private. It is my opinion–not necessarily the opinion of the management of this blog–that it is garbage and it is not something that should be given any credence or credibility and I will never understand what anyone gets out of it. Or maybe I am just getting old and crotchety.