Christmas sucks BIG-Time!!

Thanks, margo...could I have one a little bigger, do you think?

Something like this, maybe...?


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Well, DetR, reveling is one of my specialties!!!

I have an office out of my home, which is why I am able to drop into A2K off and on through the day & night while waiting on others. I contract out everything I'm not able to handle myself. I'm coordinating this big event from the merchants' association side with the help of a paid event coordinator. It's not a one-person job. We have all sorts of media promotions going, major corporate sponsors, TV appearances, volunteers, and multiple events to oversee at different businesses simultaneously. Food tastings, live music at several locations, Santa, the Grinch, free trolley rides, a parade, a kid's contest...the list goes on and on. It's to be held next Thursday evening, the 11th, so I have penciled in next Friday to collapse.

Thanks for asking!

I don't know how I'll manage to get my story written in the middle of all this, Mom duties and our own pre-Christmas errands. But I'll figure out something. Would love to read a story from you! Check in under the "Trivia & Word Games" section and look for "A2K Storytelling Idol Competition."

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Oz universities just don't have any undergrad classes at night. And while I've managed to get through a couple of first year subjects while missing lectures, I wouldn't like to try it with 200 or 300 level subjects.

I hear you there, sir. Was thinking about working this year and giving some of the loans back, but now that it's underway I'm just going to have to suck up the debt. (They've got this awful habit here -- and in Washington -- of scheduling things in short blocks all through the week, leaving no blocks of time during which the needful can make any real money. Would be much better for a number of reasons, I think, to go to two two-hour sessions than four one-hour sessions.)

Though more numerous, the reindeer's numbers in this land just west of the massive polar ice cap have dropped from an estimated 30,000 in recent years due to disease, say Greenland officials. The stocks fluctuate on 30-50 year cycles, and currently the cycle is swinging low. Reindeer carcasses and bones litter the open tundra the entire 180-kilometer distance between Sisimiut and Kangerlussuaq, victims of hunting and disease. I lost track of the antlers I saw on my walk between the two towns.

Lets look for inspiration right now:

Strange beings dressed up like Santa are way cool. They remind me of the circus freak show. Seeing as we are in a circus here, drom et reve....how about you guess my age for an Xmas fin?

Mr Stillwater wrote:

Lets look for inspiration right now:

Oh, thanks for reminding me, Mr. S. Yes, the Grinch will be at our Christmas event, too! He'll be giving hugs to all the children right after our whimsical kid's parade with the decorated bicycles, wagons and scooters. I have a special Santa hat made for him with our logo on top.
HO HO HO!!!!

By the way, you're not invited.

The event is here in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The historic business district is called Cherry Street. The event is called A VERY "CHERRY" CHRISTMAS!...and I have a lot of good help.

The best thing about this area & group is that they are known for being diverse & eccentric. Last year, Santa wore wraparound white sunglasses and strolled up and down the street through the traffic, stopping cars. (We're trying to get the same guy again.) Frankly, the more unusual the better around here. That's why people will come. We're not going to try to control it too tightly.

I will be riding the trolley up & down the district during the event, welcoming everyone, giving them info about what's going on where, making them laugh and just generally making sure everyone is having fun. That is not work for me. I'll have a ball!