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That Weird Thanksgiving Parade

Roger Catlin November 23, 2012 0 Comments

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is a weird parade, unlike any you’re likely to see in real life. It’s not just the balloons either, it’s the weird performances they pause…

Holidays Television

Labor Day Without Jerry

Roger Catlin September 4, 2012 0 Comments

Something was wrong with Labor Day and not just the melancholy about the end of summer or the wearing white shoes thing. It was the disappearance of the Jerry Lewis…

Holidays

Eyewitnessing A Capitol Fourth

Roger Catlin July 5, 2012 0 Comments

Usually, I tune over to the PBS coverage of Washington D.C. fireworks as part of the July Fourth crowd avoidance strategy. It involves catching the pyrotechnics from the privacy of…

Holidays Personally Speaking

Report from Cherry Blossom Central

Roger Catlin March 26, 2012 0 Comments

The two week Cherry Blossom Festival was kicking off Sunday night with a concert event. As for the trees, they had peaked a week before. I’m just getting used to…

Holidays Personally Speaking

FTD Fail, Candy Hearts and Other Valentine Stories

Roger Catlin February 14, 2012 0 Comments

Got a timely Valentine's Day e-mail today. It was from the FTD.com floral spot that I had done some business with the other day. "Despite our best efforts, due to…

Holidays Television

What Hath the Super Bowl Wrought?

Roger Catlin February 6, 2012 0 Comments

How’d the Super Bowl get to be a national holiday? It’s another professional sports championship turned national bad snack eating day with an emphasis on commercials and inordinate interest in…

Holidays

Ten Portrayals of Martin Luther King

Roger Catlin January 17, 2012 0 Comments

In honor of the holiday, we recall 10 different portrayals of the civil rights leader over the years. Paul Winfield, left, for a time seem to have the MLK role…

Holidays Personally Speaking

Erasing the Holiday

Roger Catlin January 3, 2012 0 Comments

January second couldn’t come soon enough. The Christmas tree had been dropping needles since the time we carried it home. Just natural, the saleswoman said. Well, yes. Everything about the…

Holidays Television

Bring Back Guy Lombardo

Roger Catlin January 1, 2012 0 Comments

With the swagger of its mashed-up name – New Year’s Rockin Eve – Dick Clark’s TV signaled a youthful new method of ringing in a new year when it debuted…

Holidays What's On TV

A Longer Rockin’ Eve

Roger Catlin December 31, 2011 0 Comments

New Year ‘s Rockin Eve has never taken so much time – five hours at least to countdown one 10-second stretch time. But in addition to “Dick Clark’s Primetime New…

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