December 12, 2011
|
|
Links here are good only for the week of December 12. After that... is
anybody's guess.
|
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
|
|
Whether you are in New York City, Traverse City, Asheville, St. Louis, or
Cincinnati... or most anywhere in this great country, it is the most
wonderful time of the year!
This is a storefront near Columbus Circle, in New York, the day before Thanksgiving:
|
|
|
We are nearly all Christmas again this week. We simply love
the season! It'll be 2012 before we return to the normal format of our
newsletter.
And we're counting them down... 13 days till Christmas!
|
|
|
Where's Mr. Ed Hanging Out?
|
Now we wish we had never started this. But... we're still offering a BBHQ
membership to the first person who identifies where we took this
picture. Though, it is a credit to our subscribers that none of you has
sunk to this level of depravity.
Where in New York City is Mr. Ed hanging? Click reply and take a shot.
|
|
|
|
|
BBHQ Shorts:
Quick Takes on Items in the News:
11/18: The Super Committee -- Mission Impossible?
11/14: Why the Left Hates Fox News
Glance at the BBHQ Shorts
here.
|
|
|
Eye remember the fascination of seeing the train circle the Christmas
tree in the department store window at Christmastime.
|
|
This Week with the Chicowitz
|
This week, Hershel shares a family Christmas card, and shows how he
recreated the card in 2005:
|
For one of our Christmas cards, my mother wanted a silhouette effect. So
my dad positioned two large flood lights on the floor in front of a
large window in the living room, which my mother had covered with a
sheet. In order to get the effect, you needed lights behind and beneath
us kids. In order to get it right, we had to be a few feet above the
lights. So my dad had us stand on the top of the back of the livingroom
couch. Aside from being a wonderful Christmas card, it was the
continuation of a delightful, warm tradition of Christmas.
|
|
|
|
You can read the entire essay here.
|
|
The BBHQ Traditions of Christmas Stories
|
These are wonderful, heartwarming, and sometimes funny stories -- perfect
for the season, no matter how you celebrate it. Enjoy!
|
If you are not already a member, please consider joining us. Membership
at BBHQ provides you with access to lyrics to 750 boomer-era songs, a BBHQ
Time Capsule Report, access to hundreds of boomer stories... and lots
more. Come on... it's 9 bucks a year.
|
|
|
|
Jeff Bjorck is one of our favorite boomer stars. Jeff selected 12 classic
Christmas songs and arranged them in his "quiet music to calm the heart
in a noisy world" style. This is wonderful Christmas music, as pure as it
gets.
We have samples of Jeff's Christmas CD
here.
Jeff gave us a copy of his CD to offer to one of our visitors. So we have
included a simple contest in our feature of Jeff's CD. Be the first to
match audio samples with the song title... and we'll send you a copy of
the CD.
On Wednesday, we'll open this to all visitors at BBHQ. Subscribers to our
newsletter get the first chance.
|
|
|
|
The BBHQ Joke of the Week
|
We have 3 suggestions of what NOT to get a woman for Christmas.
We'd like to think that these fall into the category of common sense.
However, we know how desperate men may become in the the days leading up
to Christmas. So....
|
1. Never give a woman any kind of household appliance or something that
is going to make "housework" easier. For instance, a blender, a toaster,
a new vacuum, one of those mops they advertise on tv that does everything
but suck the life out of you, anything in a informercial. One allowed
choice is a new washing machine with a turbo spin cycle. Use your
imagination here.
2. Any bulk cleaning supplies. Imagine leading with this:
"Honey, I got you that large box of Tide you have been wanting."
"This Windex should last you a while."
"I got a good deal on the industrial strength toilet bowl cleaner."
Not gonna work, is it?
3. Any kitchen aid made by Ronco which slices or dices, or includes a set
of Ginsu knives. Ron Popiel's familiar line "Just set it... and forget
it" might well describe your sex life for the next month. Fair warning.
|
|
|
Have a great week. We'll share the fun again next Monday.
- the Boomer Crew at BBHQ
|
|
|
|
