Comments on: Santa came to town. But skipped the movie.

By: Laura Belgray

Laura Belgray — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:40:51 +0000

It was actually my dad who said that!

CHASIDIC BOY: Excuse me sir, are you Jewish? Are you Jewish?
DAD: Uh…no. Are you?
CHASIDIC BOY: Yes sir, I am.
DAD: You look it!

By: Laura Belgray

Laura Belgray — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:39:21 +0000

Aw. I forgot to respond to this. Love you too, Mom.
Those are some excellent moments, except you got one wrong. See reply to Leslie.

By: LC

LC — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:34:39 +0000

I would have paid a lot of cash to witness Victoria telling that to the Chabad wagon people!

By: Alice B

Alice B — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:19:26 +0000

This past Christmas was lovely, except for the absence of our West Coast family and more friends around. Glad we had Skype to fill in. Didn’t miss the Loew’s havoc or the frantic race to fill stockings with ever increasing creative (and expensive) needs. Lots of favorite memories: 1) Victoria telling the Chabad wagon proselytizers that she wasn’t Jewish; 2) shrill women at Loew’s saying we couldn’t’ save all those seats (“just who did we think we were, anyway?”) 3) Sarah’s fantastic creations, and 4) more and more. Loved your post. Love you.

By: Victoria

Victoria — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:08:21 +0000

Can’t we go to college and go out dancing like the Euros in college circa 1989? It would be very New Order/Rules of Attraction of us.

By: Laura Belgray

Laura Belgray — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:44:41 +0000

So not New Coke. More like Diet Coke – remember when that didn’t even exist yet, and it was just a fantasy? When it came out, it was like, “how did we go so long without this?”

That’s how I feel about our new, mellow Christmas.
Will we go back to our movie ritual? Maybe some years. But if it means not seeing you guys, not worth it.

Do you think our friendship would be going to college, or just going out dancing and hanging out with bouncers?

By: Laura Belgray

Laura Belgray — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:41:45 +0000

Yay Paganism. I’m going to motion that next year my family do a voodoo christmas, and pull out the beating heart of an elf.

By: Laura Belgray

Laura Belgray — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:40:30 +0000

If we were in Baltimore, I’d totally be game for a movie on Christmas. Once the kids are older, you can enjoy showing up at the theater just as the movie’s starting and getting seats for everyone — a luxury I’ve never experienced, but I’ve heard tell.

Can’t wait to see you, either!

By: Laura Belgray

Laura Belgray — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:38:02 +0000

It’s true, the only movie that might be totally inappropriate is a nazi child molester movie.

Those f*ckin’ seniors. But I guess I’d take Loews over Tofurkey.

I didn’t miss our traditions this year, but I missed you!

By: Victoria

Victoria — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:14:45 +0000

I’m relieved to know that you really do prefer the new tradition to the classic and it’s not like New Coke. I had been feeing guilty that Levi had ruined all the movie-day Jewmas fun. I have to admit that as I was reading the post I got nostalgic for all of the Christmases with your family — especially the “thank you for coming to Loews” early years.

I can’t believe it has been EIGHTEEN years!! If our friendship was a person we would be going off to college and voting. It makes me feel old but not sad unlike most other things that make me feel old.