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- Manufacturers factory tour, maybe big dealership tour
- Vehicle Year
- 1997 1987
- Vehicle
- Ford Ranger
- Engine
- 4.0 V6
- Transmission
- Manual
- Total Lift
- 97 stock, 3” on 87
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- 235/75-15
- My credo
- Never put off ‘til tomorrow what you can put off indefinitely
Like a lot of folks, I love the Christmas season. Most everyone celebrates with their families or friends at home, or maybe a dinner or such. Recently a few people have mentioned they think of TRS as a family. Before anybody refutes that, let me point out that all families are dysfunctional to some degree. Doesn’t mean they don’t love and respect each other.
I thought I would start a thread on what else people do to celebrate the holidays. Where do you go, what do you see? What events, what shows, what special places, what religious celebrations? Who did you go with, and why do you like that one in particular? What went right, what went wrong, what made you laugh, and what made you feel the spirit of Christmas in your heart?
I’ll start, of course. In addition to being a Ranger redneck, I am also an artsy fartsy. I was raised with going to the theater, concerts, playing instruments, etc., and I love it. I was also raised in the church, and I love the big Christmas celebrations. I had a lot of Jewish friends who did similar events, but appropriate for their beliefs. When I came south, I was introduced to all of the Baptist Celebrations.
I’ve already gone to seven or eight different shows or church functions, but there’s one in particular that was new for me this year. I hope everybody knows Dickens “a Christmas Carol.“ There’s 1000 versions, but the one I went to this year totally caught me by surprise. It was at the Act3 Playhouse in Atlanta, and it was called “the Cherry Log Christmas Carol.” Cherry Log is a small mountain town in North Georgia.
It mirrors Dickens original, but it was an Appalachian mountain theme and setting, a solo performance. One man did all the characters with the addition of props. There were five people accompanying him with instruments, but it was Appalachian Mountain music and instruments except with a couple Christmas carols thrown in for a sing-along.
It was true to Dickens theme of taking somebody hardened with time and with pain in their lives, who is rejuvenated by revisiting their past, being exposed to the present, and heading for a dark future, but a future they could change and renew.
It was a silly little thing at a small playhouse, but I thought it was a brilliant interpretation. The main guy had such a broad range of talent, it was worth every second. Just when you think you have it memorized, you see a wonderful rendition like this, that moves your heart with a story you already know very well. It helped me with my Christmas spirit, and a sense of charity and giving welled up in me, inspiring me to do more than I usually do. You can never give and love too much.
He used a coat rack covered with a coat, and a shawl over the top, to create the ghost of Christmas yet to come. Amazingly, with the theater lighting, the coat rack was pretty scary. It was about that time of the story that I realized that the Scrooge character looked exactly like @Curious Hound !
And you thought the ghost of Christmas yet to come with scary!!!
Why don’t you all share what’s very special to you, this year and every year. It doesn’t have to be an event like this, just something special you love to do to remember the holiday.
I thought I would start a thread on what else people do to celebrate the holidays. Where do you go, what do you see? What events, what shows, what special places, what religious celebrations? Who did you go with, and why do you like that one in particular? What went right, what went wrong, what made you laugh, and what made you feel the spirit of Christmas in your heart?
I’ll start, of course. In addition to being a Ranger redneck, I am also an artsy fartsy. I was raised with going to the theater, concerts, playing instruments, etc., and I love it. I was also raised in the church, and I love the big Christmas celebrations. I had a lot of Jewish friends who did similar events, but appropriate for their beliefs. When I came south, I was introduced to all of the Baptist Celebrations.
I’ve already gone to seven or eight different shows or church functions, but there’s one in particular that was new for me this year. I hope everybody knows Dickens “a Christmas Carol.“ There’s 1000 versions, but the one I went to this year totally caught me by surprise. It was at the Act3 Playhouse in Atlanta, and it was called “the Cherry Log Christmas Carol.” Cherry Log is a small mountain town in North Georgia.
It mirrors Dickens original, but it was an Appalachian mountain theme and setting, a solo performance. One man did all the characters with the addition of props. There were five people accompanying him with instruments, but it was Appalachian Mountain music and instruments except with a couple Christmas carols thrown in for a sing-along.
It was true to Dickens theme of taking somebody hardened with time and with pain in their lives, who is rejuvenated by revisiting their past, being exposed to the present, and heading for a dark future, but a future they could change and renew.
It was a silly little thing at a small playhouse, but I thought it was a brilliant interpretation. The main guy had such a broad range of talent, it was worth every second. Just when you think you have it memorized, you see a wonderful rendition like this, that moves your heart with a story you already know very well. It helped me with my Christmas spirit, and a sense of charity and giving welled up in me, inspiring me to do more than I usually do. You can never give and love too much.
He used a coat rack covered with a coat, and a shawl over the top, to create the ghost of Christmas yet to come. Amazingly, with the theater lighting, the coat rack was pretty scary. It was about that time of the story that I realized that the Scrooge character looked exactly like @Curious Hound !
And you thought the ghost of Christmas yet to come with scary!!!
Why don’t you all share what’s very special to you, this year and every year. It doesn’t have to be an event like this, just something special you love to do to remember the holiday.
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