| The Bride of Frankincense |
[Dec. 27th, 2010|10:11 am] |
The Bride of Frankincense
It was 12 minutes until midnight, at a party New Years Eve
Golda sat alone and thinking that maybe she should leave
The eggnog she was drinking had gone right to her head
She was ready to go home, curl up tight and get to bed
Then the hostess, Ginger Breadman, said, “You cannot leave just yet,
I want to introduce you to someone you haven’t met”
And there was Dr. Frankincense standing to her right
Golda saw the Dr, and she felt her heart ignite
His eyes met hers and he too felt something rattle in his bones
Ginger then excused herself and said, “I’ll leave you two alone”
They were shy at first but quickly they began to feel at ease
Building their new romance amongst the party attendees
Then at the stroke of midnight, the Dr. kissed her cheek
Golda blushed demurely – she felt her knees go weak
By one a.m. the two were dancing, Dr. F held Golda tight
And she was hoping that the Dr. would walk her home that night
He did and then he asked if he could call on her once more
She said, “soon I hope” then kissed him and went inside her front porch door
So that is where is started, back on January One
but now it’s 12 months later and it all might come undone
The year had gone by swiftly and it seemed that all was well -
By Ground Hogs day they were a couple and fallen deep into loves spell
They celebrated Valentines dressed in red and pitching woo
They spend St. Patrick’s Day in green kicking back a pint or two
For Spring Break they’d go on their first romantic getaway
And Dr. F proposed to Golda around the end of May.
He said, “Golda you have made my life so wonderful and sweet
I want you to marry me. Elope with me next week!”
And with that they went to Vegas and made it bon a fide
- An Elvis impersonator hitched up the Groom and Bride -
Their first month anniversary was on the 4th day of July
They had a late night picnic as fireworks lit up the sky
In August they fixed up their gothic castle’s entry hall
And for Halloween they dressed up just like Bogie and Bacall
Thanksgiving was the last day of their little paradise
Actually it was two days later – Saturday – to be precise
The couple thought it time to pull out their holiday décor
To get ready for the season of giving gifts and more!
So Dr. F went to the attic to get his trunk of holiday barrage
And Golda brought her box of goodies in from the garage
Dr. F dug into his stuff and pulled out baby Jesus in his cradle
And Golda pulled out from her carton a brightly colored dreidel!
They both looked at each other and what each had in their hand
Dr. Frankincense scrunched up his face; he didn’t seem to understand
But Golda knew within an instant there might be an issue here
She realized that religion had not been discussed all year
“Honey,” Golda whispered, “I sorta figured that you knew
that the woman that you married was born and raised a Jew”
“And I thought you knew before I asked you to be my bride
that I celebrated Christmas” Dr. Frankincense replied
“You didn’t celebrate at Easter, with the chocolate eggs and bunny!”
“And you didn’t do a thing for Yom kipour, now did you honey?”
“You never go to church on Sunday”
“So - you don’t keep a kosher house”
“Well I’m not that kind of Jewish…” Golda cried out to her spouse
And the bickering began between the Dr. and his wife
Over mangers and menorahs - oh the grief and all that strife!
They both stubbornly insisted their own religious holiday
be the only decorations in their house and on display
Golda never had, nor did she want, a Yuletide tree to trim
She never hung a stocking nor sang a Christmas hymn
And as for Hanukah traditions, Dr. F just simply felt
He never had to eat a latke or play with chocolate gelt
Still they quarreled through December how they should deck their hall
Until one special morning Ginger Breadman paid a call.
“HAPPY HOLIDAY” sang Ginger as they both answered the door
Then she saw their weary faces like they’d both been through a war
Golda, all disheveled hissed, “You say “Happy Holiday –
But which one do you mean? Hanukah or Christmas Day?”
“Which is more important: The Festival of Lights,”
the Dr. snarled quickly, “or the birth of Jesus Christ?”
“Well they both are rather pleasant and festive celebrations
and both have feelings of good will and fancy decorations
but why? Is there a problem? You two both seem so annoyed
and this is the time of year we should all be overjoyed”
“I didn’t realize he was Christian – and now he wants 3 wise men on our lawn
and a manger and a some camels – I want the whole thing gone!”
“And I don’t want my presents handed out over 8 nights –
and playing with a top is not one of my delights!”
Ginger Breadman knew their problem wasn’t much to ascertain
She sat them down and came up with a way she could explain
“I was raised on Kwanzaa, and my late husband, Ramadan
Yet we managed every winter to rejoice and get along
He helped me light my candles; I made him a sunset feast
It’s part of living with each other; It’s what couples do at least
It’s not one thing or another – it isn’t this or that
It’s just a bit of give and take: a bit of tit for tat”
“You can’t have blue and silver candles next to ones of red and green”
Golda Frankincense protested, “That would be obscene!
“And she says my inflatable nativity offends..”
Ginger raised her hand and stated, “Listen up my friends…
The tribulations of the season are tricky and demanding,
But you can celebrate both holidays with Peace and Understanding”
“so your saying that her dreidles can decorate my tree?”
“and your saying I should celebrate his nativity?”
Ginger looked at the happy couple and said with no dismay,
“Yes! You should both be taking pleasure in each other’s holiday”
And she handed them the present that had prompted her quick visit
Golda opened up the gift and the Dr. asked, “What is it?”
They both smiled at each other when they saw what was inside
Ginger said “I figured it was perfect for you and your Jewish bride”
They thanked Ginger for the gift and apologized to one another
Golda kissed her Dr. – and this time his heart fluttered
“I wanna spin your dreidle and eat latkas til I pop”
“I wanna trim your tree and put the angle on the top”
Then they took out Ginger’s gift and hung it on the castle door
It really was a splendid piece of holiday décor
It was a simple wreath that welcome friends into their home
With a golden banner reading “Merry Christmas & Shalom” |
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| The Holiday Account of Dr. Frankincense - |
[Dec. 20th, 2010|03:38 pm] |
IT'S ALIVE!
with the incredible help of Matt Rose, Kevin Sonnichsen ,Paul Mudra ,John Ashfield, Brad Griffith and Raymond Tellez , I present to you - The Holiday Account of Dr. Frankincense...
Please feel free to make this viral... daddy wants this to be a holiday classic!
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| (no subject) |
[Dec. 19th, 2010|07:33 am] |
a story about Jeff Bridges' daughter....with a different sort of a daddy complex.... |
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| 3 years ago today |
[Dec. 8th, 2010|10:04 am] |
Casablanca was on TCM
still miss you honey |
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| Read - Copy - Email... |
[Dec. 1st, 2010|10:03 am] |
If you know what's going on at the National Portrait Gallery and are offended by it as much as I am, please copy and paste this letter to the following emails:
sullivanm@si.edu, stthomasl@si.edu, bentleyb@si.edu, gaitherc@si.edu, snamank@si.edu
Don't forget to sign your name.
Dear Martin Sullivan, Director of National Portrait Gallery
I am offended that you have on display images of Ronald Reagan using tax dollars. Today is World AIDS day, and President Reagan' blatant refusal to deal with the issue of AIDS while thousands of Americans were dying from the disease is an offense. His own communications director Pat Buchanan argued that AIDS is "nature's revenge on gay men." This is bullying, and has grown into an up hill battle for the GLBT community to be forced to fight for their constitutional rights in marriage, serving their country and even having a full exhibit of their own experience on display.
I believe that it is your policy to remove 'art' that is offensive, as the news of your recent removal of "Fire in My Belly", by Artist David Wojnarowicz, has offended a certain group. Therefore I demand that you remove the offensive portrait of Ronald Reagan from National Portrait Gallery.
If you are unaware of whats going on, please read the following:
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/01/national-portrait-gallery-removes-video-criticized-for-religious-imagery/
Please spread this around. |
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| FRUITCAKE FABLES IS LIVE |
[Nov. 19th, 2010|09:01 am] |
With the help of Jeffery Pohlmann, I am pleased to announce that the website for my xmas obsession is up!
Please visit it - take a gander - buy a book! And let me know what you think!
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| (no subject) |
[Jun. 11th, 2010|12:34 am] |
It opened last month and it still doing great!
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| (no subject) |
[Jun. 7th, 2010|05:36 pm] |
I know im not posting over here much - but im not really posting anything original anywhere - however here is something i doodled up today:
Im not sure if I should call it "Poison Apple" or "Turn Your Head Snow"
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| wanna do some good??? |
[Mar. 4th, 2010|05:08 pm] |
Hey all, can we help out a Children's Home? My fiancé's good friend Jaimee and her husband work at this home in MS and they do really really good things by providing kids a safe haven from abuse of all kinds.
This is part of the Pepsi refresh challenge ..."
DO IT NOW! It's VERY VERY EASY TO DO...
http://www.refresheverything.com/homesofhopeforchildren
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| Happy Birthday |
[Mar. 1st, 2010|11:12 am] |
To Rootbeer1!
Happy birthday Steve!!
Ray |
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| (no subject) |
[Feb. 14th, 2010|11:01 pm] |
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