For the life of me I didn't know how to contact you with this burning question. There's been a raging debate over our holiday decorations. Where do you stand on the debate between which Christmas lights are better: white or colored.
Lily, B'more, MD
Dear Lily of B'more:
White is the symbol of purity—of snow and whales (just read the 10,000 words Herman Melville spills in one chapter of Moby Dick on the color white.) It is also (in China) the stuff of sorrow and funerals. I, however, am a classy decorator, and one cannot have too much red in the room. Just ask my good friend Simon DeFleurry, who has mastered the art of adding red to any situation. So, if you want to limit your holiday spirits to purity (how boring), White Whales (I'd rather have a White Elephant - I hear they're on sale), or a Chinese boo-hoo party, fling those red, green, gold, puce, turquoise and shimmering purple bulbs across your Tannenbaum this year. After all, the Christmas tree is a pagan symbol anyway. It was the Druids that "knocked on wood" and cut the mistletoe (which means dung on a stick, BTW - aren't you glad you didn't ask?) And don't let me catch you using those tiny, environmentally happy bulbs either, or Miss Chatty will drop coal in your stockings and set fire to your egg nog.
BTW: It's easy to get your question to me. Anyone who does, just send an email to edwpat@att.net and my secretary will forward me your queery. (Did I spell that right)?
No comments:
Post a Comment