This post is part of a series of editorials written by Bert Walsh during his tenure as president and past president of the Shasta Historical Society. Readers are advised that his humor is often irreverent and rarely politically correct.
Click here for the table of contents for the entire collection of his editorials.
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I don't know about you but I really have a hard time getting pumped up about the holiday season. For one thing, there is the nagging worry and indecision about what color nightgown to buy for Hillary. Then there is all the trauma of trying to get the house clean and keeping it clean until guests arrive to mess it up, not to mention the ordeal of getting up at daylight and pushing gooshy stuffing into a clammy, limp turkey. Yuk!
One of the upbeat seasonal affairs is the Society's Yuletide feeding frenzy. It's a chance to mellow out and socialize with other history nuts. Funny how different programs appeal to different folks. Some people flip out over picnics or bus tours or hikes and some just show up at the museum on rainy days. Maybe our programs have gotten into a rut.
Now in 1994 there is no reason why we can't try some really innovative things like maybe cockfighting, poker tournaments, Indian bingo, hog calling, a turkey shoot, or how about challenging the Genealogical Society to a tug of war? By golly, let's try a chili cookoff, a spelling bee, a pie-eating contest, sack racing, a beauty contest, or maybe a fashion show. Hot darn, I can hardly wait. And this just scratches the surface.
I know that many of our readers have equally wonderful program ideas. Please rush these to the Society c/o P. T. Barnum. We are all agog with anticipation.
BTW
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