tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20516483.post1223181570073458414..comments2023-09-10T16:57:50.778-06:00Comments on Sitzblog: Picture of the Day, December 2, 2009Sitzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11736024263670063703noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20516483.post-25045647863952604552009-12-03T11:55:08.600-07:002009-12-03T11:55:08.600-07:00Lucy,
Ha ha, I think you're right about the as...Lucy,<br />Ha ha, I think you're right about the associations with Christmas here, and maybe they just go whole hog or whatever when it comes to end-of-rainy-season enthusiasm. <br /><br />Also, Burl Ives did the voice of the narrator Sam the Snowman on the animated version of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Pretty obscure reference, I guess.<br /><br />Interestingly enough, though, he seems to have been "blacklisted" as a Communist:<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burl_Ives<br /><br />Fun times.Sitzmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11736024263670063703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20516483.post-25601144054074488452009-12-03T09:29:55.699-07:002009-12-03T09:29:55.699-07:00(and for all any of us know, maybe you *are* Burl ...(and for all any of us know, maybe you *are* Burl Ives, just pretending to be The Great Ryan Sitzman in this far off place where no one knows better. for that matter, who is Burl Ives???)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717760956959685592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20516483.post-79797882654821079362009-12-03T09:28:17.296-07:002009-12-03T09:28:17.296-07:00wow! what a great photo! Who guessed that that chi...wow! what a great photo! Who guessed that that chintzy rope of lights i particularly dislike for being so awkward to turn off each night had it in it to look so pretty? (obviously; you did)<br /><br />i think the way it works here in fact is that christmas and dry season are all rolled together in the heads of costa ricans - they feel the north winds of the dry and instantly associate with no-more-goddamn-rain/holidays/christmas/christmas paraphenalia. even I do that now, while resisting the urge to decorate for as long as possible . . .Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717760956959685592noreply@blogger.com