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Post by Bernard on Jan 1, 2004 15:26:14 GMT -5
TO ALL OF YOU.
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Robin
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Post by Robin on Jan 1, 2004 21:57:31 GMT -5
And to you and yours!!!!!
Robin
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Post by JOJO on Jan 4, 2004 14:28:07 GMT -5
I wish everyone on this site a very Happy and Healthy New Year. I'd also like to thank Bernard for getting us all together. The world has changed and people have changed but we all have many memories that we can all relate to. I loved growing up in the projects, we were all very lucky, look at the kids today. They are much different and get bored so easy. We had it all back then and it took us all these years to appreciate and to realize it. Thanks to all of you and many happy years ahead for you all. I love each and every one of you. JoJo  |
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Post by JP68 on Jan 6, 2004 22:26:38 GMT -5
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL
MAY THE NEW YEAR KEEP YOU ALL SAFE
AND HEALTHY
AND MAY THE MEMORIES OF PATERSON BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE WHEN YOU FEEL DOWN.
JOE
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Post by SOS on Jan 7, 2004 18:47:25 GMT -5
Happy New Year! and another quiz from the teacher.
Match the New Year custom with the country, then write your favorite way to celebrate the New Year growing up (or throwing up) in Paterson.
1. Barrels of tar are set afire and then rolled down the streets. This ritual symbolizes that the old year is burned up and the new one is allowed to enter. Holiday is aka Hogmanay. Bliadhna mhath ur! (Lillian, this is for you- Tell us more!)
2. Children leave their shoes by the fireside on New Year's Day with the hope that Saint Basil, who was famous for his kindness, will come and fill their shoes with gifts. Aka Festival of Saint Basil
3. Celebrated for several days at the time of the new moon-between January 17 & February 19. Thousands of lanterns illuminate the streets "to light the way" for the New Year. Firecrackers scare off evil spirits, windows and doors are sealed with paper to keep the evil demons out. Aka Yuan Tan
4. People begin to laugh at the stroke of midnight to bring them good luck in the new year.
5. People would strip their king of his clothes and send him away. The king would be gone for a few days and everyone would do whatever they liked. Then the king would return, in a grand procession, dressed in fine robes and everyone had to return to work and behave properly making a new start to their lives.
6. (Choose the correct bandleader) MItch Miller, Glenn Miller, Guy Lombardo, Skitch Henderson, and the Royal Canadians rang in the new year at the Waldorf Astoria.
Answers: a) ancient Babylon b) China c) New York City, USA d) Greece e)Japan f) Scotland
Extra Credit: January is named for________________________
Janis Ian
Janis Joplin
Janet Jackson
The Roman God Janus, depicted with two faces-one looking back at the old year, the other looking forward to the new.
Growing up in Paterson, I remember going downtown with my mother & brother on the day after Thanksgiving to see the parade with Santa bringing up the rear as the start of the holiday season, sitting on Santa’s lap in Quackenbush’s and later spent most New Years Eves earning some spare change babysitting. Today- my favorite celebration is the Midnight Run in Central Park –good friends, champagne, fireworks, and a chance to burn the holiday butter off my buns! Happy & healthy New Year everyone!
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Post by Bernard on Jan 8, 2004 16:02:00 GMT -5
OK Teach'. I'll make some wild guesses like I always did in school.
1. Scotland - Barrels of tar are set afire and then rolled down the streets.
2. Greece - Children leave their shoes by the fireside.Festival of Saint Basil.
3. China - Celebrated for several days at the time of the new moon-between January 17 & February 19.
4. Japan - People begin to laugh at the stroke of midnight to bring them good luck in the new year.
5. Babylon - People would strip their king of his clothes and send him away.
6. Guy Lombardo rang in the new year at the Waldorf Astoria.
January was named for the Roman God Janus.
Actually Teach, I cheated a little.
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Early on I would spend time with my family and visit relatives.
Teen years: the 'gang' would get smashed.
Later it was at 'pay for' parties or a bar.
Now: I spend time with my family and visit relatives.
Gee! I've come full circle!
Have the best year ever!
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Post by SOS on Jan 9, 2004 15:25:46 GMT -5
:)Gold stars & stickers, Bernard- hey nobody said it wasnt an Open Book quiz! I'd give you the A. Thanks for your reply- You are so right - so much of life's continuum is a circle- (Who was the singer who sang All My Life's a Circle?" JP knows this one, I'm sure) Glad you enjoyed ringing in the new year with family. Children and grandchildren add so much to the fun. Would enjoy hearing from the rest of the P.P. too- May the new year be all you wish for!
Muriel
JP- Is/was your sister G.P.?
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Post by JP68 on Jan 14, 2004 20:20:34 GMT -5
Hello to all hope the New Year has so far been good to all. Harry Chapin sang the song you mentioned SOS he was a great musican and story teller I had seen him in concert to many times to remember then all.
And yes my sister is GP she lives in Kinnelon and my other sister LP is in Waldwick and my brother SP lives in Hohokus all are doing well GP became a grandmother this past year. So shes old LOL. And I'm Not as I tell her.
DO I know you?
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Post by SOS on Jan 15, 2004 11:12:54 GMT -5
Hi JP- I knew your sister, GP, in high school- and she'll NEVER be old! - and I think neither will you,- unless you are raising daughters  . She was always upbeat and funny, a few years younger than I, and I remember her looking like a popular SEVENTEEN MAGAZINE cover girl (I think model's name was Colleen Corby, )with beautiful long dark hair.) Hard to imagine her as "Grandma." (But I've joined that club too- and the member benefits are well worth the old- sounding title!) Thanks for the refresher on Harry Chapin- Season's spinning round again;The years keep rollin' by. Happy New Year. |
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Post by Lillian on Jan 20, 2004 17:44:36 GMT -5
The New Years custom for Scotland when I first came here was as it was for many years they call New Years Eve Hogmany or First Footing: that was going to visit friends neighbors and relatives after midnight with a bottle of whiskey to share a drink, and a piece of coal for the fire to keep them warm. This custom is slowly dying out.It was different from what I was use to. I remember going sometimes as a kid with my Mom and Dad to the corner Tavern on new years Eve to bring in the New Year.It cost $1.00 at the door and there was a Buffet of food, hats and noise makers included. I liked that when we went.
I hope you all had a good New Years. Mine was quite, I was doing alot of reminising.
Take Care All
from Lillian
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. She was always upbeat and funny, a few years younger than I, and I remember her looking like a popular SEVENTEEN MAGAZINE cover girl (I think model's name was Colleen Corby, )with beautiful long dark hair.) Hard to imagine her as "Grandma." (But I've joined that club too- and the member benefits are well worth the old- sounding title!)