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Season's Bleatings: My 18-Year Xmas Card Oddysey

December 11, 2006

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When the folks at Outzone asked me to document a favorite holiday tradition, several came to mind: my childhood Light Bright triumphs, my yearly pilgrimages to see the holiday lights on Candy Cane Lane with friends Brett and Danny, taking “dirty pictures” with an unsuspecting, stuffed Christmas camel on board the Royal Princess cruise ship back in ’88 …

But I decided to write about my holiday card ritual, because this is the gift that keeps on giving.

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Back in 1988, while trekking through Egypt as an entertainer for Princess Cruises, I thought it might be fun to shoot a photo by the pyramids for my Christmas card. I grabbed a Santa hat, struck some “Walk Like an Egyptian” poses, scrawled “Merry Xmas from BFE” on the corner of each photo and voila! It was an international holiday well-wishing triumph.

Little did I know, however, that I was planting the seeds for a ritual that would come to rule my life: the yearly quest to pull a clever holiday card out of my ass.

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Comments

Kevin wrote:

Some great ideas there -- even if looking back you may think they are lame. Your discussion of documenting fake appearances and what-not made me think of the book "Little Me" -- that the Bway show was based on. I'm guessing you've read it?

posted at December 14, 2006 10:15 AM

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