Rushed out after that. Work was busy, but it honestly could have been worse on a Saturday morning a few weeks before Christmas. I did have to do a lot of cold returns, including a fairly full cart. Other than that, there were no real problems. I was in and out. Even stopped at the A&A Pretzel Shop down the street on my way home. Got a pepperoni-stuffed pretzel and two regular pretzels for lunch; the shop owner threw in three more.
Changed, then ate my lunch while watching Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. "It's Snowflake Day," the big winter holiday in the Neighborhood. Daniel's excited to play the snowflake narrator in their play, until he gets stage fright. His mother and Katerina coax him back out. Later on, when the lights go out, he comes up with the idea for everyone to use the snowflake lanterns they release after the play to light the rest of the show.
Spent the rest of the afternoon signing Christmas cards. Most of these will be going out in the mail on Monday. I do need to get a gift card for one of them. Otherwise, they're ready to go. I also need cards for those who get gifts in the mail - Mom, Keefe, and Keefe's family, Lauren and her parents, and Anny and Lilah. I'll give everyone else their cards on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.
Watched Bye Bye Birdie as I worked. I go further into the 1995 TV version of this 60's favorite featuring Vanessa Williams and Jason Alexander at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog.
Listened to The Brian Setzer Orchestra after the movie ended. It's a Boogie Woogie Christmas with one of the great kings of neo-swing. "Boogie Woogie Santa Claus" is probably the best-known number, but I really like his versions of "The Man With the Bag" and "Run Rudolph Run." "Baby It's Cold Outside" with Ann-Margaret is charming too, and there's the Gene Autry spoof "Cactus Christmas."
Took a shower and had dinner, then finished the night with today's Match Game marathon on YouTube. Some of the show's biggest wins were on the syndicated nighttime episodes. There was the energetic 19-year-old whom Richard Dawson was more than happy to help win $10,000 and a handsome Marine flyer who also won $10,000 with Betty White a little earlier in the year. Minnie Pearl and Dick Smothers got to meet a cowboy named Buck Rodgers in an episode from 1977. In 1976, a lady was so eager to give Rich a kiss, she them to him anyway even though she didn't win. Debralee Scott flirted with a handsome young contestant in 1980, while the others made jokes about matching a policeman from Huntingdon Beach in another episode that year.
Get more bang for your buck at night and see some of the biggest winners ever on the show in this marathon that's definitely not in the dark when it comes to laughs!
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