Posted on 10/22/2002 1:43:15 PM PDT by Willie Green
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:34:49 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
It's official -- you won't have Sparkle Season to kick around anymore.
"I'm the woman who killed Sparkle Season," quipped Mariann Geyer, executive director of the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership. "It's been retired."
But don't worry, the partnership still plans extensive holiday activities aimed at persuading people to leave the malls and come Downtown to shop, dine, skate or just hang out this holiday season, Nov. 22 to Jan. 1.
(Excerpt) Read more at post-gazette.com ...
Wooohooo!!!
The tide has turned!!!
Merry Christmas in The 'Burgh!!!
Good grief.
How in the world could you have been so oblivious to this putrid political correctness that was jammed down the throats of Pittsburghers by the local media talking-heads? It has been blatantly obvious that they went out of their way to avoid the merest on-air mention of the very existance of Christmas while educating Pittsburghers of the significant social benefits of Kwanzaa. IMHO, it put a wet blanket on the city's holiday season for close to a decade. Made me cringe almost as much as when I visit an hear the talking-heads mention traffic on the "Parkway North" (barf!)
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