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Thursday, December 16, 2004

lord help me, i loves the festival of light

booze may make you popular and heal all wounds*, but the chanukah mini van will win lifelong friends and admirers.

"never heard of it!" you pooh pooh in your snarkiest voice. 'i don't believe in the chanukah van."

poor deluded rejected readers. let me paint it out for you, as i saw it with my own eyes, just yesterday, heading south on laurel canyon in hollywood.

silver. shiny. a chrysler town & country customized mini. probably an '03. and atop? a menorah standing at least five full feet high. replete with eight shining candles lit with brilliant 500 mega watt brightness. blue tinsel and a sparlking cursive message-

"HAPPY CHANUKAH!! CHABAT!!!"

the chanukah van is real, my friends. it isn't owned by a coproration. it isn't advertising anything. it isn't searching for material gain.

it's really just a family with some extra cash, a working knowledge of electricly rigging up a vehicle, a love of judaism, and a desire to spread joy.

all i can say is l'chaim!

and where the hell is my kwanza story?

*quoted from mst3k