Stay home - you have easier access to a cleaner bathroom

Avoid Midtown Manhattan today –

Thousands of poor souls will gather to see the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree be lit for the first time this holiday season tonight. Remember to bundle up and bring a polo mallet with you if you, unfortunately, find yourself in midtown.

If you think I'm bad with remembering season dates: The Rockefeller Center website can't seem to agree with or not it is the 93rd or 94th annual Rockefeller Christmas Tree Lighting.

The first tree was put up by the construction workers at the Rockefeller Center site in 1931 - the workers pooled their funds to purchase a 20-foot balsam and decorated it with a string of cranberries, a few tin cans and homemade paper garlands from their families. Another tree was put up again by the construction workers and lighting may have been involved.



According to their website: The Rockefeller Center made the Christmas tree an annual tradition and held the very first tree lighting ceremony with a 40-foot evergreen that was strung up with 700 lights.



Do you really want to be stuck in the middle of potential Darwin Award winners and their children who should be forced to play in traffic? So once again, I’m giving native New Yorkers a gentle reminder – watch last year’s lighting here.



This year, Reba McEntire, Marc Anthony, Kristin Chenoweth, Brad Paisley, Gwen Stefani, and more, as well as, the refugees from overbooked ancient hotels in the holy land are involved this year.

Exert extreme caution!

It’s the holiday season, so let’s get lit - Christmas Light Shows:

According to recent surveys, approximately 90% of Americans celebrate Christmas in some form, includes both religious and secular observances, such as family gatherings, gift exchanges, and holiday traditions that are not necessarily tied to Christian beliefs. This means there are approximately 100 to 120million households households in the United States that celebrate the holiday. While not every home in the U.S. that celebrates Christmas decorates with extravagant lighting, many of them do.





Electricity use in the United States in 2024 was more than 12 times greater than electricity use in 1950. The amount of electricity used by holiday lights is determined by the type of light used. The most common include 100-light mini lights. These lights use 0.039 kWh of electricity per hour, which is around 0.95 kWh per day. Ceramic C7 lights are also widely used. A 100-light strand uses 130 watts, which is around 0.13 kWh per hour, resulting in a daily use of around 3.15 kWh.





According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the average cost for electricity in the United States is about 17 - 18 cents per kWh, in 2024. Based on that cost and the known wattage for typical bulbs, you can do the math to determine how much it costs to power a standard 100-bulb strand. The bigger the bulb, the more juice it takes to make it sparkle. For those big old-school C9 bulbs that are used most often for outdoor displays (and popularized by Clark Griswold, you can plan on paying for 175 watts of power for a single 25-bulb strand. Run that strand 12 hours a day for a 45-day period, and you’ll pay around $16.06 per strand over the holiday season. Prefer mini lights instead? A 100-light strand of incandescent minis runs around $16 per season. Some extreme household decorators can spend an extra $2,125 to light their displays!



It’s nice to see that the public is helping support the public utilities. You know that they are barely eking out a living.

ACME commemorates the anniversary of St. Elvis' comeback with their annual tribute -

Touch but his sweat soaked leather raiments and be made whole again:

Today's holiday theme - It's an Elvis Christmas today


If Every Day Was Like Christmas -




Merry Christmas Baby -




I Believe -




Santa Claus Is Back in Town -




Oh Little Town of Bethlehem -




Christmas Duets -




If you find yourself all tingly in your bulbous naughty bits;

you're listening to Elvis; he understands.