Sunday, December 11, 2016

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Quotation of the Day for December 11, 2016



"Perhaps no civic organization has shown its resilience in the face of all odds more than the Drunken Santas, a tight-knit group of New Orleanians who, after a round of drinking games at Madigan's bar one night in 1998, decided to take an activist role in the holidays rather than sit around getting soused by themselves.

"So they decided to get soused with others. Spreading the cheer is their aim. So they dress up in Santa costumes (or skimpier facsimiles thereof for the female members of this organization, the Ho-Ho-Hos) and they charter a fleet of limos and they pub-crawl.

"These guys are right up there with the Salvation Army and Rex when it comes to giving back to the community this time of year. As Ho-Ho-Ho Natasha Daniel put it, "We have a good time. We push people into garbage piles. Make them take shots with us. You know: all the reindeer games."

"Now, I realize that at this point in the story the eyes of the righteous are rolling. Wait until they hear about this in Congress, I hear you saying. Now they're never going to give us that $2 billion we need to rebuild New Orleans."

- Chris Rose, from his memoir of post-Katrina New Orleans, 1 Dead in Attic.

Submitted by: Terry Labach
May 13, 2016

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