Wednesday, December 29, 2010

An Ethel Sighting on Boxing Day


After a year of sitting in her office rubber-stamping barrings of Downtown Eastsiders from Carnegie Centre, Ethel Whitty was spotted on Boxing Day. She was in the Carnegie theatre helping to serve turkey dinner to those still allowed through the door. The dinner was free but you had to have been given a ticket by staff.

It was a traditional turkey dinner with all the trimmings. Instead of the brussel sprouts they served for years, they made the switch to mixed vegetables this year and last, carrots and peas this year There was also apple juice. Fruit cake for dessert. And all the coffee you could drink for as long as you were allowed to sit in the theatre, which wasn't long because there were three sittings so there was a new crowd waiting to burst through the doors.

Rudy, a musician, was Santa. The real Santa Claus couldn't be expected to work on Boxing Day, having gone full tilt over Christmas. So Rudy who has a natural long white beard gave out the gifts.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

loser

Anonymous said...

When were tickets issued? At the door or in advance?

reliable sources said...

"When were tickets issued? At the door or in advance?"

In advance.

Anonymous said...

So by that logic, they were better able to predict how much to make, but... people can't just show up for a meal if hungry which probably would have worked better for the crowd in that area