Pat and I watched a groovy movie over the holidays. The title: Bachelor Mother. It is from the late 30s early 40s. The stars were David Niven and Betty Grable. It is a sweet little movie. Whenever I see a movie from this time period I imagine mother and dad seeing the movie and I wonder what they thought about it and how it influenced them.
This particular movie included bringing in the New Year at Times Square in New York City. We probably can all relate to what that looks like because we've seen it more than a few times on TV. Well, as I was thinking about it, I realized that mother and dad never would have seen it on TV because TV didn't exist -- at least it wasn't available to them. They probably knew about the celebrating in Times Square from radio and newspaper and possibly magazine reports but TV's visual experience of seeing the ball fall and seeing the crowds celebrating would have existed only in their imagination. So seeing the celebration documented in a film would have been pretty captivating and truly informative. Can't you just see them, young things that they were, watching and enjoying a movie together?
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ReplyDeleteIt would be interesting to see a young mom and dad. I am sure that mom was the center of attention.
New Years was remarkable in Boise. We had the pleasure of Charlie and Satski, Cheryl and Dick, David and Chevonna plus her daughter Simoen, Briann and the her two boys – Josh and Jordan, and Kirby. It was impromptu, but lucky for us Simoen brought some games to play. Believe me, it dominated the evening after a feast that was for all to enjoy.
I do not remember the shrimp dip, or anything really as a New Years tradition. We have started to welcome the New Year as I head to bead way before the midnight hour…