Think the worst is over? Think again. Greenwich, CT is probably going to be forced to cut back on its Christmas lights this year, having only raised $30,000 for a display that costs a minimum of $45,000 to put on, if we’re talking bare bones, $60,000 if we want it done up right. Over 2,000 letters have been sent out begging for more money, so far to no avail, while organizer Mary Ann Morrison is already saying she may have to get rid of lights entirely on long stretches of Greenwich Avenue (this is not simply a matter of dimming). And yet, first Selectman Peter Tesei seems unconcerned about the whole thing.
“I’m sure that some angel will come down to provide the money to put them up,” Tesei said. “I’m optimistic that will happen.”
It sort of sounds like he has an angel in mind already, doesn’t it? Typically when you think of Christmas in Greenwich, you think of Paul Tudor Jones and the PTJ Lightshow ExtravaganzaTM. Obviously he’s got the 30g’s, but why would he want to help out a Christmas show that wasn’t his own? Clearly Tesei is thinking this is a job for a slightly Jewier messenger of God, swathed in fleece. The clock is ticking. Fire up the Zamboni, put your wings in the sidecar, and get your ass down here.
Posted by guest , Nov 24, 2009 12:28PM
Rajoy To The World!
Posted by guest , Nov 24, 2009 12:29PM
ooo maybe dealbreaker could hold a silent auction.
Posted by guest , Nov 24, 2009 12:31PM
@2 great idea. I'm cheap.
-sc
Posted by american bandersnatch , Nov 24, 2009 12:31PM
Isn't it eh SAC, not ASAP?
Posted by guest , Nov 24, 2009 12:34PM
I'd fuck a Noel daughter for $15k and then donate the money to Greenwich- any takers? I am currently syphillis free.
(Syphillis status correct at time of press)
Posted by Lowly Assistant , Nov 24, 2009 12:39PM
5,
Beast of burden.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcAU_fNrb1s&feature=related#t=6m48s
Posted by guest , Nov 24, 2009 12:42PM
I'm coming just let me get my damn wings on!
-SC
Posted by guest , Nov 24, 2009 12:44PM
@3 = anti-semitic
Posted by guest , Nov 24, 2009 12:45PM
Maybe Cliffie can get in on the act? Sort of a redemption angle?
Posted by CoveredLong , Nov 24, 2009 12:46PM
@7 - I know right, these chicks are so impatient.
-Bartleby
Posted by guest , Nov 24, 2009 12:47PM
Biff Basness, we're waiting.
Posted by guest , Nov 24, 2009 12:57PM
If the men in Greenwich would wear more feminine clothing their business would improve and they could easily afford more lights. I've said that for the longest time but I am ridiculed for it.
~You Know Who
Icy Trading Room
Greenwich, CT
Posted by guest , Nov 24, 2009 12:57PM
@9 has a point...cliff has a lot of experience with redemptions
Posted by guest , Nov 24, 2009 1:01PM
@13 shut your filthy, animal lying vicious mouth.
-biff
Posted by guest , Nov 24, 2009 1:01PM
No Xmas lights until you hit your high watermarks.
- LP
Posted by guest , Nov 24, 2009 1:03PM
@15 hey!
-jeff gendell
Posted by guest , Nov 24, 2009 1:04PM
I spend my money on chickens, not bulbs, thank you very much.
-ptj
Posted by Lowly Assistant , Nov 24, 2009 1:04PM
Pop quiz, dick bags. If Steve is sporting the ol' 75% polyester/25% nylon, how many undershirts would he have to wear to brave 5.56 C, while traveling on the Zam' at 17 MPH? The distance is approximately 7.46 miles, in total (one way, and also accounting for a stop at Riina's Fresco for a quick cioccolata torta (2m36s to grab said food, and pay in quarters), which usually holds an indoor temperature of 71 F).
Riddle me that.
Posted by guest , Nov 24, 2009 1:05PM
Ping J: You get the Christmas cards we got you this year?
SC: Uhh, yeah I think so, yeah. I mean I get a shit ton of fan mail, so it's a lot of mail to go through. So, uhh yeah I think I did. Ya'll get that tanning bed I sent ya'll last year?
Ping J: Yeah the one you sent three years ago?
SC: Three years? Wow. Um. Um. Well it is a tannin' bed, you know. So...
Posted by guest , Nov 24, 2009 1:20PM
Peter Tesei is such an ass clown.
Posted by guest , Nov 24, 2009 1:23PM
You ever fuck a Noel?
-Total Recall
Posted by guest , Nov 24, 2009 2:12PM
Come on you WASPY A-Holes. Hit up the Walmart this Friday at 5AM, and buy the LED lights at $1.98 a strand...
Posted by guest , Nov 24, 2009 2:19PM
@8 = jewish
Posted by guest , Nov 24, 2009 2:23PM
@17 - you have obviously not seen my light display. Awesome.
PTJ
Posted by NakedShort , Nov 24, 2009 2:31PM
Where do you think you're going? Nobody's going to walk out this fun, old-fashioned Greenwich Holiday Light Show. We're all in this together. This is a full-blown, four-alarm holiday emergency here. We're gonna press on, and we're gonna have the hap, hap, happiest Christmas since Stevie Cohen got drunk, poured egg nog in Paul Tudor Jones' butthole and licked it out. And when Santa squeezes his fat white ass down that chimney tonight, he's gonna find the jolliest bunch of elitist, rich assholes this side of the Upper East Side.
Clark W. Griswold
Posted by guest , Nov 24, 2009 3:42PM
@25 lol good stuff
Posted by guest , Nov 24, 2009 3:54PM
I think this is a job for the pizza king of Greenwich.
Posted by guest , Nov 24, 2009 3:57PM
@27 at the very least he should put the expense on his card.