American author and humorist Dave Barry wrote about Christmas shopping for a newspaper column in November 1981:
“Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.”
The one-line saying has made several Christmas quotation collections.
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David McAlister “Dave” Barry (born July 3, 1947) is a Pulitzer Prize winning American author and columnist, who wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for the Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005. He has also written numerous books of humor and parody, as well as comedic novels.
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29 November 1981, Detroit (MI) Free Press, “Chrstimas shopping: go knock yourself out” by Dave Barry, Magazine, pg. 26, col. 1:
Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.
Google Books
Shopping: Christian Explorations of Daily Living
By Michelle A. Gonzalez
Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press
2010
Pg. 51:
Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.
Dave Barry
Google Books
Keep Calm at Christmas
By Ebury Publishing
New York, NY: Random House
2011
Pg. ?:
ONCE AGAIN, WE COME TO THE HOLIDAY SEASON, A DEEPLY RELIGIOUS TIME THAT EACH OF US OBSERVES, IN HIS OWN WAY, BY GOING TO THE MALL OF HIS CHOICE
Dave Barry
Google Books
The Best Joke Book (Period):
Hundreds of the Funniest, Silliest, Most Ridiculous Jokes Ever
By William Donohue
Avon, MA: Adams Media
2014
Pg. 60:
“Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.”—DAVE BARRY
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The Holiday Season: a deeply religious time each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice. - Dave Barry
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Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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“They cheated in the last election. Better vote them out this time” (6/3)
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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