"I’m trying to get into the Christmas spirit, but the damn bottle won’t open!” is a jocular line that has been printed on many images. “Is trying to get into the Christmas spirit, but having difficulty opening the bottle...” was posted on Twitter on December 8, 2009.
“I tried getting into the christmas spirit but the damn bottle won’t open” was posted by Wale Gates on Twitter on December 25, 2010. “I’m trying to get into the Christmas spirit...but the damn bottle won’t open” was posted on Twitter on December 11, 2012.
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Senga Wishart #JB17
@seng40
is trying to get into the Christmas spirit, but having difficulty opening the bottle…
8:03 AM - 8 Dec 2009
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Kevin
@K_M_Riley
Trying to get into the Christmas spirit, but can’t get the bottle open :(
11:35 AM - 26 Nov 2010
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MartinH
@mhpDK
I keep trying to get into the Christmas spirit but Im having trouble getting the damn bottle open…
5:10 AM - 27 Nov 2010
Twitter
Wale Gates
@walegates
I tried getting into the christmas spirit but the damn bottle won’t open.
3:12 PM - 25 Dec 2010
Twitter
ogun babajide
@dancingdr
I tried getting into the christmas spirit but the damn bottle won’t open.
3:18 PM - 25 Dec 2010
Twitter
Paula D
@PalDali
I’m trying to get into the Christmas spirit...but the damn bottle won’t open
10:07 AM - 11 Dec 2012
Twitter
Eve
@lovemydogduck
I’m trying to get into the Christmas spirit but the damn bottle won’t open!
12:19 PM - 9 Dec 2013
Google Groups: Former VTR Telco employee
FW: The Queen’s Riddle
iannicholson
12/11/14
(...)
I`m trying so hard to get into the Christmas spirit…
But I just cant open the bottle.
Sizzle
CHRISTMAS MEME
I’M TRYING TO GET INTO THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT BUT THE DAMN BOTTLE WON’T OPEN! EE CARDS USER CARD
FOUND @ 1 LIKES ON 2016-09-26 06:44:22 BY SIZZLE
SOURCE: FACEBOOK
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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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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