the rix mix

On the Friday evening after Thanksgiving hundreds - perhaps thousands - of people gather in front of Rahway city hall, there to watch someone dressed as Santa Claus rise up on a fire engine hydraulic ladder until he is hovering above a tree. Exhorted by the Mayor (a thankless duty, introducing the world's greatest politician representing the North Pole), the crowd chants down from ten & at zero Santa sprinkles a sparkling "magic dust" on the tree, which lights up. Then everyone goes home. It's really silly, & yet Rahway has been doing it for 24 years, & I never miss the event.

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