Laurie called this video "melancholy" and I suppose she is right. Christmas is a strange and somewhat depressing time. Nothing is ever quite perfect. Nothing makes any one as happy as you hoped (or as unhappy as you expected thankfully). And even the most ridiculous events and most meaningless rituals designed just to make you laugh, eventually make you sigh and look the other way. Burning Elf is strictly an offshoot of silliness, but now is an institution. Our attendance is slipping but devoted. It was about 60 this year and featured video projection on the elf during the lead up. It was a fun night preceded by pressure to make it all work, pressure to be perfect or at least competent. I watch this now from my children's eyes and think what kind of oddball traditions I am establishing and hope that they can salvage something from this mess. Ned is an observer and is slowly formulating something profound about this all. Tom will continue the Elf until 2099, no questions asked.
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