CELEBRATING JOHN LENNON’S BIRTHDAY FAQs
Today is
October 9th, John (and Sean) Lennon’s birthday. I’ve been
celebrating this most holy of days for many decades now and am asked many
questions as to the proper way to celebrate it. I have compiled a list of
questions accumulated through the years.
How should we
decorate the house?
I deck
the halls with old album covers, photographs and sketches. You can find these
cheaply enough at antique stores and ebay. Sketches can be found all through
the internet – and you can print them out and use them for free as long as you
don’t try to sell it yourself. You should at least print or type the name of
the artist on the drawings.
I
dedicate a space in the house for John’s own drawings.
I line
the fireplace mantel with Beatle and Lennon paraphernalia (dolls, figurines,
etc.).
Over the
years I have collected Beatle ornaments released during that winter
birth-of-Mithras holiday and put them on my Lennon tree.
Speaking of the
Lennon tree: spruce or pine?
Who
cares?
Do you do anything special
on Lennon’s Birthday Eve?
Other
than preparing for the following day, there are no special celebrations for
Lennon’s Birthday Eve. Now that I am a father, though, I can’t wait to help my
daughter set a Whopper and a Brandy Alexander in front of the fireplace to
await Lennon’s midnight arrival!
What kind of presents
do you give?
Anything
at all! But I like to stay with the reason for the season – Julian Lennon has a
new album out. So does Yoko. I’m hoping to get something saying “Beatles Live
at the BBC Volume 2” has been pre-ordered! Lithographs and t-shirts are always
available.
What do you do during
the day itself?
After
presents we do what Lennon loved doing during his house-husband days – plopping
in front of the TV. We usually run “2001 A Space Odyssey” a few times. John
said it should be played in a temple 24-hours per day.
We bake bread
just like Lennon did and eat a nice macrobiotic lunch – rice and fish mostly.
For dinner we go to or bring home Whoppers from Burger King. He loved Whoppers.
He also loved chocolate bars. So we keep plenty of those on hand.
When playing music to
celebrate, is it okay to listen to … um … solo McCartney?
We’re
not orthodox Lennians, so solo McCartney, Starr and Harrison are played at our
house. We even play albums Lennon produced or wrote for and other artists doing
his songs.
Be careful
to respect the beliefs of others though, if you bring Harry Nilsson’s “Pussycats”
to a friend’s house and he asks you to keep it in the car, please do so. Probably
for the best regardless…
What about the Lennon
sisters?
Don’t be
a smart ass.
But … Yoko? I mean … Yoko!?
Oh once
and for all, get over it for god’s sake. Did you know she has had some huge hit
singles on the dance charts over the years? It’s true! And Julian has made a
name for himself more as a photographer than a musician!
What do you do the
next day?
That is
for taking down the tree and decorations. A melancholy time. BUT if you use
that time to also put up your Halloween decorations, you can get two birds with
one stone, so to speak. Remember the old adage – “when life gives you lemons,
eat the damn lemons!”
Are these really
questions frequently asked by others or did you just pull them out of your ass?
Shut up.
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So there
you have it, have a wonderful John Lennon’s Birthday! And may I add it is about
time the government closed their offices today in honor of this wonderful
musician and humanitarian.
What
shut down? I’ve spent the last week decorating the house; I ain’t got time for
the news … Give Peace a Chance! Imagine There’s No Heaven! Ah b’wakawa pousse pousse!
Copyright 2013 Michael
G Curry
