Santa's Christmas parade 19th December 12pm onwards

[Louisa]

Jesus, i've heard it all now, some people really do need to actually 'get a life'. Our roads are loaded up with traffic at the best of times and a bunch of people with a poorly thought out attempt at being 'good samaritans' now want to clog the roads even more at key times during the day and cause motoring chaos! I am absolutely horrified! Here's an idea, why not go to your nearest shopping centre and pay a fiver to get a tacky gift for your kid from some strange bearded man pretending to be the coca-cola slash pagan child snatcher 'santa' 'father christmas' whatever you call him, and the rest of us can use the roads we pay good money to drive our cars on!

Louisa.

[????]

Missed you Louisa...not bad for a festive opener 6/10

[Louisa]

???? I am wetting myself with anticipation!

Louisa.

[Domitianus]

monica Wrote:

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> Hi All

> If you are making plans around the Christmas

> period, highlight the 19th December on your

> calenders. Santa's Christmas parade will be in

> Dulwich, 12pm onwards. Park Hall Road, West

> Dulwich will host Santa on his sledge at 12pm,

> bring the Children along and Wish Santa a merry

> Christmas, while the Christmas choir entertains.

> Then join Santa at 3pm for the parade, he will

> meet you at the corner of Townley Road and

> Lordship Lane, where mums, dads, grandma and

> grandad can join in the fun. We encourage the

> children come along in fancy dress, Princesses,

> Pirates and Angels are all welcome. Santa and his

> helpers Hannah and Marilyn will then parade down

> lordship lane towards Santa,s Grotto in Zenoria

> Street, where you can greet Santa and Doris the

> Donkey(yes the Donkey is real)

> (The parade will also be escorted by the Local

> police for Safety reasons)Santa and his helpers

> are CRB checked

> This post will be constantly updated throughout

> November up to the 18th December( Just in case

> Santa is late, Lapland is quite far)

> Santa's parade and supporting events are sponsored

> by the Retailers of West and East Dulwich. Wishing

> you all a peaceful Christmas/Holidays/Yule from

> us.

"(The parade will also be escorted by the Local

> police for Safety reasons)Santa and his helpers

> are CRB checked"

A sign of the times?

[monica]

Louisa Wrote:

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> Jesus, i've heard it all now, some people really

> do need to actually 'get a life'. Our roads are

> loaded up with traffic at the best of times and a

> bunch of people with a poorly thought out attempt

> at being 'good samaritans' now want to clog the

> roads even more at key times during the day and

> cause motoring chaos! I am absolutely horrified!

> Here's an idea, why not go to your nearest

> shopping centre and pay a fiver to get a tacky

> gift for your kid from some strange bearded man

> pretending to be the coca-cola slash pagan child

> snatcher 'santa' 'father christmas' whatever you

> call him, and the rest of us can use the roads we

> pay good money to drive our cars on!

>

> Louisa.

Oh dear Louisa I am sorry that you have been offended by the Santa's parade, it was organised for the residents of East Dulwich and Dulwich just to say Happy Christmas. If I thought for a moment that having a Santa's parade was going to upset the motorists, then it would never have been organised. Shame on us for wanting to do something for the community.

[Ladymuck]

monica Wrote:

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> Louisa Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Jesus, i've heard it all now, some people

> really

> > do need to actually 'get a life'. Our roads are

> > loaded up with traffic at the best of times and

> a

> > bunch of people with a poorly thought out

> attempt

> > at being 'good samaritans' now want to clog the

> > roads even more at key times during the day and

> > cause motoring chaos! I am absolutely

> horrified!

> > Here's an idea, why not go to your nearest

> > shopping centre and pay a fiver to get a tacky

> > gift for your kid from some strange bearded man

> > pretending to be the coca-cola slash pagan

> child

> > snatcher 'santa' 'father christmas' whatever

> you

> > call him, and the rest of us can use the roads

> we

> > pay good money to drive our cars on!

> >

> > Louisa.

>

> Oh dear Louisa I am sorry that you have been

> offended by the Santa's parade, it was organised

> for the residents of East Dulwich and Dulwich just

> to say Happy Christmas. If I thought for a moment

> that having a Santa's parade was going to upset

> the motorists, then it would never have been

> organised. Shame on us for wanting to do something

> for the community.

Monica:

I have to tell you:

(1) I actually don't like Christmas (makes me sad - personal reasons).

(2) As a cyclist I detest traffic.

(3) I do not have children/grandchildren.

But I think that all the hours of dedicated hard work that you put into all your local schemes (SNUB, local composting, vegetable growing for schools, and this one - for example) are to be commended. Personally I think you are an absolute gem and an asset to this community. And, for these reasons I hope that all goes fabulously well on the day (which I am sure it will as you appear to have more supporters than objectors).

Louisa:

You can always get on your bike on the day and go round the back streets! Bah Humbug!

[tonyw3]

Monica,

You get my thumbs up for this one. I think you are doing a splendid job for the local community. Keep it up. You will always get the odd dissenting voice. To quote a cliche: you can't please all the people all of the time, but you can please most of the people most of the time - which you are doing.

[Sue]

Monica this is brilliant, don't know how you find so much time to do all you do though, but it's great that you do :)

[monica]

Thank you Sue, I am actually doing a MSc as well, working and organising this with my fellow retailers.

I am looking for a few more teachers to join the parade, we have organised carols for the parade and It would be lovely to have teachers who are use to singing carols.

PM me if you would like to take part.

[viclee]

Trouble with this country. Too many louises being miserable and forgetting how to smile and generally being sour. Good on you monica for adding some Christmas spirit for once! Louise,grab a mince pie cover yourself in tinsel and crack open a smile. You may actually enjoy it once you get out of your car and let doris pass

[woofmarkthedog]

karter Wrote:

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> If you take a look at monica's opening post it

> shows that Santa is indeed CRB checked. Hope this

> helps.

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I believe he's chained and manacled too.

[monica]

I have another thread going about voting for Christmas carols, I am about to compile the top 5 carols that will be sung in the parade, would love a few more votes though, its in the lounge

Thank you

PC Mick Bell has also promised to join in.:)-D

[emilydrab]

I'm very excited about this!!!!!!

[huncamunca]

Louisa Wrote:

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> Jesus, i've heard it all now, some people really

> do need to actually 'get a life'. Our roads are

> loaded up with traffic at the best of times and a

> bunch of people with a poorly thought out attempt

> at being 'good samaritans' now want to clog the

> roads even more at key times during the day and

> cause motoring chaos! I am absolutely horrified!

> Here's an idea, why not go to your nearest

> shopping centre and pay a fiver to get a tacky

> gift for your kid from some strange bearded man

> pretending to be the coca-cola slash pagan child

> snatcher 'santa' 'father christmas' whatever you

> call him, and the rest of us can use the roads we

> pay good money to drive our cars on!

>

> Louisa.

Deja-Vu

[Jah Lush]

I'm sure Louisa is finished. Plenty of mileage left in those gripes of hers.

[Jah Lush]

I'm sure Louisa is finished. Plenty of mileage left in those gripes of hers.

[woofmarkthedog]

Quality stuff Louisa, lets give Monica a festive wedgie when we see her.

[woofmarkthedog]

Quality stuff Louisa, lets give Monica a festive wedgie when we see her.

[Muley]

Don't mind Louisa, she's just a troll.

And an ogre.

Probably a gnome too (but unlikely to be an elf).

[Muley]

Don't mind Louisa, she's just a troll.

And an ogre.

Probably a gnome too (but unlikely to be an elf).

[HonaloochieB]

Muley Wrote:

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> Don't mind Louisa, she's just a troll.

>

> And an ogre.

>

> Probably a gnome too (but unlikely to be an elf).

Now stop it Muley, Lolly is not a troll, she's a valued member of the EDF.

Let me see, how can I put it?

OK, if the EDF was the Father Ted comedy programme, then Father Ted could be Sean Mac, Father Dougal might be me, Mrs Doyle may possibly be Brendan (will you not have a Grand Union burger? Ah you will, go on, go on, go on), but Louisa would definitely be Father Jack, except without the chronic alcoholism and inarticulate ranting.

Now if that doesn't make sense then I don't know what does.

[HonaloochieB]

Muley Wrote:

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> Don't mind Louisa, she's just a troll.

>

> And an ogre.

>

> Probably a gnome too (but unlikely to be an elf).

Now stop it Muley, Lolly is not a troll, she's a valued member of the EDF.

Let me see, how can I put it?

OK, if the EDF was the Father Ted comedy programme, then Father Ted could be Sean Mac, Father Dougal might be me, Mrs Doyle may possibly be Brendan (will you not have a Grand Union burger? Ah you will, go on, go on, go on), but Louisa would definitely be Father Jack, except without the chronic alcoholism and inarticulate ranting.

Now if that doesn't make sense then I don't know what does.

[puzzled]

louisa is the groundhog day guy in drag. a sour, miserable creature who should just humbug off and cheer us all up

[monica]

woofmarkthedog Wrote:

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> Quality stuff Louisa, lets give Monica a festive

> wedgie when we see her.

Look forward to it woof, only after the parade if you dont mind, Should I bring my 6ft shaven headed scarred tattooed Hubby from Belfast(and lovely green eyes with freckles around them) along just in case you get carried away with said wedgie.:)-D

[HonaloochieB]

puzzled Wrote:

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> louisa is the groundhog day guy in drag. a sour,

> miserable creature who should just humbug off and

> cheer us all up

No she isn't. She's simply not.

There, I've said it.