LOCAL Houston | The City Guide DECEMBER 2015 | Page 6

LETTER
FROM THE
EDITOR

BEHIND
THE COVER

It

truly is the most
wonderful time of the year… As long
as you actually enjoy the moment
and don’t get caught up in all the
hoopla. Which is what I am trying to
do. It’s not even Thanksgiving as I
write this but we are already in all
things holiday as we bring this issue
to life. I’m already listening to holiday music, because why not? Rather
than complaining that everyone puts decorations up too soon and ushers in the season with classic songs, why not choose to get in the spirit?

Photography by Gabriella Nissen

ON A PARTICULARLY MUGGY TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN NOVEMBER, KRIS KRINGLE HIMSELF, BLITZEN, THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN,
GRINCH AND ONE FAMOUS ELF GOT
TOGETHER ON LOCATION AT SELECT
STUDIOS. TO WORK OUT THE DETAILS OF
THEIR IMPENDING HOLIDAY ROLES.
TABLE ON POST OAK DELIVERED THEIR
THANKSGIVING MENU, WHICH HELPED CREATE A HAPPY AND FULL SET. THE GRINCH WAS
UP TO HIS SHENANIGANS BUT THE ELF QUICKLY ATE TOO MANY SWEETS, WHICH RESULTED
IN A COMPLETE MELTDOWN, BUT NOT
BEFORE LETTING IT ALL OUT ON THE REST OF
HIS COHORTS. ABS WAS IN PARTICULARLY
GOOD SPIRITS, WHICH WE CREDITED TO THE
HUMIDITY AND A CERTAIN LARGE TURKEY LEG.

Whether you celebrate with a tree, menorah, kinaras or whatever your heart desires
– there are certain nostalgic symbols, some more recent than others, that can’t help
but entice the season. For me, they include A Charlie Brown Christmas; Mariah
Carey’s All I Want for Christmas Is You and George Michael’s Last Christmas;
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation; the quintessential red Starbucks cup and all
the celebs on our cover: Blitzen, Santa, the Grinch, the Abominable Snowman and
the Elf on the Shelf (which I didn’t get until I had children).
Imagine just what they would do if they all got together? We decided to do just that.
And so inspired were we that we couldn’t help but pen a little collaborated ditty…
So come along.
Imagine your favorite Christmas song.
Come one, come all,
As we say goodbye to fall.
Just one request,
Leave your preconceived holiday notions
But you can still go through the motions.
Helps us spread some holiday cheer,
That’ll have the Grinch smiling from ear to ear.
’Tis the season for togetherness,
Even for our cover’s seasoned veterans…
– Merry Christmas from our family to yours.

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| december 15

Carla Valencia de Martinéz
Editor-in-Chief

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