December 39ers, For Old Time’s Sake*
Dang … December’s going by before I
can even catch my breath from the Thanksgiving feasting. Stop! Let’s not sing Auld Lang Syne just
yet. First we need to celebrate December 39ers!
39 Years Ago this Month ~ December
1977
December 1 – Were
you watching the debut of Nickelodeon when it launched as The Pinwheel Network? Do you recall
there were NO ads until 1984? Ah, the good ol’ days!
December 11 –
The new Tampa Bay Buccaneers didn’t
log their first season-game win until thirteen weeks into their second season
when they beat the New Orleans Saints (after twenty-six losses). Saints’ head coach, Hank Stram, lost his
job after the game.
December
14 – But here’s the milestone you’ve
been waiting for since November! Before there was Dirty Dancing (1987) or Dancing
with the Stars (2005), there was John Travolta swaggering and dancing into our fantasies and movie history with Saturday Night Fever! The Bee Gees gave him rhythm and by New Year’s Eve
1977 we weren’t singing Auld Lang Syne, baby! We ushered in the New Year warbling,
“Whether you're a brother or whether
you're a mother |You're Stayin' Alive … ah, ah, ah! ♪
For 39ers who Follow the Stars …
While we’re all scrambling to wind up
the year, poor December birthday babes are often left in the dust of Holiday
shopping and New Year’s plans. Awwwww, poor leftover Sags and ignored newborn
Caps!
Take heart December 39ers—we love ya! Let’s party hearty right now!
Just like a riff from Billy Gibbons’ Rockin’ guitar, Sagittarius crashes with an explosive
crescendo into the month that marks an exciting, definitive year-end, and leads
into the promising New Year's beginning, with Capricorn.
In this month dominated by red and
green, Sagittarius and Capricorn stride regally to the beat of a
different drum in shades of purple, offset by glowing turquoise, December’s gemstone symbol of good fortune and success.
Excellent mojo for the coming New Year.
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| Keep Moving 39ers! |
Billy, of ZZ Top fame, is reportedly 66 on December
16—though there’s confusion that rather than a Sag he could be a Pisces from March 4. And that’s from Billy’s very own
website, so who really knows? But he isn’t the only famous December 39er!
Dick Van Dyke soft shoes his way
into his 91st year (Dec. 13) as a Sag, and Ryan Seacrest jumps to 42, celebrating Capricorn style
with Santa on Christmas Eve.
Christmas Day we peek under the tree
and unwrap three of our fave Caps: “Changes in Latitudes, Changes in ATT-I-TUDES”’ Jimmy Buffett at a spry 70, along with actress Sissy Spacek (67), and
singer-songwriter Annie Lennox (62).
Let’s Rock the Holidays!
December Aging with ATT-i-tude Platitude
You’re never too old to do goofy stuff! ~ Ward Cleaver, Leave it to Beaver TV show, 1957-1963. (Seriously, 39ers, a “throwback to cave man days.” 😉)
*According
to Wiki, “The song's Scots title may be translated into standard English as
‘old long since,’ or more idiomatically, ‘long long ago,’ ‘days gone by’ or
‘old times.’ Consequently, ‘For auld lang syne,’ as it appears in the
first line of the chorus, might be loosely translated as ‘for (the sake of) old
times.’”
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