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Center won’t let Rudolph race off yet
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
By Richard L. Eldredge The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 12/25/06
Atlanta’s Center for Puppetry Arts slid an extra gift under the tree today: Rudolph and Santa, the original figures from the classic 1964 Rankin/Bass Christmas special, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” are extending their stay in Atlanta through Jan. 13.
The stop-motion animation figures from the much-beloved seasonal TV ritual, long thought lost, were recently recovered and restored. Their stint at the Center for Puppetry Arts marks the pair’s public museum debut.
And if you want to know the truth, even our heart grew three sizes larger when we first glimpsed the figures just past the water fountains at the Midtown attraction. Perched upon ice and snow in a glass case in the center of the main display gallery, Rudolph appears much tinier than the “Newborn Rudolph” versions offered for sale in the gift shop. The diminutive reindeer’s size wasn’t lost on Atlantan Quinton Cables, 4, who was on an excursion with his dad, Paul, last week.
“He’s bigger on my TV,” Quinton told us.
Dad was more impressed.
“I’m glad they were found and restored. It’s a piece of pop culture,” Paul Cables said. “Now, our children are enjoying the same things we enjoyed as children.”
As small fry from Blackwell Elementary School blew past the exhibit without much interest, their teachers lingered a bit longer with their old friends from childhood.
“It’s kind of a typical response,” the center’s Amy Ellis explained. “I think the characters are more ingrained into the hearts of the older generation.”
Our fave bit of the exhibit?
Santa and Rudolph have been given real celeb VIP treatment, complete with a fancy red velvet rope encircling them.
Cracked Ellis: “We like to treat our puppets well here, especially since they’re not union.”
For info: 404-873-3391 or www.puppet.org.
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Season’s Greetings
From: Pano I. Karatassos, Kyma executive chef, his wife, Angela, and their children Pano and Lucas.
Message: “Wishing you a joyous holiday season filled with laughter and love.”
Story behind the card: “We took the picture of the boys at Thanksgiving,” Angela says. “It really captures their spirit and personalities around the holidays. They’re both old enough now to really get it. And they’re just like their mother —- anytime a camera comes out, they strike a pose!”
Celebrity birthdays
Singer John Edwards of the Spinners is 62. Singer Jimmy Buffett is 60. Country singer Barbara Mandrell is 58. Actress Sissy Spacek is 57. Singer Annie Lennox is 52. Singer Steve Wariner is 52. Guitarist Robin Campbell of UB40 is 52. Singer Shane McGowan (the Popes, the Pogues) is 49. Singer Dido is 35. Singer Mac Powell of Third Day is 34. Country singer Alecia Elliott is 24.
HIGH FIVE: Top albums downloaded from iTunes
The week of Dec. 23:
“Hip Hop Is Dead” Nas
“Radio Disney” (iTunes exclusive) Corbin Bleu
“Wintersong” Sarah McLachlan
“Not Too Late” Norah Jones
“Let It Snow!” (EP) Michael Buble
MY TUNES
Atlanta author Mary Kay Andrews shares the list of holiday songs she listened to this summer as she holed herself up in a beach house to create her latest set-in-Savannah mystery, “Blue Christmas”:
“Blue Christmas” by Elvis Presley, “Christmas ( Baby Please Come Home)” by Darlene Love, “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” by the Ronettes, “Jingle Bells,” by Booker T & the MGs, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” by Judy Garland, “Sleigh Ride” by the Ventures, “Run, Rudolph Run” by Chuck Berry and “Baby It’s Cold Outside” by Dean Martin.
Says the author: “I’ve always loved Booker T & the MGs. You do know, don’t you, that ‘Jingle Bells’ was written by James Pierpont, who copyrighted the song in 1857, while he was a church organist living in Savannah. Pierpont’s grave, with a ‘Jingle Bells’ marker, is located in Savannah’s historic Laurel Grove cemetery.”
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