I just read that yet another of the casualties of the City's budget crisis is Rittenhouse Square, or, more specifically, the Square's holiday lights. In years past, one of my favorite things about the winter is walking through the Square and seeing the giant Christmas balls in the trees. For someone who seriously suffers in the winter due to lack of sunlight, the holiday decorations in the Square, along Market Street, along Broad Street and at City Hall gave me an infusion of much-needed cheer and levity.Each and every year, I'd walk around the city and "ooh and aah" over the lights and snowflakes. It would start to be when I felt the "Christmas Spirit." Without those symbolic representations of the season, the winter and the holidays just won't be the same. And this year, more than any other year in the past, I feel like I need the "Christmas Spirit" to lift my spirits.
I know that times are tough for all, but if you can, please help make sure that the holiday lights (at least in Rittenhouse Square) shine bright this year, as they have in the past.
