Pearson Adult Learning Centre: Weekly Feature
The Red Mittens
by Helen
We’ve
been waiting for years for this and now it’s almost here. Regardless of
whether you are for or against them, the Olympics, the athletes, and
the many visitors to our city will be arriving in under 12 days. What
are you doing to show your support?
I am showing mine along with an elite group: Roberto Luongo, Premier Campbell, and all 12 000 torch bearers.
The
phenomenon of the red mittens was brought to my attention just before
Christmas by my mother who was desperately trying to acquire enough
pairs for children, grandchildren, and neighbours, only to find her
name at the end of a 13 page waiting list. The Hudson’s Bay Company was
selling them for $10 a pair when you could get them, but they were also
available on eBay for three times that price. In the end, my
mother’s name came up twice and she managed to get a sum total of four
pairs which was a bitter sweet result as she had seven people on her
list.
It was either luck or I am one of my mother’s favourite
children (and I’m choosing the latter) because I received a pair in my
stocking. It crossed my mind to leave them in their original packaging
and not wear them, so one day I could sell them for thousands of
dollars on eBay. However, I snipped the tie last weekend and put them
on. I wore them for only ten minutes before I had to take them off; our
west coast weather is not conducive to warm fuzzy woolen mittens!
For all Olympic news check out the City of Vancouver web site.
(January 31, 2010)
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