Get Out the Slouch Socks...
...and oversized T-shirts or boxers with witty slogans on 'em...my Bar/Bat Mitzvah Video Screening Party has been scheduled and you're invited!
I am actually really excited about this shindig. You see, my Bat Mitzvah was 13 years go (the Bat Mitzvah of my Bat Mitzvah, if you will) and I think we've actually screened the professional video my parents had made of the special day a total of three times: twice the year I was Bat Mitzvahed, and once during college (it was then that Elissa F. decided to list it in her "favorite movies" section on Facebook--I am not kidding**). So, I decided what better way to celebrate than to host a Bat Mitzvah themed celebration and screen my video (along with yours, of course).
Here is the invitation:
I'll make the Shirley Temples and mini spanakopitas, you supply the video from the day you became a man or woman of the Torah, original invitations, photographs featuring frizzy hair and sports ties, and any other artifacts. Extra points will be given for hot pink, electric blue, or lavender yamikas with the date of your special day printed inside.
Other activities will include:
- a drawn out candle lighting ceremony where I will play the theme song from Friends multiple times
- Coke and Pepsi
- The reenactment of toasts given at my Bat Mitzvah by the same trio of friends*
- Dancing in fancy dresses while wearing slouch socks (which I will supply)
- The Distance Awards ("We're honored to have so many of our friends and family joining us today, all the way from Boca, Jerusalem, and Brookline...")
- The unveiling of the original sign-in board from my Bat Mitzvah
*Invited
**In case you didn't believe me:
7 comments:
Once you all see the video, you'll add it to your favorites too.
what about a sports night video?
mazal tov to you and your family on this special day. i am sure that you will continue to shine and be a source of naches to your family. thank you for including my daughter, rachel, on this joyous occassion. lisa hillman (rachel's mom)
ummm can we set up a telecast so Bostonians can join in?
First off, this is amazing. I have already discussed this party with NY friends and we want to replicate. I think you should franchise this party and turn it into a "party in a box" that your friends can host in other cities.
ALSO- love that you can see a tiny picture of me on your blog! That's right, look who one of Elissa's featured friends in common is on her facebook snapshot.
Beyond jealous that I won't be able to be there.
In middle school I was so jealous of my Jewish friends because they got to have bar/bat mitzvahs. I really loved the sign-in boards. It must have made an impression on my mom because she had one at my high school graduation party!
I want to see this video!Can you bring it to Katie's wedding? Maybe it can be part of the after-party festivities
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