Frank Gannucci
12-21-2021, 01:50 AM
An I Love Lucy XMas Eve:
(The Ricardos and Mertzes are in a hotel in Paramus, NJ to celebrate the holidays with their families. For this, XMas falls on a Monday.)
Lucy: “Oh Ethel, look at all the malls here.”
Ethel: “The money we will spend here on gifts.”
Fred: “Which for you will only be $3.”
(Ricky laughs.)
Lucy: “I can see it now. On XMas Eve Sunday, we will all shop in all the malls to get good deals.”
Ricky: “Wait a minute dear. This is Bergen County, NJ. They have a real old blue law that is YEAR ROUND. The law says that you can’t shop on Sundays.”
Lucy: “Ricky, it will be XMas Eve. They got to open in XMas Eve.”
Ricky: “It’s YEAR ROUND understand. You should shop now right now. Come on Fred. You want to come down with me to get the suitcases?”
Fred: “Sure.”
(They do.)
Lucy: “Ethel, we got to wait until the last minute to shop. It’s XMas Eve. Despite what that Cuban says, those shops have got to be open on that day.”
Ethel: “He’s right. Let’s do it.”
(On XMas Eve at 5:59 pm, they arrive at the Garden State Plaza Mall.)
Lucy: “There are no cars. This will be a cinch.”
(They go up to the doors only for them to be locked.)
Ethel (reading the sign): “Due to Bergen County Blue Laws, all stores are closed on Sundays no matter what.”
Lucy: “Eewwwwwww.”
(To be continued.)
(The Ricardos and Mertzes are in a hotel in Paramus, NJ to celebrate the holidays with their families. For this, XMas falls on a Monday.)
Lucy: “Oh Ethel, look at all the malls here.”
Ethel: “The money we will spend here on gifts.”
Fred: “Which for you will only be $3.”
(Ricky laughs.)
Lucy: “I can see it now. On XMas Eve Sunday, we will all shop in all the malls to get good deals.”
Ricky: “Wait a minute dear. This is Bergen County, NJ. They have a real old blue law that is YEAR ROUND. The law says that you can’t shop on Sundays.”
Lucy: “Ricky, it will be XMas Eve. They got to open in XMas Eve.”
Ricky: “It’s YEAR ROUND understand. You should shop now right now. Come on Fred. You want to come down with me to get the suitcases?”
Fred: “Sure.”
(They do.)
Lucy: “Ethel, we got to wait until the last minute to shop. It’s XMas Eve. Despite what that Cuban says, those shops have got to be open on that day.”
Ethel: “He’s right. Let’s do it.”
(On XMas Eve at 5:59 pm, they arrive at the Garden State Plaza Mall.)
Lucy: “There are no cars. This will be a cinch.”
(They go up to the doors only for them to be locked.)
Ethel (reading the sign): “Due to Bergen County Blue Laws, all stores are closed on Sundays no matter what.”
Lucy: “Eewwwwwww.”
(To be continued.)