I was going to write a long piece on the meaning of hometowns and how Boston has become my hometown, a place I don’t even think about anymore as being “bad” or “good.”  I just kind of live here and it is my home.

Well, anyway, that’s what I wanted to say, but I was planning on writing more on that in relation to the Christmas tree lighting tonight in Boston Common.

You know, who cares about my writing because Julian Edelman from the New England Patriots was at the event.  The man is ridiculously handsome and I happened to get a photo of him.  So who cares about my long scribe about the nature of hometowns.

Ladies and gents, Julian Edelman (and the Mayor Boston, blasé about him now after having photographed him so many times):

Yes, handsome wide receiver aside, the event is always a lot of fun.  Always.  Performers, Santa Claus, singing, “we love Nova Scotia” etc.  It always reminds me of why I love Boston.  You can go to this great event not get trampled by so many people.  Yeah, you get kind of frozen, but who cares.  JULIAN EDELMAN.

And lovely performers and performances:

The mayor is there with his kids, which I always think is sweet:

The fireworks:

And the best part was Santa Claus, who had apparently dipped into the egg nog quite heavily before the ceremony because he forgot half the words to most of the songs he had to sing.  But he’s jolly fellow who brings Christmas cheer so all was forgiven:

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!!!!