"Are you with the rolling fire?" the girl at the gym asked after we'd finished caroling inside. I was pretty confused about what she was talking about--the rolling fire sounds like a motorcycle gang or a rock band. And then Francisco pointed out that she must be referring to the garbage can in a shopping cart with a fire inside that was pushed by a member of our group.
Christmas caroling in Philadelphia not only involves fires burning in shopping carts, but plenty of hot spiked drinks (one guy kept a bottle of wine in his coat as if it were a flask; a bar we caroled at was handing out free beer to carolers; other carolers carried eggnog and apple cider). And the crowd at one bar requested the Eagles chant after our caroling was finished (which, from what I can tell primarily involves spelling the word, "Eagles"). Also smart phones--everyone wanted to videotape us on their phone: I'm sure we're celebrities on facebook by now.
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