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To the Editor:
I am a resident of South Philadelphia, and as I sit here on this New Year’s Day, it is so mundane and quiet for our South Philly area. I felt sad about the Mummer’s Parade route and somewhat violated at how the so-called politics have moved in on our tradition. The nostalgia is gone.
As I opened my front door to the stillness of the morning, there was the good old South Philly Review sitting on my step. I was so glad to read the column on page 16 (“The year without the parade,” Jan. 1). I want to give Tom Cardella a great big “Thank you” for his article. He was right on target as to how many of us are feeling. It was uplifting to read his historic and gentle rebuke for the South Philadelphia residents.
I wish it made front page, with his headline, “To understand our loss, one only has to pretend that one day the Mardi Gras mysteriously disappeared from New Orleans.”
Linda Curry
South Philadelphia
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