Thread by @chrisjacobsHC

A #NewYearsDay observation about holiday traditions: @MummersFestival should get as much limelight as @RoseParade on January 1 -- they both have great traditions. But it doesn't, because #mummersparade isn't a made-for-TV event like #RoseParade... 1/

@MummersFestival @RoseParade Having been to the #RoseParade, it's scripted down TO THE SECOND. @RoseParade staff go to great lengths to make sure the show goes off without a hitch, and stays within its two-hour timeframe... 2/

@MummersFestival @RoseParade @RoseParade float designers even get fined if their floats malfunction and cause delays (e.g., last year's fire on a float). #RoseParade is essentially a TV show that happens to have a big audience that watches it live. 3/

@MummersFestival @RoseParade Compare that to #mummersparade. It goes on for hours -- all day #NewYearsDay really -- such that few TV stations outside of Philly, and no network, wants to televise it... 4/

@MummersFestival @RoseParade In Washington, WDCA-20 did simulcast some of @phl17's coverage of #mummersparade, but they left in the middle of a band performance to air...@jerryspringer Show. (Seriously.) 5/

@MummersFestival @RoseParade @phl17 @jerryspringer My point: #mummersparade is a great tradition, but (unlike @RoseParade) few without Philly ties know much about it. For @MummersFestival to get the publicity it deserves, it needs to modernize the parade to get better TV coverage. END

Oh, and #HappyNewYear!