Tozerboy

Scene: John (age 13) and Mark (age 50) walking along Garden Street in Cambridge, MA, early Sunday morning. Mark notices a banner in front of Christ Church (the first church meeting house built in Cambridge)

Mark: Oh wow, I forgot today is Palm Sunday

John: Palm Sunday, what’s Palm Sunday?

Mark: You don’t know what Palm Sunday is?

John: Quickly stares at Mark like he is peering over a pair imaginary eyeglasses

Mark: It’s a Christian holiday that falls on the Sunday before Easter. Its supposed to celebrate the day that Jesus made his public entry into Jerusalem, before Good Friday and Easter.

John: So why Palm Sunday?

Mark: Well they say as he entered Jerusalem he was met by a large crowd of followers and they honored him by holding up Palm fronds to greet him.

John: (long pause) What, no confetti?