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Mr. Rogers remembered with Sweater Day

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On Thursday, March 20th, the 80th birthday of the late Fred Rogers will be remembered with Sweater Day. You may recall that the sweater was his signature piece. It's also something that most people already have in their closet. That's why they chose it over Loafer and Keds Day, and let's be honest, Trolley Day never really stood a chance.

I'm all for it. I grew up with Mr. Rogers (not personally) and remember his contribution to my childhood fondly. I just wish they had started observing his birthday a few years ago so my friends and I could have bought a keg of Iron City beer and listened to Weezer all night. Come on, you know someone has got to do it.

What's funny is that I hadn't thought much about Mr. Rogers over the years until today, and it wasn't this post that brought back the memories, but the fact that my four-year-old went on a field-trip today to the local planetarium and the show was narrated by Fred Rogers, a 'the planets in our neighborhood' sort of thing. I like to think that the people running the show have kept it due to the timelessness and all things good that is Mr. Rogers, and not that they have no funding and won't include the demise of Pluto until they get the Wiggles version in 2012.

But I digress. March 20th is Sweater Day. Wear one.


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