Would you like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony? Maybe you’d like to catch the wave, make it real, or refresh yourself? Well, along the highway to anywhere, the Coca-Cola Holiday Caravan is making three stops in the Baltimore area, and everyone is invited.
Even Pepsi drinkers, wonders this reporter? To be addressed later.
As for the Holiday Caravan, it is a traveling celebration that visits communities across North America spreading holiday joy. The Caravan “brings Coca‑Cola’s holiday traditions to life with interactive experiences,” according to the brand’s website.
The festive fun varies from year to year and by location, but usually the celebrations include interactive activities, product sampling, exclusive merchandise, and a unique setting in which to celebrate holiday magic with your community.
Dates and locations for Holiday Caravan stops in and around Baltimore are:
SUNDAY, NOV. 15
WALMART
6721 Chesapeake Center Dr.
Glen Burnie, MD
12 – 2:30 p.m.
WALMART
2399 North Point Blvd.
Dundalk, MD
6 – 8:30 p.m.
MONDAY, NOV. 16
M&T Bank Stadium
1101 Russell St.
Baltimore, MD
4:15 – 7:15 p.m.
Dear readers, your staff reporter considered refusing this assignment, as at the tender age of 8 she was already routinely walking to her neighborhood bodega in Brooklyn – all by herself, mind you – to purchase Pepsi and cigarettes for her parents (don’t judge, it was the Seventies). To this day her parents are devoted to the product. Nary a single Coke product e’er crossed our threshold, nor would such a betrayal be contemplated.
However, seasons change, time passes, and our middle child went to college in Atlanta. In a sign of good taste, he was completely beguiled by our soon-to-be daughter-in-law, whose beloved hometown of Atlanta demands (or at least encourages) fealty to the Coca-Cola brand, where the company’s headquarters loom large.
Alas, this love of theirs – it’s the real thing, it’s pure as sunlight, so, our family has accepted whole-heartedly the Coke product into our orbit. We’ve decided you can’t beat the feeling of the open happiness of two kids in love. That’s where the real magic lies.*
*See if you can find the ten advertising slogans used by Coca-Cola from 1886 to 2021 hidden in this article. (Hint: The first sentence is not one of them. That’s a commercial jingle.)
