you don't need any christmas lights 'cause the citgo sign is there

[ursamajor]

Boston is well-known for its large student population. I think the latest numbers have 350,000 students living in the metro Boston area, with something like 150,000 students living in the city of Boston proper (which only has a population of about 650,000 people total). Boston University alone has 35,000 students, many of whom live in the Allston neighborhood of Boston.

Moving Day is September 1, when A. Lot. of these apartments turn over their leases. It's a great time to go get Free Stuff, Especially Furniture, if you're one of the lucky ones sticking around for another year; this is how it got the name Allston Christmas. I took advantage of it during my early-twenty-something years living nearby in the Fenway, hauling coffee tables and end tables and folding bookcases home on the T and then up to my third-floor walkup. (Never upholstered stuff, though, no matter what!)

Discovering that SOMEBODY IS MAKING A ROMCOM MOVIE ABOUT ALLSTON CHRISTMAS?! Utterly, utterly delights me. :D (And the Allston Christmas Story IndieGoGo is still open for another couple of days.)

"“An Allston Christmas Story” is a love letter to our city, written with the trappings of a campy Hallmark movie and traces of the supernatural. Three intertwined stories follow our Bostonians as they navigate the mean streets of Allston and their own relationships. Join us on this journey about love, heartbreak, loss, friendship, cursed furniture, and making it to the basement show on time!"

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[jadelennox]

I fully expect this to be even more delightful than Next Stop Wonderland.