The Last Big St. Remedius Event of 2025, But Not The Last Big St. Remedius Event
(Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?)
The event: The first-ever Kylo Boomhauer’s Ultimate Exonormal Gift Overload at Panoptikon, in the Dallas historic landmark Sons of Hermann Hall in the Deep Ellum district.
The goal: Passing out 100 assembled gift bags to all the good baby bats assembling at Panoptikon alongside the annual Vampire Society toy drive, just because.
The subject: Each gift bag was unique, with an assemblage of model kits, toys, Halloween figures, candy, flask coffee mugs, and other surprises. No two were alike, and everybody receiving one had something to talk about.
The (only) bad news: Besides “heading straight to the club after finishing two weeks of jury duty” and “staying up 24 hours was rough enough when I was 20, but it’s especially rough when pushing 60”? The only regret was not having even more gift bags. After making sure the Panoptikon crew, the participants in the toy drive, and the Sons of Hermann Hall staff all got gift bags, the crowd significantly exceeded expectations, and the coffers were dry by 11:00. (That’s even after assuring everyone that they really were free, and that I wasn’t expecting them to buy anything. That was tough at times: everyone’s expecting a catch these days, and understandably so.) Next time, if there’s a next time, the plan is to come out with at least twice as many, and possibly with an assistant.
The good news: 93 gift bags (7 were accidentally left behind, but those were taken to the last Half Price Books Silent Read event of the year the next Wednesday) found new homes, with lots of exclamations of who got what and how. The vibes were already exceedingly good, and the only reason I left early was that there really wasn’t anything left to give out. Well, that and knowing that going into a 14-hour coma after the previous two weeks would really hurt the next day were it to start on the Panoptikon dance floor.
Assessment: If finances and situations allow, the plan is to do this again in 2026, just because. The Panoptikon crew is a much-missed “family you choose,” and expect further St. Remedius events at Panoptikon through the rest of next year. Oh, and next time, I’m renting a van to hold all of the gift bags necessary to take care of everybody. But that’s next year. Let’s see what happens then.
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