"O'er the river 'n thru the woods…'
Well, not so woody anymore in this year of our Lord, 2012, when criss-crossing freeways cover our fair land with macadam, but t'is the season…Anyhow, we fired up the old go-machine 'n took a little drive…our destination was that most politically correct town of Davis, home of the future bio-farmers of the world 'n bicycle enthusiasts everyone…excepting, of course, the Prius owners…
What we were headed for, some 40 miles due west of Ol Fair Oaks, wuz the hallowed halls of Emerson Junior High 'n their most decidedly p'litically incorrect performance of 'A Christmas Carol'….a show that was cancelled once becuz it conflicted with the beginning of Hannakuh, altho' it wuz never adequately explained why these holidays (which have existed quite peacefully for several thousand years) were actually at odds….
Anyhow, the school relented somewhat (no performance on Sat'iday, the actual 1st day of Hannakuh) 'n the show did go on….'n the Emerson Junior High troupe of performers spoke their lines bravely 'n forthrightly enuff to warm the crusty old cockles of an aspiring curmudgeons heart…(didn't do anything for old backsides spending almost two hours on a folding chair, but that's another whiny story)…
I think it wuz stated in the playbill, that Miz Smith had presided over 18 productions at Emerson Junior High 'n I c'n truthfully say that every one of them wuz absolutely delightful (assuming you're a fan of middle-schoolers everywhere) 'n Miz Smith's Mother wuz tearfully proud (or proudly tearful, your choice)
A Christmas Carol is prob'ly Charley Dickens most famous work 'n not, in my view leastways, overly religious in tone so it puzzles me a bit that anyone of any religion (or lack thereof) could criticize it on the grounds of separation of church 'n state…still, as someone once said, "There is science, logic 'n reason and then there is California."
Seems like the older I get, the more puzzling life becomes….
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