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» Saturday, December 11, 2004
Birthday Doin's
Had a swell day, but it was a good thing my mom called to wish me happy birthday this morning or we would have been too late to go to the bank! We decided to do all the fun things today, so grabbed a quick bite, then went to turn James' shirts in to the cleaner. He dropped me off at Harry's Farmer' Market to get veggies and other goodies and visited the hobby shop. Then we were off to Stone Mountain Park for the "Fruitcake Festival" where the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company was performing.

Their "Atlanta Christmas" presentation was extended this year to a nearly three-hour show (two performers from Theatre Gael also did a reading of "A Child's Christmas in Wales" to harp accompaniment, which was very good). While the usual annual stories appeared (by now they are as familiar and welcome as the well-loved books in our library), this also included a previously unproduced story by the late Thomas Fuller about two boys wishing for Davy Crockett hats for Christmas. I sat absorbing this story with delight because it was basically my own childhood Christmas pushed back a few years. We had one of those boxy old televisions they spoke about. There was also a very funny new story called "A Blue Hanukkah Carol" about a young man stranded at home on Christmas Eve and meeting some very peculiar...um, visitors.

The different sketches were separated by caroling and we were openmouthed with delight when Daniel and Oreta Taylor's 16-year-old daughter soloed "The Carol of the Birds." Sarah has been taking voice lessons and the result was ... absolutely magnificent. She has the voice of an angel. Most of the Company had not heard her sing the piece, so her own compatriots were speechless as well.

After the performance we hit Michael's for a new set of lights (as the one on our wreath seems to have failed) and then went to Media Play where I bought too many DVDs. We ended the night at our usual Saturday night trivia. Mel and Phyllis Boros brought miniature Menorahs and we had a fifth evening of Hanukkah celebration.