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Christmas Eve 2010
Dec. 24th, 2010 08:20 amWe set off yesterday morning for Atlanta. Cat sitter is in place at the house (she loved Figgy), we went to Baltimore first and to the Geppi Entertainment Museum for an enjoyable romp around the place. If you live in Baltimore and have any interest in toys or comics, you need to make the time to go to this museum. It is laid out very nicely and has some very interesting things to look at.
After that we continued our drive. The only hiccup was Washington DC were there is usually a hiccup unless you are driving through at 2 in the morning on Easter Sunday (and possibly Christmas but I have never tested that one). That leg took about three times as long as it should.
There were a couple of minor traffic snarls on our way down and we stopped in Greenville for the night. There were rolling DUI checks that were slowing everything down and we were tired at that point.
The rental has satellite radio. Among the many channels that you can listen to, there is an old time radio program channel and last night they were doing various Christmas shows from programs over the years. Including the Campbell Playhouse formerly known as Mercury Theater on the Air which came to much national notice for that little play they did about War of the Worlds. But they did a lot of other dramas as well including A Christmas Carol with Orson Wells as Scrooge. It was fascinating to hear the story grounded down to just about 50 minutes. I can’t say that I agree with all the cuts but it made for an interesting listening experience.
So today we continue down to Atlanta for Christmas. This evening we will celebrate the way I have celebrated Christmas Eve for as long as I can remember.
So Merry Christmas everyone. Have a safe and happy holiday.
I am grateful that I got to hear that version of Christmas Carol.
After that we continued our drive. The only hiccup was Washington DC were there is usually a hiccup unless you are driving through at 2 in the morning on Easter Sunday (and possibly Christmas but I have never tested that one). That leg took about three times as long as it should.
There were a couple of minor traffic snarls on our way down and we stopped in Greenville for the night. There were rolling DUI checks that were slowing everything down and we were tired at that point.
The rental has satellite radio. Among the many channels that you can listen to, there is an old time radio program channel and last night they were doing various Christmas shows from programs over the years. Including the Campbell Playhouse formerly known as Mercury Theater on the Air which came to much national notice for that little play they did about War of the Worlds. But they did a lot of other dramas as well including A Christmas Carol with Orson Wells as Scrooge. It was fascinating to hear the story grounded down to just about 50 minutes. I can’t say that I agree with all the cuts but it made for an interesting listening experience.
So today we continue down to Atlanta for Christmas. This evening we will celebrate the way I have celebrated Christmas Eve for as long as I can remember.
So Merry Christmas everyone. Have a safe and happy holiday.
I am grateful that I got to hear that version of Christmas Carol.
