Radio Days: "It's a Wonderful Life"

This afternoon was a fun trip to the past as we visited the Holly Theater for a radio performance of "It's a Wonderful Life."

The production was done as if we were watching a radio drama, which is to say all the actors were performing as if they were at a radio station doing a performance live on the air, one that happened to be the classic Christmas story.  They were dressed as the characters from that story, and the set looked as if we were back in time.  Maddie remembered an episode of "Agent Carter" where there were radio performers, so she had the general idea of what this was like.  One fun thing of note was that we had front row seats at the dead center.  The theater was full, and there we were right up front to enjoy it all.  Mom and I got some hot chocolates, and the obligatory chocolate bar from that theater, which just made the visit more like a Christmas thing.

It was a nice time there - they all did a very good job!  We had a great time at the theater, and given that dusk was only an hour away, we did some walking around Dahlonega afterwards, heading over to the square and visiting the shops like the general store, the British import shop, the toy store, and of course the fudge shop too.  We were in a few more stores than that, and as the sun went down, the lights in town became more evident, streaming all over in the trees and outlining the buildings and courthouse on the square.  Here are a few of the pictures Maddie took along the way.

It was a fun night!  We got ack and watched "Home Alone 2," along with some other Christmas-themed episodes, before heading off to bed.  We read some of "Wintersmith" tonight, said our prayers, and got ready for another big day tomorrow at KidPak!