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Holiday fun
Dec. 7th, 2025 08:20 pmIt's been a busy couple of days here, with not one but TWO holiday-themed events! On Thursday we headed over to the Botanical Garden in GGP for LightScape, a truly breathtaking show of lit-up plants, trees and sculpture. I went in thinking it would be kind of fun and enjoyable, but it ended up surpassing my expectations! I'd say my favorite two moments were walking past the Moon Viewing Garden with an actual (inflated) moon in amongst the tiny lightning-bug-like lights that gave it a starry-night look, and the Perennial Garden with several tree light scupltures in the shape of cherry blossoms. I'm glad I went, because apparently it's been selling out!
The other event was of course our yearly trip to the Opera House to see the Nutcracker ballet. As I'd said to A, every time I hear it I'm reminded just how brilliant and wonderful Tchaikovsky's work is. I've always been a fan, but the more I listen, the more I discover what he was trying to do with all the parts of the music. Again, it's the 'I can hear the math' in me, heh. I have to say their production this year was top notch, which is saying something since I always like going to it.
Later on, we were wondering what other holiday stuff we need to do. We'll need to watch Terry Pratchett's Hogfather, of course, which has become one of our favorite Christmas Day events. We've also watched some corny Hallmark holiday romcoms, of course, and I recently thought about watching While You Were Sleeping, which is one of my favorite sort-of-Christmassy movies. We'll have to think of a few other things to do, of course...
The other event was of course our yearly trip to the Opera House to see the Nutcracker ballet. As I'd said to A, every time I hear it I'm reminded just how brilliant and wonderful Tchaikovsky's work is. I've always been a fan, but the more I listen, the more I discover what he was trying to do with all the parts of the music. Again, it's the 'I can hear the math' in me, heh. I have to say their production this year was top notch, which is saying something since I always like going to it.
Later on, we were wondering what other holiday stuff we need to do. We'll need to watch Terry Pratchett's Hogfather, of course, which has become one of our favorite Christmas Day events. We've also watched some corny Hallmark holiday romcoms, of course, and I recently thought about watching While You Were Sleeping, which is one of my favorite sort-of-Christmassy movies. We'll have to think of a few other things to do, of course...
