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...and a Happy New Year, too! Have a happy, safe, and enjoyable year, every body!

Happy Holidays Everybody! And here's hoping for a better 2026. Ho ho ho.

Great PERK of your WORK! (Sry, had to do that) Awesome photos of all that you saw and toured through. Love all that vege -----tation.

One worm to another... "I'm in love with you.!" "Don't be silly" said the other worm, "I'm your other end."

A couple of days before The Day, I bought my usual set of scratch tix, this time actually paying a larger amount I'm not used to.... $20 ..... cdn. And some more candles at higher prices than my usual buy at Dollar Tree - they were totally sold out of all their tapers. No holiday ones, either. So, I paid over $40 Cdn for today's purchases. Merry, Mary!

The Best Line from this past Saturday's SNL.... it was also Bowen Yang's last episode before he exited the show. Add to that, his 'Glinda' Ariana Grande hosted (again!) and CHER was the musical guest. At the end of the Delta Airlines sketch (with eggnog?), Bowen's last sketch ever, Cher hugged him and told him... (paraphrasing here) "A lot of people think you're a bit too gay. But I think you're perfect." And then Bowen fell apart and couldn't stop crying, and the audience went nuts. There could be an annual re-broadcast of it for the holiday season. It was one of the best episodes in a long time for SNL. Ho ho ho.

We have an annual subscription, thru "Broadway Across Canada". Gets us at least four touring shows coming to town. We just saw the opener for this Season ....MJ. It - was - exhausting! ^ And Bert? Hope you enjoy Hadestown as much as we did, during last year's Season. It was amazing. And SIX was an insane show! Such juicy parts for all six women in it. We're hoping that & juliet will eventually visit us. Love both the London and Broadway cast cds of it. And interestingly, to us at least, there is going to be a play, which will end the Season ..... CLUE. Looking forward to it.

And for today.... December 16 – Chocolate Covered Anything Day! Hmmm. Chocolate on ....cauliflower? Nope.

Have checked with Broadway.com for a list of upcoming musical openings for this 2025-26 season. Here's what found out, so far. And (R) is for a revival. Also noted is those that are already closing... Mamma Mia! (R) Aug.14/25 Two Strangers Carry a Cake Across New York Nov.20/25 Chess (R) Nov.16/25 The Queen of Versailles (closing soon) Nov.09/25 Ragtime (R) Oct.16/25 Beaches Apr.22/26 Cats: The Jellicle Ball Apr.07/26 Rocky Horror (R) Apr.23/26 Titanique Apr.12/26 The Lost Boys Apr.26/26 Schmigadoon Apr.20/26 Opening dates not announced, yet. Soon, soon... Wanted Dolly: A True Original Musical Dreamgirls (R) That's 14 productions, so far, who have already announced an opening, already open, or soon-to-close, etc. And possibly any of the new ones could fall by the wayside, so-to-speak. Stuff happens, on the stage. Stay tuned.....

That's too bad. I only got to visit the park once, but it was a fun time there.

^ I thought I had thoroughly checked your TRs on Europa. My oops.

Word of The Day: Calendrical (or calendric) is an adjective meaning "relating to, characteristic of, or used in a calendar system or time measurement," often involving calculations about dates, cycles, or historical timekeeping. It applies to the study of calendars, rituals tied to time, or even savant skills in rapidly calculating days of the week, encompassing areas like astronomy, mathematics, and cultural traditions.

All those 'loop' sculptures in the display case ... those were awards? Interesting. And ....any raclette during this visit to the park? Thought I'd inquire.

Looks like a great coaster addition to the park!

For those of us, who can't get enough of Jonathan Bailey, currently starring as Fiyero In Wicked: For Good, there is a recording of the (then) newly imagined West End production of COMPANY, back in 2018. Instead of Bobby being a male lead, it became Bobbie, the female lead of it. And most of the couples, and the trio of 'female tristes,' and other parts were switched in gender, dialogue-wise with some staging changes, too. Save for the iconic Patti Lupone again playing Jo Anne with that "Ladies Who Lunch" number. She's done it a few times, but it's still gold, IMhO. She won the TONY for it after it transferred to Broadway, NY. Jonathan plays Jamie, part of a gay marriage, who has his wild doubts in "Getting Married Today." And for that, he won London's Olivier Award for the supporting role, in this musical. So get the cd while it's still available. Everybody is great in it, but especially so with Bailey, now that he's in the Wicked film series. The New York production.