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Decorations and a Movie

            We left to drive to Ashland about 3:30 yesterday.   It got very dark before we collected Jaime just before 5:30.   We stopped at a Cracker Barrel on the way home.   Today we put up the tree and decorated. At 12:00 we left to go to the big city of Roseburg where we saw “Wonka” – I absolutely LOVED how a few of the songs from the original production (with Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka) were incorporated into this production - along with the original Oompa Loompa appearance.  So many scenes reminded me of other movies: Les Miserables (except the girl was called Noodle rather than Cozette), a Whoville type scene,   La La Land or the Greatest Showman,  and at least two others I can’t remember as I write this post.   I think the thing I enjoyed most about it was hearing Jaime’s enjoyment. We then started to tackle the trees in the yard.   Our Mountain Goat was up for the challenge.   We decided that w...