Last night it was a three course meal at the

Alhambra Dinner Theater

Our first course choice was a Winter Kale Salad that was consumed so quickly there were no pictures taken!

For the second course…

LB enjoyed the

Holiday Feast

(hand-carved turkey, honey baked ham, cornbread stuffing, sweet potato soufflé, garlic green beans, turkey gravy, apple raisin glaze).

And for me it was the

Beef Bourguignon

with buttermilk mashed potatoes and roasted asparagus.

My usually carbs-free self ate every single bit of those mashed potatoes!

Third course…

Crème Brulée French Toast with whipped cream which LB enjoyed.

I ordered the Peppermint Cake, but it fell over, so the picture was discarded.  But the cake was Very Good!

As I’ve mentioned before, one of my favorite new Christmas traditions is go to the Alhambra Dinner Theater to have dinner and enjoy the Christmas production of the season.

This season Bruce Allen Scudder’s version of

A Christmas Carol

returned to the Alhambra.

Everyone loves Charles Dickens’ holiday classic story about Ebenezer Scroogethe ghosts who visit him…

and his miraculous transformation from an old, miserly curmudgeon to a new man bursting with joy and filled with Christmas spirit.

This is My Favorite Alhambra Christmas production!

The show begins with a lively song (POM, POM, POM, POM) that I’ve heard so many times I can sing along with the people of the town.  Then enters the star.  This year, Tod Booth as Ebenezer Scrooge settles into his work at his counting-house with his clerk Bob Cratchit, shivering close by. After a visit from nephew Fred and two impressive gentlemen collecting for charity, Scrooge returns to his home, where he finds that the evening’s visitations had only just begun.

There are actually four ghosts that follow and all are played by a single actor…

the talented Kenneth Uibel
I have seen this actor fall off of the stage and get back up without missing a line.

First Scrooge receives a visit from the ghost of his dead partner, Jacob Marley. Marley relates his unfortunate story of an afterlife of wandering the Earth weighted down with heavy chains.  In an effort to save Scrooge from sharing the same fate, Marley informs Scrooge that three spirits will visit him that night.  And as predicted, on that night Scrooge travels with the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and finally with the Ghost of Christmas Future.

I don’t know why am I telling you this… You KNOW this story!

As expected, Scrooge has a soft heart for the endearing Tiny Tim.  That and his desire to live brings him to display a miraculous change for all to see.

And as always, the audience comes to its feet during the closing number… afterward leaving the building with a heart filled with holiday spirit to share with others.

An incredibly fitting way to welcome with open arms the holidays…  I highly recommend the producation of A Christmas Carol and Dinner at the Alhambra.  We’ll be there!

Merry Christmas from LB and K!

 

 

 

Thank you for taking time out of your day to stop by my blog.

Kim