Tonight we went to the pantomime in town. Pantomime is a Christmas tradition in England that has its roots in Italian Commedia dell' Arte and the medieval morality plays. Called Panto, for short, the story is usually a fairy tale - Cinderella, Snow White, Jack and the Beanstalk, Aladdin, and Dick Whittington are traditional ones. We saw Dick Whittington who was an actual historical figure. He was Lord Mayor of London 3 times. Before we went to go see the Panto, Kate Juggins, a friend of the program, came over on Tuesday to explain a bit about Panto to us. Even so, I was not fully prepared for the actuality of it. When we got to the theater we were given 3-D glasses, which we played with like we were about 5 years old. The
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