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Wednesday, November 11, 2026Nov 11

Off the Couch: Time change heralds holiday happenings

From left, Steve Jordan, Joan Jones, Zack Jordan, Ed Huckabee and Kitty Reel star in Back Alley Productions' "Over the River and Through the Woods," playing the next two weekends at the Mars Theatre in LaFayette, Ga.
From left, Steve Jordan, Joan Jones, Zack Jordan, Ed Huckabee and Kitty Reel star in Back Alley Productions' "Over the River and Through the Woods," playing the next two weekends at the Mars Theatre in LaFayette, Ga. From left, Steve Jordan, Joan Jones, Zack Jordan, Ed Huckabee and Kitty Reel star in Back Alley Productions' "Over the River and Through the Woods," playing the next two weekends at the Mars Theatre in LaFayette, Ga.

LISA DENTON: Excuse me for a minute, Barry, while I finish this yawwwwwn. I know we picked up an extra hour of sleep this weekend, but then it was dark at 5:30 last night, so it’s going to take me a few days to adjust.

BARRY COURTER: I’m not too proud to admit to occasionally going to bed around dark, but the waking up at 1:30 a.m. after a solid eight-hour sleep is just not right.

photo Lisa Denton and Barry Courter

LISA: One of the good things about the time change is that it means we’re even closer to Christmas – Christmas Eve is exactly seven weeks from today. Which means there are already a lot of holiday happenings.

Like the production of Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” on Friday at the Tivoli, Back Alley Productions’ “Over the River and Through the Woods” Thanksgiving show and Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga’s “The Long Christmas Ride Home.” Hamilton Place will have its Santa arrival parade Saturday morning, the same day Bass Pro Shop opens its Santa’s Wonderland.

BARRY: Hold on a minute. I’m still wrapping my head around the seven-weeks-’til-Christmas-Eve thing.