We get it. You have a dream, but you don’t know where to start. It’s the age-old Blank Page Syndrome — the fear of failure mixed with adrenaline-filled anticipation — that keeps you from leaving your day job and following your day dream.

It’s just as I expected: December is flying by at lightspeed.

December is a special month. The world changes in a hundred little ways, from the music on the radio to the way people treat each other to the general flow of time.

At the top of the show, before the curtain even rose, an orchestra featuring nine local musicians played an overture of songs from Aladdin, bringing to life the notes familiar to so many in Wharton Center’s audience.