Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, leprechauns, etc, all the magic of youth gone, stripped of its power to enthrall me by the time I was ten years old. Heck, sex had even been demystified years prior. But then along came
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and with it the chance of finding a golden ticket in a candy bar, a ticket to a mysterious wonderment! The idea of an urban fantasyland hidden right under your nose! Amazing sights, sounds, smells and tastes, the next more incredibly unbelievable than the last! Thank you Roald Dahl for giving me back magic, the sweetest gift of all.
