Merry Christmas 2011

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What a fantastic Christmas Holiday we had this year. It was outstanding. Charlie had so much fun and was very well-behaved for all of the days. It was awesome.

We hosted Christmas Eve at our house. In attendance this year was: Elaine, Rhode, Barb, Cliff, Grandma Elizabeth, Bob, Gene, Jeanne-marie, Greg, Raelee, Emma, Maggie, Dan, Adam, Charlie and myself. It was a full house to say the least. We served Pasta Carbonara and Spaghetti Bolognese with fresh bread, a winter apple salad and cookies and grasshoppers for dessert. Of course, lots of wine and Old-Fashioned's were consumed throughout the evening as well. Here are some pictures of the evening:
Some of the guests for the evening.
One of my "chefs" for the evening...ala 101 Dalmations Style.
Elaine and Greg
Here are a few videos from the evening. The first is of our family singing "Joy to the World." We are not very good...
The second video is of the "12 days of Christmas"-the dancing is the best part :) 
The last is Charlie saying "bye bye" and night night to all of our guests. It was quite adorable!

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