Nathan placing the Santa.

My mom doing some pruning.

Abby and Nathan starting the lights.

Light hanging (ISO 1600 ew!)

Light hanging.

Nathan searching for a replacement bulb.

Completed tree.

Completed tree.

Ellie playing at the party.

Niranjan caught photographing.

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Arayana and one of "the blondies."

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Claudia foot tapping (and amusing pajamas)

Fiddling.

Rachel examining the French Magnetic Poetry.

She looks a bit evil in this one.

Rachel and Gennie

Abby.

Nathan.

Gennie and Rachel.

Pam and Chic singing.

Abi and Chic.

Claudia and...?

Stoic bass player pose.

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Singing and dancing.

Arayana gets a lift.

Piano jam solo.

Singing and dancing.

Chic playing the harmonica

Harmonica crazy.

Chic singing

And playing the guitar

As things wound down...

Mom trying to figure out the very few Christmas parties Chic had missed.

Harmonicas lined up on the piano.

Ellie.

Gennie and Rachel.

Mom and Richard.

The morning after: even the photographs are a bit fuzzy :)

Mom took this one: My sister Lisa, me, Abby still in bed, Abby's sister Gennie, her girlfriend Rachel, and Nathan.