Christmas day began at Norma's with the table filled ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170063 with couscous ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170064 tofurkey ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170065 bacon ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170066 yams ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170067 salad ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170068 pastries ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170069 turkey ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170070 nuts ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170071 bacon ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170072 peppermint bark ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170073 and cheeses ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170074 as we admired the view outside ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170075 ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170076 and Jane ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170077 ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170078 then Jane and Ben ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170079 then Ben ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170080 and Ben, Jane and Sarah ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170081 ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170082 ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170083 then Suzanne, Ben, Jane and Sarah ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170084 ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170085 ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170086 ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170087 and various groupings posed ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170088 ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170089 ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170090 before I joined the children for some photos ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170091 ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170092 ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170093 while Suzanne did her thing (whatever that might have been) ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170094 ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170095 and I posed with my wonderful gifts ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170096 and then opened the package ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170097 to reveal the contents ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170098 which made the room spin ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170099 ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170100 and will make me smell good forever. ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170101 Sarah opened her gifts ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170102 as Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170103 warmed up to a phone call ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170104 ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170105 ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170106 and our final picture was of Sarah before we started on the road. ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170107

Before starting home, we purchased Pittsburgh (or Edgewood) gas ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170108 ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170109 as Sarah cleaned the windows ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170110 and the gas pumped. ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170111 We managed to make it back with just one stop at Highspire (not A spire) ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170112 and even cleaned part of the car ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170113 before we went in for pizza ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170114 and observed the long line of people getting coffee which they would have to stop to return at a later rest area. ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170115

Back at home, we went to see PS I Love You where we ran into the Harman's and Liz Dahlen ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170116 who were then joined by Alex Dahlen ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170117 and then there was a full photo shoot of Harmans, Dahlen and Dobkin/Gespass'es. Merry Xmas to all. ../../../Sabbat/2007/12.10-25.07XmasInPgh//P1170118