It was the night before Christmas and all through the house ...
Well actually, there we were and the Seems
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dropped by on their whirlwind visit back to Princeton where they thought Santa Claus would find them. Suzanne
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seemed glad to see them and brought out holiday nuts
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as Mary and Jane
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watched and Lauren showed off her cosmopolitan
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in colors that would make Santa happy. Sarah was still looking very woozy
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from the late night and the drugs she was taking to cure the after effects of the disease she had gotten. Lauren posed for this sequence of photos
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taking care to never have the drink reach her mouth (for advertising purposes) which made Boot happy
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since he would be driving later. Someone managed to capture this rare picture of David
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who seemed to have caught some of Sarah's wooziness. And, we got one of the last pictures of Nancy
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before she gets her glasses.
At this point, we gave the camera to Mary (having not learned our lesson a few weeks earlier) and let her do avant garde photography. She
captured Boot
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then David and Lauren
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and Suzanne
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and some crowd shots including a clearer version of Sarah
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and less clear versions of others
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before the avant garde photography began
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interrupted only by this photo of your truly
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and then back to the artistic work.
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They were in a hurry to leave
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but we were able to calm them down for one last clear picture
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of the Seems before they departed for their massive dinner.
We then braved the traffic down Nassau Street taking extra care to avoid the flying reindeer overhead that threw off our GPS and made us unusually late for the Justs who had already eaten the hors d'oeuvres but had enough food for me to make this wonderful plate of too much to eat
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which made Steven and Sara happy
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especially as Lizzie shone behind the candle,
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Suzanne and Benjamin enjoyed the food,
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Jane stared into space,
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Peter stared further,
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and Rory would only give us this side view.
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None of this helped Sarah
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who was still woozy from the drugs and all. Seva and Richard
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seemed very involved in the task of eating but hopefully not the decorative baskets
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that adorned the table. Seva was still there (and more clear)
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after dinner when Jane returned from her walk down Prospect Street with her battle scars a scraped arm
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and torn pants
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acquired while finding Rosie.
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Together, Jane and Rosie took this picture of the triple header
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atop the wall and then Rosie captured Jane.
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After this, many adjourned from the heated discussed of the possible need of a Star Wars defense shield to engage in a game of dominoes where Benjamin started with this hand
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as the others watched
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and then got very engrossed
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in seeing what move Rosie would make next
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as the trains started
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and Benjamin's joke book
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stood idle.
The trains grew
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as Benjamin watched
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and grew further
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as Suzanne watched
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until move
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after move
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after move
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led to the end of the game.