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Mer showing off some stocking-stuffer loot.
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Pre-dinner holiday photo for my dad's holiday newsletter!
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What other things were in the stocking?
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Meredith scratching her scratchers.
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...and cake mold that lets you make a GIANT COOKIE CAKE. Haha.
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Meredith got a special cake mix...
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After dinner, it was time for stocking stuffers!
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Cupcake decoration kit.
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Dad doing some unwrapping.
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Mer got...
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After we'd finished marveling at the tiny green man's erection, Leigh busted out the big gift...
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...ice cream maker!
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Woooooo!
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After settling in, we unpacked the gifts that had arrived while we were away. Wii Fit!
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Haha.
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I knew my mom liked Meredith because she made her this stocking in 2006 the very first time I brought her to my parent's house for Christmas.
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Meredith thought she'd be okay sans crutches, but right when we got off the plane she reinjured it pretty badly and it swelled right back up. After we'd finished our latkes, we ran out to the store to pick up ANOTHER pair of crutches. (Which was no big deal because crutches are WAY easier to find near a retirement village in Florida than they are in the East Village.)
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Another holiday dinner! Clockwise from left: My cousin Chris, mom, Amy, Brett, Amanda, my cousin Steve and Mer. (If I remember correctly, this is right before we all got into a big discussion about global warming - because my cousin Chris, who is a consultant for oil companies, doesn't believe it's real. Or that if it is, it's just part of a natural cycle and has nothing to do with humans burning pretty much the ENTIRE oil supply that took x years to develop in just the last 100-odd years. Hmmm....)
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Later that night, we drove back to my parent's house and we found that our stockings had been stuffed! Meredith even has a stocking with her name on it! (Translation: My mom loves Meredith).
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We made sure we had a segregated table. The Jews sat on one side of table and repped for the Tribe with this awesome chopstick Star of David...
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Here's the Xmas Dinner pic. Jordan, Jeanine, Pappi, My mom, Dave and Pat Litte and Mer and me.
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Merdith got a hat and gloves from my parents (She was coming to church for the first time and needed something to cover up her Jew horns and claws).
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Fully wrapped and ready to go, we headed downstairs to discover that my parents had been plenty busy with a project of their own...
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...uh-oh! Look who got their very own monogrammed stocking over the chimney this year!
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...and here's me and Mer. (You love my Christmas sweater - go on, say it).