a thing in 25 photos in 2012 xmas showing 2012 only · show all years After dinner cocktail hour. Digestion lounge. Adult gifts! Bruce, Elyse & Maddy. Uncle Wayne, still the undisputed champ of the post-meal nap. Despite what I used to believe, the holidays are still pretty awesome if you don't eat meat. Later that afternoon, more family came over for some holiday feasting. ...for their stocking stuffers! Hahah. My mom is pretty funny. Other goodies included, chocolate pretzels, birthday candles in our names, and lottery tickets! We also scored scarves! Thanks, Mom! Three winters later and I still wear this guy all the time. I love my mom smiling in the background here. Brett double-checking a suspect bag of cookies to make sure my mom hadn't substituted real holiday treats with "healthy cookies." Coast is clear, they're the real McCoy! Brett and Amy getting ready to check out the loot in their stockings. Haha. ...we laid out DVDs for the ceremonial holiday watching. Bold choice! Back at the house that evening... We went down to Ann & Walt's house for Christmas Eve. Nice to watch kids unwrap a ton of presents! First Christmas! Holiday basket of pinecones and all I can think about is phyllotaxis , the pattern that leaves of a plant make in attaching to the stem, is pretty much the most interesting thing I keep coming back to these last few months. ...down to south Jersey to spend Christmas with my family! Dad & Teddy after dinner. In addition to a holiday party, it was also Franks' birthday! Here's Liz sneaking up on Frank with a cake mid-song. Call out a song and Frank can play it! ...Frank & Liz's Holiday party! Later that evening, I met up with Grant & Amanda and we took the train out to Brooklyn to attend... 
