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The tree at Kathi & Rainer's
Lara gets the hang of this present thing.
She learns to rip them open.
What's this?
Another present!
Hey! Look at all these under here!
Mona Lara.
Lara is a big reader.
She got a new puppy to ...
... ride!
Giddyup!
From Harold!
From Marianne's dinner party:
John came over early to make his famous potato dish.
Contemplative potato mashing.
Expectant diners: Natasha, John, Jorge, Miriam.
A closer look at the three who don't prevent me from taking their picture.
Late into dinner - the turkey platter is cleared, the potato casserole mostly gone. I don't know what happened to the bowl of broccoli or the salad ... oh wait, the salad is peeking out in back of the bottle of white wine - red endives give it away.
Jorge was given a hat from the Beaver Palace as a Christmas present!
The diners are intent on peeling roasted chestnuts. Dessert was plentiful, to put it mildly: pumpkin pie, cheesecake by Miriam, apple pie, cookies, berries, chestnuts ...
After dinner, Jorge gets prone on the futon-couch.