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      |  | Christie and Brad invited their
        family and friends for a Christmas Decorating Party. Her sister and
        family brought their red basket filled with Decorations and candy and
        joined in. | 
    
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      |  | Midge is hanging up a wreath with a
        teddy on the back of the stairs. | 
    
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      |  | Another wreath going up
        somewhere... ...and a green glass ornament. | 
    
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      |  | "Where shall I put
        this??" "Hey Rasmus, you've got the wrong holiday.
        Put that back."  "WHY??"  | 
    
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      |  | Gotta look in the Xmas chest to see
        if we can find something better... | 
    
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      |  | Now THIS could work! | 
    
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      |  | Tommy found a red glass ornament
        that he would like some help with. | 
    
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      |  | Midge is seeing to that the kids
        does this right. | 
    
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      |  | "Mommy! Look what I've got! I
        helped Emma make some Gingerbread and decorated it with Sugar so we
        can hang some up for Christmas." Tommy carries a "Adventsljusstake" that he wants to put in the
        window and Skipper holds an angel she will hang up there too.
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      |  | A plate of decorated Gingerbreads
        to put in the tree. | 
    
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      |  | "Aaaahh. It's
        beautiful!" Mickey and Tommy are looking at the candeleer
        and a Santa house on the table and the angel in the window.  | 
    
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      |  | "Which star will we use?
        Mine?" "NO, MINE!"
 Oskar and Mickey fights over which color of
        star to put in the top of the tree.  | 
    
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      |  | "YAYYY!!" Mickey is jumping up and down as Brad chose his
        star for the top.  | 
    
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      |  | "Hmmmm, How do I get it up
        there?? Can someone find me a ladder??" | 
    
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      |  | Now, what's this?? | 
    
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      |  | Ahaa, the boys playing with the
        lights! Tommy, Oskar, Mickey and Rasmus that is. They could hardly stand
        still for the photo as they so much wanted to help Brad get it up in the
        tree. | 
    
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      |  | Aaaaaahhh. Beautiful... And the
        yellow star is in the top. Now we are done! | 
    
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      |  | Phew. It's nice to sit down for a
        minute and have a zip of that spicey Glögg. Where is it?? Oh, Brad must
        be in the kitchen fixing it while the ladies get some rest. Mickey and Oskar are checkin out the Santa
        snowglobe on the table.  | 
    
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      |  | Look who's coming!!!! | 
    
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      |  | Santa is visiting and stopped to
        pose with some gifts and his goat. | 
    
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      |  | Another portrait. | 
    
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      |  | And he even took time to sit down
        with Christie and her friends and family. The kids got lots of
        gifts. | 
    
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      |  | Tommy, Ronja and Rosie are looking
        at some of their presents. | 
    
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      |  | Tom and Tommy are playing Drummer
        Boys here and Ronja got a tiny doll for xmas as you can see to their
        right. | 
    
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      |  | A new Monopoly game for the bigger
        kids. Deidre wants to try it, but Stacie talks her out of it - "You
        will only loose the dice" "You're no fair!! I would NOT!" | 
    
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      |  | Chris' sister's babies got an angel
        and a doll. Prissy is very pleased over her new baby doll. | 
    
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      |  | The whole room full of happy
        people. Teresa came with her li'l Lucia too. | 
    
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