Our Christmas logistics were a bit different
this year from our usual late Christmas after the second and third
generations have celebrated in the Bay Area. Instead, Dave and his
family came up early (Dec. 20), celebrated an early Christmas here with
Craig and his family on Dec. 23, and then stayed on to celebrate their
more complete Christmas with Mary and me on Dec. 25. Meanwhile, Craig
and his family drove to the Bay Area to celebrate with Jodie's family.
Barbara and family came up on December 26, and then Craig returned for
a visit on December 29. Whew, that's a mouthful. Here's a summary of
the sequence as presented in Web pages:
This Part 1 gives a few shots of our Christmas tree, and then Craig and
Jodie's visit on December 23 while Dave and family were here. Part 2
gives pictures from Christmas day with just Dave's family. Part 3 gives
pictures of Christmas with just Barbara and her family, and Part 4
gives pictures of Craig and Jodie's visit on December 29 while Barbara
and family were here. Whew, another mouthful, but don't worry, just
move from one Web page to the next and it will all become clear (I
hope!).
In the beginning ... Two days after Thanksgiving, Mary and I trekked
into the Landsburg Tree Farm on Rt. 49, about 8 miles north of Grass
Valley, and sawed down an 11-foot tree. We set it up in our living room
the weekend before Dave and Mickie arrived, complete with Mary's
Santa's Village.
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