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| Christmas Eve started with dinner at Mom Santini's and the whole fam. |
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| The halls were decked out |
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| And the festivities began with a mean gingerbread competition. |
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| The men had serious business to attend to around the tube. |
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| Buddy hoping for some scraps |
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| Game on! |
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| It takes a lot of work to support your team. |
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| The Boyd dog |
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| an ice cream cone Christmas tree |
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| Ready to be judged |
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| Mark judging the houses |
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| Time to announce the winners |
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| The suspense! |
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| Pres and Madison win again- third year in a row! |
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| After the competition and dinner, we had the annual Christmas Eve program. |
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| JD was in charge this year. |
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| The theme this year was Touch of the Master's Hand |
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| As part o the program, we watched The Touch of the Master's Hand video. |
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| And then the presents! The Santinis do a cousin and sibling gift exchange, as well as get gifts from Nana and Nono. |
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| JD was too excited to wait until Christmas morning to give me my gift. He disguised the gift by putting a weight in a big shopping bag. I have been wanting a Kindle for forever! |
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| After everyone left and everyone went to bed, JD and I stayed up until 2 in the morning sneaking dessert and giggling like little kids. It was my favorite part of the night. |
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| Up in our bedroom- a complete disaster. |
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| We opened presents Christmas morning after church |
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| Simon liked playing with the package ribbon under the tree. |
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| "Santa" handing out presents |
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| Baby gifts!! |
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| Cute lil' diaper bag |
