Gebhart Family Christmas

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Nini and Sophie

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My grandma showed all of us some of her more treasured items, including a gold locket with her mother’s name, Zoe, engraved on it, money from Fiji my grandpa brought back from the war, and this beautiful quilt—handmade by her grandmother many years ago.

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present time!

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Sophie got another doll baby (so now she can practice for the two babies to arrive this spring) and a stroller, diaper bag and carrier from Great Grandma.

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present time!

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MaryBeth, Tammy, Josh and Sam

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gag gift time!

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Sophie preferred pushing her stroller to participating in the gag gift exchange. One year, many years ago, I got a tricycle for Christmas and I, too, rode it around the island in this very same kitchen.

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It snowed throughout the day on the farm.

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The kitchen also was fun for chase games with Pop Pop.

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Sophie loved singing Christmas songs and dancing with Amanda and Autumn.

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a tired Gregory and Suzanna

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a reluctant-to-go-home Sophie

“The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: The presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.” —Burton Hillis