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Visiting the McClellans for Christmas
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Christmas at the Grove
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It may not look like it, but our gingerbread houses get better every year
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Christmas at the Ashcraft's
Lake Arrowhead
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Now THAT is a gingerbread house
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We REALLY like card games (and fireplaces)
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Here duckies... Nice duckies....