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Pictures from Christmas in Fall River

By Laura Conrad | Published: December 29, 2009
They had a tree: And a crêche: They put more energy into decorating than I do, so there are also things like this mobile: They also do a lot of baking. Here's the baba after its second rising: I wasn't in a good position to take pictures at the party when all 40 people were [...]
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Christmas Eve in the melting pot

By Laura Conrad | Published: December 25, 2009
The clash between family tradition and the American protestant tradition was even more plangent with my sister’s new church. The Polish tradition is to have a large meal on Christmas Eve and then go to midnight mass. The American protestant tradition is to have a church service on Christmas Eve, and then the large meal [...]
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O Christmas Tree

By Laura Conrad | Published: December 21, 2009
Here's the tree as it came from the tree lot in Porter Square. Here it is after I trimmed enough off the top that I could put the angel on and put it on top of the subwoofer. And here it is trimmed. For some reason this year I didn't feel like putting on the [...]
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