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Christmas 2005

Marley heartily enjoys a stocking stuffer from Santa. No, not Office Space--the green toothbrush thingy she's chewing on. This gift was a bigger hit than the ill-fated Pet Massager she would later receive. (See below)

From left, MerBear, Mom and Dad at the House of Brooks on Christmas morning.

Can't no one say my dad doesn't know what the ladies like! Mom tries out her brand new broom and dustpan, for which Dad shopped all over town. His criteria included comfort grip, quiet bristles and a sleek ultra-flat plastic design in an effort to eliminate that hard-to-sweep last line of dust.

Chris opens up a dapper shirt and tie combo.


Mer opens up her jewelry box, a new home for all her gauche costume jewelry.



Marley expresses her dissatisfaction with the Pet Massager, a vibrating gadget with a rubberized comb for soothing strokes. In this photo, she politely shows her teeth at it (and me) after growing tired of us using it on her and laughing at her reaction.











A gift for Marley rests unopened with her, as she contemplates how cool it would be to have opposable thumbs like Chris and Kel.

Christmas at 8523 Wagon Wheel! From left, Kathy, Brett and Nesta enjoy the preliminary holiday festivities as we have our Christmas with Kathy, Brett and Andy (and of course, Duke and Nesta!) on Dec. 17 before a nice dinner at Chadwick's in Alexandria.

Brett opens up his Michigan beer mug while Marley uses her laser-beam stare from under the tree to try and get a message to a preoccupied Kelly. Below, Andy (background) and Brett open more stuff.

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