At Lola's and Lolo's with Papa. Cuya Dan, Nolan and Shanti opening presents.

Lotto tickets, not sure if they're winning tickets yet. Auntie Lu, Mike and Matt arrived. Uncle Mendel had to work.

Melyssa drinking mimosas and traditional photos in the living room.



Lolo, the new Robitusin spokesmodel and here opening his present from Melyssa, an Old Navy sweater. The girls spent the rest of the evening looking at old photo albums that could possibly be used for blackmail someday. The boys watched a war movie.


Christmas Day 2002
In Danville with Claire's family.

Last photo before saying goodbye to Claire's family. NEXT STOP: Uncle Mendel's. Auntie and Mitey and a cute photo of Uncle Max and Lola Luisa.



Cute photo of Lolo. And the beginning of attempts to recreate the Manzano traditional Christmas photo on the stairs. Uncle Max received Very Sexy cologne from Auntie Lu and Uncle Mendel. I asked him to pose with his hand in his hair, under the mistletoe.

We were missing Melyssa, then she arrived. I had to bribe her to come and spend time with her cousins. Now the stair photo is complete.

Uncle Max was the photographer and look how many takes it took for all of us to get organized.

FINALLY!

Auntie Lu and Uncle Mike sitting back as we struggled to get organized. And Nolan picking up Lolo. Too bad I didn't get a photo with Lolo's feet dangling a couple of feet off the floor.

So that was Christmas this year. As usual, all the cousins went to get see a movie. Everyone went except Shanti. We went to see Leo's Gangs of New York. Mikey says it was "Anti-climatic." The following day we went ice skating at the Embarcardero Center in San Francisco.
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