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This past weekend we threw our eighth holiday party in as many years. It was outrageous.

There are lots of choice tidbits and scads of photos, but right now I’m traveling to ice-pelleted NYC. As soon as I have some downtime the tale can be told.

For now, a photo that captures the tone of the evening pretty well.

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