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Santa Grammie arrived on Thanksgiving weekend to surprise us with an early birthday celebration for Matt and Tyrian and an early Christmas for everyone. (We were going to be in Europe on the actual celebratory dates.)

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Chocolate cake for the Smyth Boys, of course!

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The kids admiring Techie Grammie's self-made musical card. Her theme for our march-to-his-own-drummer 16-year-old? Mama Cass' "Make Your Own Kind of Music"

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Lest we forget....

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Christmas in November.

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The ladies all got the memo to wear the same color scheme, leading to an impromptu holiday photo session.

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And Tyrian conveniently wore green to complete the Christmas motif.