Christmas at the 4235 Stanton Ave. Farrell's homestead is quite an experience. In a house fit for maybe a dozen or so people to co-habituate, our family (literally) squeezes in about 40+ people under one roof. It is a fantastic holiday tradition, albeit somewhat suicidal after about 15 minutes of holiday exposure, as there are not enough chairs or space to move around in. That said, we do love seeing all the relatives, and treasure sharing Christmas Day with each other. Thanks to Maggie and Gram for offering their place to everyone to celebrate and make messes. They are good sports although one wonders how many more years we can do this until we need to rent a hall or something bigger with the coming generations.
Santa came for a visit, and handed out gifts to all the great grand kids. Uncle Jim from California was with us this year, as his family took a 6 week trip to Brazil and dropped him off at Maggie's house.
A standard tradition of each Christmas is to get a photo of each of the generations and sub groups outside near the Farrell arch. I will post each of those shots following these pictures. Meanwhile, here are the Farrell Great Grandchildren. Note that Tristan refused Santa and walked off the set not wanting his picture taken.
Christmas at the 4235 Stanton Ave. Farrell's homestead is quite an experience. In a house fit for maybe a dozen or so people to co-habituate, our family (literally) squeezes in about 40+ people under one roof. It is a fantastic holiday tradition, albeit somewhat suicidal after about 15 minutes of holiday exposure, as there are not enough chairs or space to move around in. That said, we do love seeing all the relatives, and treasure sharing Christmas Day with each other. Thanks to Maggie and Gram for offering their place to everyone to celebrate and make messes. They are good sports although one wonders how many more years we can do this until we need to rent a hall or something bigger with the coming generations.
Santa came for a visit, and handed out gifts to all the great grand kids. Uncle Jim from California was with us this year, as his family took a 6 week trip to Brazil and dropped him off at Maggie's house.
A standard tradition of each Christmas is to get a photo of each of the generations and sub groups outside near the Farrell arch. I will post each of those shots following these pictures. Meanwhile, here are the Farrell Great Grandchildren. Note that Tristan refused Santa and walked off the set not wanting his picture taken.
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