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# Yorkshire Pudding, and Christmas Eves Past, Present, and Future

December 24, 2013 1 min read 

The NYT invited me to write their Christmas Eve parenting post this year. It’s all about why this Christmas Eve will be very different for us than in the past.  Hope you’ll take a look. Happy Holidays, and Happy 2014, to all.

http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/24/yorkshire-pudding-once-for-nine-now-for-four/?\_r=0

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