Four generations at Christmastime party

The 2007 Christmas gathering at the home of Daniel & Lorraine on Dec. 29 drew a bicoastal crowd of 21 ladies, gentlemen and children of all ages.

Traveling farthest to the festivities were Marie and Brian and their 1-year-old son Xander, visiting from Morgan Hill, Calif., on their first East Coast tour as a family.

The great-grandparents and everyone else were thrilled to meet the newest family member and re-connect with Marie & Brian. Xander was the life of the party, going strong for some five hours of fun.


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The happy crowd included Kathy & Ted; Genevieve, on a break from studies at Tufts, along with her boyfriend, John; Vivien on holiday from Cornell; Patrick; Brien; Kevin and Kathy, Shanna, Kevin, Dan and Julie, Christine and Andy, and Lorraine's sister Pat, visiting from Malta, N.Y.

There was a feast of many dishes, the usual chaotic gift-opening, and the traditional game of capture the flag with Marie, who started that particular tradition, taking part once again.

Watch this video of the gift-giving fun:



Xander's presence made this the first gathering of four generations of the family, founded lo-those-many-years-ago by Daniel and Lorraine.

Holiday concerts 2007

Andy performed with the Park Middle School 6th Grade Band at its winter concert Dec. 11, 2007. Andy is a percussionist and played various instruments - snare drum, bass tom, wood block, triangle, etc. -- during the concert. In this rendition of O Little Town of Bethlehem he's playing the bass tom.



Chris performed a saxophone solo at the Cecil Manor Elementary School Christmas Concert. Says proud mom Cathy: "Some day when he's a star we can say that this is where it all began!"


(At the end of the video, links to other videos posted at Photobucket.com appear. They are not from Cathy or Birch Street TV.)