Happy Holidays from Don and Donna

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Season's Greetings...Merry Christmas...Happy Hanukkah...Happy Kwanzaa...Joyeux Noel...Feliz Navidad or whichever other holiday you celebrate.

We didn't decorate our room at all this year for the holidays.  We simply walked around DC and took the pictures you see below.  It was enough to get us in the holiday spirit!





















Wishing you joy and peace now and in the new year!

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