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Their father lived in Seattle now, and this was our first Christmas without him. She\u2019d gotten so responsible since the divorce; sometimes I forgot she was only eight.<\/p>\n

My mother, Patricia, had been bustling around in her Christmas apron, the one with the reindeer on it that she\u2019d worn every December 25th for the past twenty years. \u201cJust wait for Uncle Garrett and Aunt Jessica, sweetheart,\u201d she\u2019d told Tyler for the dozenth time.<\/p>\n

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Their father lived in Seattle now, and this was our first Christmas without him. She\u2019d gotten so responsible since the divorce; sometimes I forgot she was only eight. My mother, Patricia, had been bustling around in her Christmas apron, the one with the reindeer on it that she\u2019d worn every December 25th for the past…<\/p>\n

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