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Christmas Day at the House in Truckee

·Truckee, California, United States·#winter#christmas#family#holiday#lake tahoe#truckee
Two smiling people, one holding a green object, with a Christmas tree and wooden ceiling in the background.

Christmas at the house in Truckee, with the tree up in the corner under the beams and the dog in a red bandana, tolerating it. Snow had piled deep enough on the deck railing that the garland out there was mostly buried, a couple of its lights still burning through.

Santa showed up in the full suit — wire glasses, white gloves, a candy-striped sack — and sat for photos in the swivel chair by the big abstract painting. He got one lap-sit out of the grown-ups, from the one wearing the light-up bulb necklace, before the kids took over.

Dinner came together at the kitchen counter: arugula, pomegranate, feta, pears waiting on the cutting board, assembled by someone still wearing a green paper crown. One of the boys kept slipping away to the room with the synthesizers, gummy candy scattered across the desk next to the drum machine, and had to be fetched back to the couch more than once.

A person dressed as Santa Claus with a white beard and red suit sits indoors, with an abstract painting and window in the background.Two people, one in a Santa suit and another wearing a lights necklace and holding a striped bag, sit indoors.A snowy wooden fence with Christmas garland and lights, overlooking snow-covered trees and distant buildings at night.A black and white dog wearing a red bandana sits in front of a brightly lit Christmas tree.A white Christmas tree with decorations stands beside a window, revealing a snowy outdoor scene and holiday figures on the sill.A child with blonde hair and a green hoodie sits at a desk surrounded by music production equipment.Two children and a woman sit on a couch in a living room with a Christmas-decorated staircase and wood-paneled walls.A person in a green sweater and paper crown prepares a large salad with greens, feta, and pomegranate seeds in a kitchen.

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