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Here’s a copy of the Christmas card I sent to my extended family. I had them printed out at work so Grandma and Grandpa can display it proudly on their mantle. Joy!

Dec 5th, 1988
Happy Holidays everyone!

It’s been another great year for the family. Luckily, we all still have our limbs! So many things have happened this year, I only wish there was enough room to tell you everything!

As you can see, we have a new addition to the family. Ebony will be 1 on January 15th. She has been working on a book The Semantics of Names. She has also started to learn how to play her cello in pizzicato. She is a bundle of joy, and we really enjoy when she fills the house with the Elgar Cello Concerto 4th Movement. She has a concert next week with Yehudi Menuhin. We are really excited to see it.

Jessica is wearing what’s called a cheongsam. She bought that while studying abroad in Lijiang through her elementary school’s foreign exchange program. Ever since she got back, she has dedicated her time to fighting the PRC. She hopes to go back to help the Labor Activists protest at a plaza in the middle of Beijing sometime in May. We are proud of her for taking such a bold stance against communism.

Little David has a lot of individuality that he’s trying to express. He insisted on wearing that outfit because he wanted to feel “fresh” for the picture. His breakdance lessons are coming along quite well. We drop him off in the Bronx after school, where Prof. DJ Kool Herc “mixes” up some “fat” “beats” for him to “dance” to.

Joshua and James just turned 7 this summer. When Jessica went to China, they began experimenting with her Easy Bake oven. Everyone liked the treats so much, our two little entrepreneurs started charging and people didn’t mind paying. They did so well, they were able to start a pastry chain, “Brxxxxer Bros Buns”. They now have 10 stores scattered across the state.

William just started the 8th grade this fall after getting an Honorable Discharge from the Iraq-Iran conflict. We are blessed that he came down with SIDS before his platoon went back into the battlefield. William was flown back to the states where he made a full recovery.

Lisa and I have been doing great raising our happy family. With the enormous raise I got last year, we were finally able to move into a house that has 8 bedrooms; one for each of the kids, one for us, and one for experimentation.

I hope this past year has treated you as well as it has treated us. Have a Merry Christmas, a Happy Hanukkah, a Crazy Kwanzzaa, a Tip-Top Tet, and a quiet dignified Ramadan!
Love,
The Bxxxxxr Family