cate and her brother play trivia at a bar in seattle once or twice a month, and cate’s brother usually invites shelby, a friend from college. last week, he “forgot” to invite her, but — AWKWARD! — she was at the bar that night anyway.
“shelby wrote this little gem on a napkin and had someone [...]

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“My family moved out of the house we grew up in seven years ago, and our old neighbor sent us this Christmas card,” writes Gloria in Los Angeles. (Gloria herself seems to have made a particularly strong impression.)

Meanwhile, in Providence, R.I., Jessica’s aunt seems to be doing her best to put the “X” in “X-mas.”

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