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XLVIII. The Very First Christmas
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Christmas is a period of love, of happiness, of good cheer, it is a period when the whole world celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, it is a period where everything looks festive, where the clothes are different, where Santa comes out for the first time in a year, where gifts are exchanged, but most of all it is a time for family.
Rhea was happy, that year was extremely special, it was something she could not really explain, it was the first Christmas her Theo and Jason would spend together.
She wanted by all means to make the Christmas memorable, the next year was going to mark their on year in Chicago, their relationship was going strong and Theo was going to turn two in the new year.
He was even more active and could count from A to Z, properly, he could talk, albeit clearly and he was the little mischief maker, always keeping Rhea on her toes.
He was growing to look more and more like his father with h
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