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Oh Hey, December!

Forget the tree lighting at Rockefeller Center. This is what’s going on in the lobby of my office! And we didn’t even have to have a Justin Bieber performance, which I’m genuinely grateful for (if that kid’s not singing “Baby” feat. Ludacris, I really don’t want anything to do with it).

I’ve had a cold this entire week, and I can’t smell anything, so I have no idea if this tree is real or not, but I do know it’s real pretty. We also have a whole mess of wreaths and hanging thingies and a gigantic menorah. Multicultural! And let’s not forget the plethora of Christmas music playing over the lobby speakers, including, but not limited to Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas.” Seriously, if there is a heaven, this would be it.

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Thanksgiving: Where the Turkey and the Dancefloor are on Fire

As I said yesterday, my Thanksgiving dinner this year was…interesting. Fantastic, but full of hijinks. So I wanted to give you a little taste of the pre-turkey antics. Pay special attention to how delighted Brett’s brother Trevor looks in the background. And then watch as he leans over to Elizabeth and tells her he needs a sign that says “we still haven’t eaten.”

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When Thanksgiving Goes Terribly Wrong

I hope everyone had a fantastic, stupendous, momentous Thanksgiving.

This was the first Turnbull Thanksgiving without Nana (bless her heart, thankyoujeeeeesus) in the kitchen. And the best way I can put it is that shit went awry. For your amusement, I’ve included a list below of all crazy from my family’s Thanksgiving festivities. Five of these things did not happen. If you can name all five, you win a prize of some sort.

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