Veronica’s house had never shone brighter than that Christmas Eve. J.J. had even helped her with animating all of the lights to give it that much more pizzazz.
William texted Liz and got her to pick them up in the VW bus sleigh that looked as if it had been decorated in the late 60’s in Haight-Ashbury. In fact it had and J.J. had picked up the van very cheaply and painstakingly restored it to its former glory.
They dropped Donald and Jolene off at his mom’s house in Taos, New Mexico. He hadn’t seen her in years and decided that the new him, Buddy, would get in touch with his family more often.
They dropped Leroy off in Chicago to celebrate Christmas with his extended family.
Everyone else headed back to The Pole to follow the progress of Mr. Claus as one more Christmas came to its inevitable conclusion.
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Thank you very much everyone for following along this year. I want to especially thank all of the lovely people in my new group of friends with dogs that gave inspiration to this year’s story. You have given an extra dimension to daily life in Berkeley.
I wish you all a great holiday and a wonderful new year…
