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Christmas in Nice




We've had a busy holiday season with good friends visiting, lots of food, and much fun with our friends' new Wii.  All those years of step classes finally paid off as I achieved the highest score on the Wii Fit step activity.  Never mind that I was competing against children under the age of ten.  It still counts, especially as they beat me in EVERYTHING else.  Oh, except hula hoop.  I did pretty well there too.  Not the highest scorer, but close. Unfortunately, the Wii departed with our friends.  We miss the Wii.  A lot.  Oh, and our friends too.

So here's a picture of the living nativity scene in the center of Vieux Nice.  We all bundled up to go see this one afternoon.  There were live animals, but the old store mannequins dressed in crop pants and leg warmers were umm, just weird.

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