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Last week, we had our annual au pair holiday party.\u00a0 We joined another cluster in Lexington and went to the Yantze River Restaurant in Lexington Center.<\/p>\n

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Au pairs ate from the plentiful buffet, did a yankee swap game and sang holiday songs in their language.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \"\"<\/p>\n

We ended the meeting by caroling around the Lexington Center Christmas tree.<\/p>\n

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For more photos and some videos please visit Holiday Party<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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