Ralph loves the holidays. Always has, always will. And, of course, having a wife whose family at least gives being Jewish a small wave and a kind smile now and then means more holidays
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There is a card in the mail, with a cheery, "Season's Greetings," picked out in gold glitter over a bright green tree ornament with gold glitter patterns.
Ralph has cards already to go out, all homemade, but pretty professional looking. All also include a new picture of Allanah. The outside of Bea's card has a series of numbers :
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9... and then finishing the fairly normal looking series with a great big, shiny number 10 in gold leaf.
Inside it reads : From 4 to a perfect 10, Happy Holidays.
There are two camps in Sue's family. The first one is represented by her parents. To earn money and status in a anti-Semitic environment, the first American "DerBonnan's," changed their name to the more Anglican "Dearbon," and either celebrated in secret or not at all. They just would find excuses not to eat ham sandwiches and the like in mixed company. Then there's the other side that came to join their American forerunners after the war. They survived Hell, fought Nazis, died in droves and otherwise gave a young Sue enough grounding to know there was something to life beyond the surface glitz of her upbringing. When she started to rebel as a teen, they sent her to an outcast retired PI uncle in Florida who swore in Yiddish and told her stories about Sandman and Green Lantern.
Which is why Ralph crashing her party was practically a sign from God.
Now? Their home on the moon is a mix of the decidedly secular with a veneer of tradition under a heavy dose of whimsy. There is a tree. Ralph insists on his real tree. It is
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On the inside, the card reads,
"Dear Sue and Ralph,
Hope your Holidays are the best!
~Love, Bea"
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The outside of Bea's card has a series of numbers :
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9... and then finishing the fairly normal looking series with a great big, shiny number 10 in gold leaf.
Inside it reads :
From 4 to a perfect 10, Happy Holidays.
-Love always,
The Dibneys
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Which is why Ralph crashing her party was practically a sign from God.
Now? Their home on the moon is a mix of the decidedly secular with a veneer of tradition under a heavy dose of whimsy. There is a tree. Ralph insists on his real tree. It is ( ... )
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