In case you're wondering where Katherine, Michael and Emily had got to, they were actually at the party - but THIS year, found themselves doing all the photography, since Errol Stanley Ryder (editor of Peeple Magazine) was frantically rushing to get a LATE EDITION to bed.. But in spite of thin numbers, the party gradually began to warm up, as people started to chat with each other...
...While her father, Pablo, sang baby Robin (just recovering from her very first cold) haunting Spanish lullabies, which soon had her sleeping peacefully....
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Amid all the hubbub, nobody heard little Rose Haney voice what ALL the children had been thinking...
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It seems Horace's explanation of Christmas had been a leeet-le bit hazy. The pirates, regrettably, didn't quite get the process right... But suddenly, great-great-great-great-great-great Grandpa Hambone spots one of his DESCENDANTS - and becomes positively FRIENDLY! And then C. J. McLeod spots her great-great-great-great-great-great ancestor - and Nancy spies HORACE! Good Isobel is forced to make an INTRODUCTION...
Meanwhile, Officer Don has quickly taken charge of the situation, and Apprehended Captain Hambone!
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A STRANGE and UNEXPECTED event suddenly happens... Shocked, Holly Noelle recognises herself in Good Isobel's unkind and judgmental response!
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