Chapter 26
Atlanta, GA
Philip
THE REST OF THE year flew by in a rush of activity, not least of which was a huge gathering at Christmas. Charles insisted that I invite all of my siblings, but only Julien and Marie were able to come to Atlanta, as my other brothers had already made commitments to celebrate Christmas with their wives’ families.
Mark and Steven were old enough to appreciate that something special was happening, and we had a huge tree set up in the library. In the basement, Charles found a number of boxes of old decorations that we’d overlooked on previous Christmases and added them to the decorations we already had. The tree as well as the house was decorated to the hilt.
Steve and Roger celebrated Christmas morning opening gifts with us, then went to the Cartwrights’ for
