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WITH THE HELP OF A DINING-ROOM CHAIR, the longest pair of tongs I could find in the kitchen and the gritting of my teeth, I've managed to light up the tree, (rescued yesterday to an upright, stable position by my Christmas-tree man).







Going off the same energy derived from that teeth-clenching, I managed to clean out (and clean up) the fridge, as well.





Looking at that sparkling tree and that sparkling fridge...my goodness, now I'm lit up, too!





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