On Christmas Day

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as a yearly tradition we went to our ancestral home in Catandala for the Christmas Day..small reunion of Perez family..



my beautiful and handsome cousins..


my Mamay Bastian..( brother of my Lola Quinay)




 our home..every year we went here..and when we were children we used to spend several days here during the Christmas season..


Thanks Heidi for the gift of Maroon 5 newest album..



thanks Blas for the wonderful time in Starbucks..


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