The family will celebrate Christmas when both daughters are finally home.

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Birthdays, Thanksgiving and Christmas were a bundle of fun, a time to celebrate as family.

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That's exactly what Ann and Tom Kent did when they took their kids and grandkids to the Galapagos Islands last Christmas to celebrate their 50th anniversary, a trip arranged by Thomson Family Adventures.

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