Some parties were bigger than others.

After the New Year's Eve meal, some guests lingered at the dining room table:

Suburban Chicago, December 31, 1963. My Parents host New Year's Eve. By this time, they had redecorated the dining room. There were so many guests that we pulled in extra chairs.

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Suburban Chicago, December 31, 1963. Some guests even ate in the kitchen, where the clock on the intercom panel still didn't work. My paternal Grandmother, Tatjana, sits on the left.