A Long December - By Angela
Part 9
"Francisco! Angelina! Richard! Anthony! Michael! Nancy! Jonathan!" A short, squat women with gray hair and a slight foreign accent came bustling through the front doors.
"Grandma!" Angela cried as she hugged the woman.
"Ohh, ohh, Frankie, look at chu!" A wrinkled old man with slightly buck teeth, a large nose, and smiling eyes grabbed Frankie's cheek. He grinned, seeming to enjoy pinching his grandson's cheek.
"Hi Grandpa," Frankie mumbled.
"Eh, that's a boy. Give your grandfather a hug now," the man said, releasing Frankie's cheek.
There was much talk and laughter as more relatives streamed through the front doors. There was Great Aunt Rosie and Great Uncle Leo, Grandpa and Grandma, Tony, the oldest brother with his wife, Nancy and their children, Frankie and Michael, then Richard, and his children, Angela and Johnny, Pete, his wife, Vicki and their two girls, Amanda and Jean, Vicki's brother, Jonah, his wife, Annette and their three kids, Serena, Anna, and Henry, James, his wife, Harriet, Harriet's sister, Maureen, her husband, Allen, and their daughter, Josephine, and finally, the youngest brother, William. The normally calm DeLanci household was in utter chaos with 26 relatives staying there until the new year.
