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BRING THE FAMILY

Things to do during school vacation week

By Steve Greenlee

 |  Globe Staff  

  December 24, 2011

If tonight is the most wonderful night of the year for many children, then next week is among the most dreaded for many parents: school vacation week, cooped up in the house. It doesn’t have to be that way. Here are a bunch of ways to get out and about, should the new toys and trinkets fail to provide sufficient amusement at home.

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