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In 2020, kids still say the drollest things

Year-end parties in Japan are traditionally held as a way to leave the worst parts of the year behind. | GETTY IMAGES

Year-end parties in Japan are traditionally held as a way to leave the worst parts of the year behind. | GETTY IMAGES

By Michael Hoffman
Contributing writer

Dec 26, 2020

Kids say the drollest things.

Family, dinner, nice restaurant, good food, grandma’s treat. “Granny!” burbles the 5-year-old granddaughter. “You’re paying for all of us? Thank you!”

“You’re very welcome!” says grandma. “And when you’re grown up, you can take granny out for dinner, how’s that?”

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