November birthdays all share one table this year. We lay out the birthday ledger, light a candle for every celebrant — including Bessie, Jenny, and Robert — and the youngest cousin cuts the first slice for the eldest present.
Afternoon programme
Parlour games from the 1960s reunion book, the birthday songs each branch claims as its own, and story time with Eleanor, who reads from the kitchen ledger. Bring one photograph of your own November birthdays for the memory wall.