Seattle, WA - The Thompsons, of the Capitol Hill neighborhood in Seattle, announced today that all holiday disputes would now be judged by VAR as they finished the installation of high framerate video cameras throughout the external and internal areas of their house.

“We needed to announce the law change before the extended family arrives on Monday,” stated Katie Thompson to The Nutmeg News. “And we are excited to take the human judgement out of the equation as it relates to important plays and family conflict.”

Sources within the family indicate that The Thompsons ran a test program of VAR over the Thanksgiving holiday as they attempted to work out any issues involved with rolling out the system for the upcoming season.

“It was important for us to have a period where we used the technology out of season to verify that it would work,” stated family Commissioner Linda “Grandmother” O'Hara. “VAR was officially used for the first time to instruct a referee on whether Aunt Phyllis actually brought a dish to share or not. The casserole dish she claimed was not given and credit was removed.”

The Thompsons indicate that they’ve instructed the original family referees to consult VAR on the case of a dispute over recipe infringement, excessive political fouls, penalties related to oversharing, red cards given for violent and unnecessary flatulence, rants that start with “back in my day”, offside calls relating to cousin on cousin interaction, conversation own goals, and mistaken identity stories.

“We utilized Gift Credit Technology last season and reports were highly positive,” stated O’Hara. “It really helped identify which gift giver scored and whether there were any secondary assists.”

The Nutmeg News will have more on this as Cousin Denny Lindholm stages a series of extraordinary in-livingroom protests over VAR decisions regarding the ownership of peanut butter cup THC edibles.