Tuesday, February 11, 2025

The holidays have a special meaning to all of us. It could be the sights and sounds of the children sled riding down the...

Tyler Moff Berlin Center, Ohio Age:10 I was out doing chores. It was Christmas Eve. I did all my chores but I forgot one. This chore that...

Athena Pantelides, 10 yrs. Louisville, Ohio Snowla the cat was watching the snow fall outside of her house. Snowla’s owner spoiled her. You see...

By Tori Miller Vickery, Ohio Age 8 Honorable Mention “Mom, I’m going to bed,” said Sierra, yawning. But before she went to bed, she looked at her calendar....

By Anna Perkins Westfield Township, Ohio Age 16 Winner Family. A Christmas tree. Singing carols on a neighbor’s doorstep. Watching her children’s delight at receiving the...

Honorable mention: Veronica Easterday, 14, of North Bloomfield Beep! Beep! Beep! Santa lazily covered his head with his pillow trying to block out the...

Second place: Alex Keck, 17, of Hanoverton, Ohio It was early December of 1933, the height of the Great Depression in the tiny Pennsylvania coal...

By Brandon Hozian Kirtland, Ohio Age 11 Winner There once was an evergreen tree that got planted in a forest. It wanted to grow to be a...

By Abbey Benninghoff Bessemer, Pa. Age 17 Honorable mention Up at dawn, doing chores at six years of age may sound crazy, but for Grace, she thrived...

Christmas stories of love, wishes, lessons learned and animals filled our mailbox and inboxes in the past few weeks and we couldn’t have been...