Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Holiday Story Contest

Holiday Story Contest

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

By Danielle Schumaker Loudonville, Ohio Age 9 Winner The North Pole postman is as busy as can be as millions of children across the world send their...

By Chet Cornman Freeport, Pa. Third place The floorboard creaked and Amy froze. Someone was out there all right. Carefully, oh so carefully, she extended her neck...

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...

By Destini Smith Vickery, Ohio Age 12 Winner De was in school. It was the end of the day, right before the bell rang, when her...