Editor’s note: This is the fourth of a 12-chapter holiday tale running daily until Christmas. Parents are encouraged to read aloud to their children. “I don’t believe in Santa Claus,” Joy said defiantly, despite all the evidence surrounding her as she followed the man — Santa? — ...
Editor’s note: This is the third of a 12-chapter holiday tale running daily until Christmas. Parents are encouraged to read aloud to their children. Joy stared in disbelief as a short, pudgy man ran chaotically toward her, flailing his arms about. He was shorter than her, though it was ...
Editor’s note: This is the second of a 12-chapter holiday tale running daily until Christmas. Parents are encouraged to read aloud to their children. Just a few feet in front of Joy stood a massive fountain shaped like a gingerbread man, one taller than a house, holding a giant mug out in ...
Editor’s note: This is the first of a 12-chapter holiday tale running daily until Christmas. Parents are encouraged to read aloud to their children. Joy Noelle sat on the worn sofa, pretending to read the book open in her lap while she watched the other kids giggle and chatter as they placed ...
Editor’s note: This is the 11th chapter of the 12-part holiday tale “The Snow Elf,” running daily through Christmas morning. Parents are encouraged to read aloud to their children. Chapter 11 Getting shrunk down, packed up and mailed in a sack along with hundreds of envelopes ...
Editor’s note: This is the 10th chapter of the 12-part holiday tale “The Snow Elf,” running daily through Christmas morning. Parents are encouraged to read aloud to their children. CHAPTER 10 Anna and Alex Berry made their way across the Riverton Valley Mall, heading toward ...
Editor’s note: This is the ninth chapter of the 12-part holiday tale “The Snow Elf,” running daily through Christmas morning. Parents are encouraged to read aloud to their children. CHAPTER 9 Georgie gasped at the sight of the other elf. He jumped out of his chair and wrapped ...
Editor’s note: This is the eighth chapter of the 12-part holiday tale “The Snow Elf,” running daily through Christmas morning. Parents are encouraged to read aloud to their children. Chapter 8 The Riverton Valley Mall bustled with activity. Cheery holiday music blasted from ...
Editor's note: This is the seventh chapter of the 12-part holiday tale "The Snow Elf," running daily through Christmas morning. Parents are encouraged to read aloud to their children. By MEGAN SMITH Tribune Chronicle The ground fell away from them as the deer ran through the air, ...
Editor’s note: This is the sixth chapter of the 12-part holiday tale “The Snow Elf,” running daily through Christmas morning. Parents are encouraged to read aloud to their children. When they’d set off for the woods, Anna had walked with a bounce in her step. Even though she was ...
Editor’s note: This is the fifth chapter of the 12-part holiday tale “The Snow Elf,” running daily through Christmas morning. Parents are encouraged to read aloud to their children. Georgie the Elf sat on Anna’s polka-dotted bedspread, a worried frown on his face. He tapped his ...
Editor’s note: This is the fourth chapter of the 12-part holiday tale “The Snow Elf,” running daily through Christmas morning. Parents are encouraged to read aloud to their children. Chapter 4 Georgie Glitterfrost paced in a circle. “So there I was, trapped in my own ...
Editor’s note: This is the third chapter of the 12-part holiday tale “The Snow Elf,” running daily through Christmas morning. Parents are encouraged to read aloud to their children. “Thank you so very much for freeing me,” the elf ...
Editor’s note: This is the first chapter of the 12-part holiday tale “The Snow Elf,” running daily through Christmas morning. Parents are encouraged to read aloud to their children. CHAPTER 1 “Twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight.” Anna Berry ...
Editor’s note: This is the second chapter of the 12-part holiday tale “The Snow Elf,” running daily through Christmas morning. Parents are encouraged to read aloud to their children. Anna stared into the snow globe, her mouth open wide in ...