Christmas future: I am building traditions with my boyfriend and I hope to keep doing so. With every year that goes by the holidays get bigger and brighter. I hope to grow and learn with him.

Christmas Present: I have spent the past 4 Christmases as a student at Letcher County Central High School. The school has brought me much stress, but also an opportunity to achieve and become a better educated citizen of the United States of America. I will forever hold these memories as some of the closest that I have ever had.

Christmas past: This picture shows how my family has been opening presents since before I was born. We always let the little kids open their presents before everyone else. They always have the smallest attention span, but that’s just how we get them to calm down long enough to open all presents.

Christmas past: Ever since I can remember, my family has hung this “countdown to Christmas ” christmas tree. While I was growing up, me and my sisters would take turns moving the little santa to the day that it was. It’s not Christmas without it!