OK, so as of this writing (which is Friday), I am still nowhere near ready for Christmas. I’m not a procrastinator by nature, but Christmas gets me just about every year. I think I need to go get a Christmas tree so that I can feel the whole Christmas Spirit more wholly. Maybe a walk downtown to check out the shops and cute lights, or a trip to Candy Cane Lane will do the trick. Or maybe I just need to blast Mariah until I don’t have a choice but to feel the Christmas vibes.

Blaise Alexander Family Dealership’s Christmas Coloring Contest…

Holy moly! We have gotten a ton of entries for our Christmas Coloring Contest! Thank you so much to all the kids who entered! Tiramisu, Marzipan, and Chestnut are still hard at work sorting and judging all the entries. I’m not sure how they manage to get anything accomplished considering every time I see them they are either eating sugar or napping in the conference room. Everyone in the office has given up trying to clean up after them. We are just leaving everything be until we ship them home. Until then, everything will just be covered in frosting and glitter.

We will be announcing the winners to the contest in next week’s issue. There will also be a complete list of everyone who entered this year! There is still time to get your entries in, so go forth and color!

I also want to send another thank you to all of those supplying our great prizes! This year we have prizes from Flyworld, English Model Railroad, Elery Nau, Hooplas, Treasure Castle Playland, Harder Sporting Goods, Digiplex, Dairy Queen, Gustonian Gifts and Faxon Bowling!
Be sure to check out next week’s issue for all the winners!

Also, as you are out and about this holiday season, please don’t forget about those less fortunate than yourselves. The Salvation Army, American Rescue Workers, Toys for Tots, Family Promise, the Lycoming County United Way, the Central PA Food Bank and more can all use extra help during the holidays, so if you are able, please keep them in mind for Christmas donations. Tis the season of giving and there are a lot of people out there who could use an extra hand, not just at Christmas but throughout the year!

Side Note:

I want to take a quick sec to let you know that we have a couple of new writers joining us this week. Tom (page xx) and Sam (page xx) will be offering us their thoughts and musings. Tom was inspired by the work of Gerry Ayers and will be continuing in that same vein and Sam is a wonderful young lady I met recently that will be writing about music, both locally and beyond. Now, Sam and I have a connection, because when I first started writing for Webb Weekly, I also wrote a music column, so I couldn’t resist giving her the opportunity to do the same.