Kindergarteners cheer from the stage of the Majestic Theater in Conway as Santa enters the room during the annual "Gingerbread Hunt" with Pine Tree Elementary School students on Dec. 21. The kindergarteners traveled all around the town to track down their missing paper gingerbread people. (RACHEL SHAPRLES PHOTO)
Principal Aimee Frechette (center left) and the kindergartners ask Santa for help in finding their missing gingerbread people at the Majestic Theater in Conway during the annual "Gingerbread Hunt" with Pine Tree Elementary School students on Dec. 21. The kindergarteners traveled all around the town to track down their missing paper gingerbread people. (RACHEL SHAPRLES PHOTO)
Principal Aimee Frechette (left) reads "The Night Before Christmas" as student-teachers act out the story from the stage of the Majestic Theater in Conway during the annual "Gingerbread Hunt" with Pine Tree Elementary School students on Dec. 21. The kindergarteners traveled all around the town to track down their missing paper gingerbread people. (RACHEL SHAPRLES PHOTO)
A kindergartener smiles with Santa and her recently found gingerbread person at the Majestic Theater in Conway during the annual "Gingerbread Hunt" with Pine Tree Elementary School students on Dec. 21. The kindergarteners traveled all around the town to track down their paper gingerbread people. (RACHEL SHAPRLES PHOTO)
Conway Police Detective Sgt. Jonathan Hill collects "evidence" from a kindergartner from the missing gingerbread people in the police department's conference room during the annual "Gingerbread Hunt" with Pine Tree Elementary School students on Dec. 21. The kindergarteners traveled all around the town to track down their paper gingerbread people. (RACHEL SHAPRLES PHOTO)
Conway Police officers, kindergartners, and their teachers smile for a group picture in the police department's conference room during the annual "Gingerbread Hunt" with Pine Tree Elementary School students on Dec. 21. The kindergarteners traveled all around the town to track down their paper gingerbread people. (RACHEL SHAPRLES PHOTO)
Conway Police Sgt. Michael Boucher, a crowd of kindergartners, and their teachers cheer as they find one of their missing gingerbread people in one of the cruisers at the police department during the annual "Gingerbread Hunt" with Pine Tree Elementary School students on Dec. 21. The kindergarteners traveled all around the town to track down their paper gingerbread people. (RACHEL SHAPRLES PHOTO)
Conway Police Sgt. Michael Boucher and a crowd of kindergartners discover one of their missing gingerbread people in one of the cruisers at the police department during the annual "Gingerbread Hunt" with Pine Tree Elementary School students on Dec. 21. The kindergarteners traveled all around the town to track down their paper gingerbread people. (RACHEL SHAPRLES PHOTO)
Conway Police Sgt. Michael Boucher reads the first clue to give kindergartners' directions for finding their missing gingerbread people during the annual "Gingerbread Hunt" with Pine Tree Elementary School students on Dec. 21. The kindergarteners traveled all around the town to track down their paper gingerbread people. (RACHEL SHAPRLES PHOTO)
Conway Police Sgt. Michael Boucher takes notes as kindergartners call out the characteristics of their missing gingerbread people in the police department's conference room during the annual "Gingerbread Hunt" with Pine Tree Elementary School students on Dec. 21. The kindergarteners traveled all around the town to track down their paper gingerbread people. (RACHEL SHAPRLES PHOTO)
Conway Town Manager John Eastman reads the second clue from at town hall to give kindergartners' directions for finding their missing gingerbread people during the annual "Gingerbread Hunt" with Pine Tree Elementary School students on Dec. 21. The kindergarteners traveled all around the town to track down their paper gingerbread people. (RACHEL SHAPRLES PHOTO)
A kindergartener smiles with his missing gingerbread person he found at Conway Town Hall during the annual "Gingerbread Hunt" with Pine Tree Elementary School students on Dec. 21. The kindergarteners traveled all around the town to track down their paper gingerbread people. (RACHEL SHAPRLES PHOTO)
Fourth graders from the Molly Ockett School sing Christmas carols like "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "Winter Wonderland," and "Jingle Bell Rock" to the residents of the Bella Point assisted living facility in Fryeburg on Dec. 22. Teacher Brandon Knox noted that it had been a few years since students had caroled there because of the pandemic but he was glad that the class could again spread holiday cheer to the elderly. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fourth graders from the Molly Ockett School sing Christmas carols like "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "Winter Wonderland," and "Jingle Bell Rock" to the residents of the Bella Point assisted living facility in Fryeburg on Dec. 22. Teacher Brandon Knox noted that it had been a few years since students had caroled there because of the pandemic but he was glad that the class could again spread holiday cheer to the elderly. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Santa and Ms. Candy Cane (volunteer Anne Marie Ehler) talk with Fryeburg resident Karen Mills (right) and others at the table in the Gibson Center for Senior Services' Sprague Dining Room during lunch on Dec. 20 on a visit to greet seniors and hand out presents. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Santa and Ms. Candy Cane (volunteer Anne Marie Ehler) talk with Bartlett resident Fred Chandler (center), Fryeburg resident Karen Mills (right of center), and others at the table in the Gibson Center for Senior Services' Sprague Dining Room during lunch on Dec. 20 on a visit to greet seniors and hand out presents. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Friends of Conway Rec President Jolene Gushee decorates a cookie for Elijah Clanton, 4, of Albany at the Conway Recreation Department's annual "Letters to Santa" holiday event in Conway Village on Dec. 19. The event included photos with Santa, cookie and ornament decorating, a reindeer food station, and other festive treats. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Chip Kennett Teen Center Coordinator Robby Moody (second from left) talks with the Clanton family of Albany (from left Elijah, 4; Jude, 9; and Ave, 8) before hadning them each presents at the Conway Recreation Department's annual "Letters to Santa" holiday event in Conway Village on Dec. 19. The event included photos with Santa, cookie and ornament decorating, a reindeer food station, and other festive treats. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The Clanton family of Albany (Jude, 9, at the left; Ave, 8, at the right and dad Josh with Elijah, 4, in the center back) paint their ornaments at the Conway Recreation Department's annual "Letters to Santa" holiday event in Conway Village on Dec. 19. The event included photos with Santa, cookie and ornament decorating, a reindeer food station, and other festive treats. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The Clanton family of Albany (Ave, 8, at back left; Jude, 9, at center back; and dad Josh with Elijah, 4, at front right) paint their ornaments at the Conway Recreation Department's annual "Letters to Santa" holiday event in Conway Village on Dec. 19. The event included photos with Santa, cookie and ornament decorating, a reindeer food station, and other festive treats. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Elijah Clanton, 4, of Albany paints a snowman ornament at the Conway Recreation Department's annual "Letters to Santa" holiday event in Conway Village on Dec. 19. The event included photos with Santa, cookie and ornament decorating, a reindeer food station, and other festive treats. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Jude Clanton, 9, of Albany paints a tree ornament at the Conway Recreation Department's annual "Letters to Santa" holiday event in Conway Village on Dec. 19. The event included photos with Santa, cookie and ornament decorating, a reindeer food station, and other festive treats. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Families pick out and paint ceramic ornaments at the Conway Recreation Department's annual "Letters to Santa" holiday event in Conway Village on Dec. 19. The event included photos with Santa, cookie and ornament decorating, a reindeer food station, and other festive treats. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Volunteer Grace Murphy smiles with Santa on the front steps at the Conway Recreation Department's annual "Letters to Santa" holiday event in Conway Village on Dec. 19. The event included photos with Santa, cookie and ornament decorating, a reindeer food station, and other festive treats. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The Lane family (from left Kristen, Kendall, 11, and Rec Director Mike) smile for a photo with Santa at the Conway Recreation Department's annual "Letters to Santa" holiday event in Conway Village on Dec. 19. The event included photos with Santa, cookie and ornament decorating, a reindeer food station, and other festive treats. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Administrative Office Assistant Lynore Wagner and Chip Kennett Teen Center Coordinator Robby Moody smile together with a present from the "Santa's Workshop" station at the Conway Recreation Department's annual "Letters to Santa" holiday event in Conway Village on Dec. 19. The event included photos with Santa, cookie and ornament decorating, a reindeer food station, and other festive treats. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Nutrition Coordinator Kristen Santuccio passes out plates of food as seniors gather the Gibson Center for Senior Services' Sprague Dining Room for one of two Christmas lunches on Dec. 15. Center staff noted that the day before drew the highest attendance they've had in quite a while, and they hope the high attendance continues for a visit from Santa on Dec. 20 and a "Twelve Days of Christmas" sing-a-long time on Jan. 6. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Volunteer Gloria Smith passes out plates of food as seniors gather the Gibson Center for Senior Services' Sprague Dining Room for one of two Christmas lunches on Dec. 15. Center staff noted that the day before drew the highest attendance they've had in quite a while, and they hope the high attendance continues for a visit from Santa on Dec. 20 and a "Twelve Days of Christmas" sing-a-long time on Jan. 6. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
(From left)Volunteer Gloria Smith, Nutrition Coordinator Kristen Santuccio, and volunteer Anne Marie Ehler smile together after passing out plates of food as seniors gather at the Gibson Center for Senior Services' Sprague Dining Room for one of two Christmas lunches on Dec. 15. Center staff noted that the day before drew the highest attendance they've had in quite a while, and they hope the high attendance continues for a visit from Santa on Dec. 20 and a "Twelve Days of Christmas" sing-a-long time on Jan. 6. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Seniors dig into their ham dinners at the Gibson Center for Senior Services' Sprague Dining Room for one of two Christmas lunches on Dec. 15. Center staff noted that the day before drew the highest attendance they've had in quite a while, and they hope the high attendance continues for a visit from Santa on Dec. 20 and a "Twelve Days of Christmas" sing-a-long time on Jan. 6. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Linda Reid (front right) and her fellow volunteers collect leftover dishes as around 80 seniors pack the Gibson Center for Senior Services' Sprague Dining Room for one of two Christmas lunches on Dec. 14. Center staff noted that this is the highest attendance they've had in quite a while, and they hope the high attendance continues for the second Christmas lunch on Dec. 15, a visit from Santa on Dec. 20, and a "Twelve Days of Christmas" sing-a-long time on Jan. 6. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Linda Reid (front right) and her fellow volunteers collect leftover dishes as around 80 seniors pack the Gibson Center for Senior Services' Sprague Dining Room for one of two Christmas lunches on Dec. 14. Center staff noted that this is the highest attendance they've had in quite a while, and they hope the high attendance continues for the second Christmas lunch on Dec. 15, a visit from Santa on Dec. 20, and a "Twelve Days of Christmas" sing-a-long time on Jan. 6. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Quentin Lewis (right) and his fellow volunteers collect leftover dishes as around 80 seniors pack the Gibson Center for Senior Services' Sprague Dining Room for one of two Christmas lunches on Dec. 14. Center staff noted that this is the highest attendance they've had in quite a while, and they hope the high attendance continues for the second Christmas lunch on Dec. 15, a visit from Santa on Dec. 20, and a "Twelve Days of Christmas" sing-a-long time on Jan. 6. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Around 80 seniors, plus a handful of volunteers, pack the Gibson Center for Senior Services' Sprague Dining Room for one of two Christmas lunches on Dec. 14. Center staff noted that this is the highest attendance they've had in quite a while, and they hope the high attendance continues for the second Christmas lunch on Dec. 15, a visit from Santa on Dec. 20, and a "Twelve Days of Christmas" sing-a-long time on Jan. 6. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Guest Soloist from the North Shore Skating Club Lauren Widrick arches to hold her skate to "The Bells of St. Paul" at the Mount Washington Valley Skating Club's "Travel the World for the Holidays" show at the Ham Arena in Conway on Dec. 3. The event featured skaters from the club and guest skaters from the North Shore Skating Club performing to various holiday pieces. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Guest Soloist from the North Shore Skating Club Annie Demaso smiles to the crowd during her "Believe" routine at the Mount Washington Valley Skating Club's "Travel the World for the Holidays" show at the Ham Arena in Conway on Dec. 3. The event featured skaters from the club and guest skaters from the North Shore Skating Club performing to various holiday pieces. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Guest Soloist from the North Shore Skating Club Lauren Widrick spins low to the ice to "The Bells of St. Paul" at the Mount Washington Valley Skating Club's "Travel the World for the Holidays" show at the Ham Arena in Conway on Dec. 3. The event featured skaters from the club and guest skaters from the North Shore Skating Club performing to various holiday pieces. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Jeni Wilder glides along the ice during the "Thanksgiving" performance at the Mount Washington Valley Skating Club's "Travel the World for the Holidays" show at the Ham Arena in Conway on Dec. 3. The event featured skaters from the club and guest skaters from the North Shore Skating Club performing to various holiday pieces. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Sativa Hoeflich and Jeni Wilder glide along the ice during their "Kwanza Celebration" performance at the Mount Washington Valley Skating Club's "Travel the World for the Holidays" show at the Ham Arena in Conway on Dec. 3. The event featured skaters from the club and guest skaters from the North Shore Skating Club performing to various holiday pieces. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Guest Soloist from the North Shore Skating Club Annie Demaso smiles to the crowd during her "Believe" routine at the Mount Washington Valley Skating Club's "Travel the World for the Holidays" show at the Ham Arena in Conway on Dec. 3. The event featured skaters from the club and guest skaters from the North Shore Skating Club performing to various holiday pieces. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Olivia Sandahl spins during her "Christmas Sarajevo" performance at the Mount Washington Valley Skating Club's "Travel the World for the Holidays" show at the Ham Arena in Conway on Dec. 3. The event featured skaters from the club and guest skaters from the North Shore Skating Club performing to various holiday pieces. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Younger skaters (with Amerlia Barboza in the front left) travel along the ice at the Mount Washington Valley Skating Club's "Travel the World for the Holidays" show at the Ham Arena in Conway on Dec. 3. The event featured skaters from the club and guest skaters from the North Shore Skating Club performing to various holiday pieces. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Younger skaters travel along the ice at the Mount Washington Valley Skating Club's "Travel the World for the Holidays" show at the Ham Arena in Conway on Dec. 3. The event featured skaters from the club and guest skaters from the North Shore Skating Club performing to various holiday pieces. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Root Cellar Salon stylist Darlene Reardon works on "Who" hairstyle for Savannah Reed, 6, of Bartlett at the North Conway Community Center's "Grinchmas" celebration, which included games, hot chocolate, showings of the classic animated movie, and a Who hair salon, on Dec. 3. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Root Cellar Salon stylist Bonnie Ellis-Johnson poofs up the hair of Isabelle Fahey, 3, of Madison for a "Who" hairstyle at the North Conway Community Center's "Grinchmas" celebration, which included games, hot chocolate, showings of the classic animated movie, and a Who hair salon, on Dec. 3. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Root Cellar Salon stylists (from left) Bonnie Ellis-Johnson and Darlene Reardon work on "Who" hairstyles forIsabelle Fahey, 3, of Madison (left) and Savannah Reed, 6, of Bartlett (right) at the North Conway Community Center's "Grinchmas" celebration, which included games, hot chocolate, showings of the classic animated movie, and a Who hair salon, on Dec. 3. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Root Cellar Salon stylist Bonnie Ellis-Johnson poofs up the hair of Isabelle Fahey, 3, of Madison for a "Who" hairstyle at the North Conway Community Center's "Grinchmas" celebration, which included games, hot chocolate, showings of the classic animated movie, and a Who hair salon, on Dec. 3. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Root Cellar Salon stylist Darlene Reardon puts a shiny bow in the hair of Savannah Reed, 6, of Bartlett for a "Who" hairstyle at the North Conway Community Center's "Grinchmas" celebration, which included games, hot chocolate, showings of the classic animated movie, and a Who hair salon, on Dec. 3. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The Grinch talks with a young child while families wander between stations at the North Conway Community Center's "Grinchmas" celebration, which included games, hot chocolate, showings of the classic animated movie, and a Who hair salon, on Dec. 3. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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Principal Aimee Frechette (left) reads "The Night Before Christmas" as student-teachers act out the story from the stage of the Majestic Theater in Conway during the annual "Gingerbread Hunt" with Pine Tree Elementary School students on Dec. 21. The kindergarteners traveled all around the town to track down their missing paper gingerbread people. (RACHEL SHAPRLES PHOTO)
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Conway Police Sgt. Michael Boucher reads the first clue to give kindergartners' directions for finding their missing gingerbread people during the annual "Gingerbread Hunt" with Pine Tree Elementary School students on Dec. 21. The kindergarteners traveled all around the town to track down their paper gingerbread people. (RACHEL SHAPRLES PHOTO)
Conway Police Sgt. Michael Boucher takes notes as kindergartners call out the characteristics of their missing gingerbread people in the police department's conference room during the annual "Gingerbread Hunt" with Pine Tree Elementary School students on Dec. 21. The kindergarteners traveled all around the town to track down their paper gingerbread people. (RACHEL SHAPRLES PHOTO)
Conway Town Manager John Eastman reads the second clue from at town hall to give kindergartners' directions for finding their missing gingerbread people during the annual "Gingerbread Hunt" with Pine Tree Elementary School students on Dec. 21. The kindergarteners traveled all around the town to track down their paper gingerbread people. (RACHEL SHAPRLES PHOTO)
A kindergartener smiles with his missing gingerbread person he found at Conway Town Hall during the annual "Gingerbread Hunt" with Pine Tree Elementary School students on Dec. 21. The kindergarteners traveled all around the town to track down their paper gingerbread people. (RACHEL SHAPRLES PHOTO)
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Santa hugs Albany resident Jen Berg in the Gibson Center for Senior Services' Sprague Dining Room during lunch on Dec. 20 on a visit to greet seniors and hand out presents. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Santa and Ms. Candy Cane (volunteer Anne Marie Ehler) talk with Fryeburg resident Karen Mills (right) and others at the table in the Gibson Center for Senior Services' Sprague Dining Room during lunch on Dec. 20 on a visit to greet seniors and hand out presents. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Santa and Ms. Candy Cane (volunteer Anne Marie Ehler) talk with Bartlett resident Fred Chandler (center), Fryeburg resident Karen Mills (right of center), and others at the table in the Gibson Center for Senior Services' Sprague Dining Room during lunch on Dec. 20 on a visit to greet seniors and hand out presents. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Santa and Ms. Candy Cane (volunteer Anne Marie Ehler) smile while walking between tables in the Gibson Center for Senior Services' Sprague Dining Room during lunch on Dec. 20 to greet seniors and hand out presents. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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Quentin Lewis (right) and his fellow volunteers collect leftover dishes as around 80 seniors pack the Gibson Center for Senior Services' Sprague Dining Room for one of two Christmas lunches on Dec. 14. Center staff noted that this is the highest attendance they've had in quite a while, and they hope the high attendance continues for the second Christmas lunch on Dec. 15, a visit from Santa on Dec. 20, and a "Twelve Days of Christmas" sing-a-long time on Jan. 6. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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Jeni Wilder glides along the ice during the "Thanksgiving" performance at the Mount Washington Valley Skating Club's "Travel the World for the Holidays" show at the Ham Arena in Conway on Dec. 3. The event featured skaters from the club and guest skaters from the North Shore Skating Club performing to various holiday pieces. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Sativa Hoeflich and Jeni Wilder glide along the ice during their "Kwanza Celebration" performance at the Mount Washington Valley Skating Club's "Travel the World for the Holidays" show at the Ham Arena in Conway on Dec. 3. The event featured skaters from the club and guest skaters from the North Shore Skating Club performing to various holiday pieces. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Guest Soloist from the North Shore Skating Club Annie Demaso smiles to the crowd during her "Believe" routine at the Mount Washington Valley Skating Club's "Travel the World for the Holidays" show at the Ham Arena in Conway on Dec. 3. The event featured skaters from the club and guest skaters from the North Shore Skating Club performing to various holiday pieces. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Olivia Sandahl spins during her "Christmas Sarajevo" performance at the Mount Washington Valley Skating Club's "Travel the World for the Holidays" show at the Ham Arena in Conway on Dec. 3. The event featured skaters from the club and guest skaters from the North Shore Skating Club performing to various holiday pieces. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Younger skaters (with Amerlia Barboza in the front left) travel along the ice at the Mount Washington Valley Skating Club's "Travel the World for the Holidays" show at the Ham Arena in Conway on Dec. 3. The event featured skaters from the club and guest skaters from the North Shore Skating Club performing to various holiday pieces. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Younger skaters travel along the ice at the Mount Washington Valley Skating Club's "Travel the World for the Holidays" show at the Ham Arena in Conway on Dec. 3. The event featured skaters from the club and guest skaters from the North Shore Skating Club performing to various holiday pieces. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Families check out the various table stations at the North Conway Community Center's "Grinchmas" celebration, which included games, hot chocolate, showings of the classic animated movie, and a Who hair salon, on Dec. 3. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Root Cellar Salon stylist Darlene Reardon works on "Who" hairstyle for Savannah Reed, 6, of Bartlett at the North Conway Community Center's "Grinchmas" celebration, which included games, hot chocolate, showings of the classic animated movie, and a Who hair salon, on Dec. 3. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Root Cellar Salon stylist Bonnie Ellis-Johnson poofs up the hair of Isabelle Fahey, 3, of Madison for a "Who" hairstyle at the North Conway Community Center's "Grinchmas" celebration, which included games, hot chocolate, showings of the classic animated movie, and a Who hair salon, on Dec. 3. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Root Cellar Salon stylists (from left) Bonnie Ellis-Johnson and Darlene Reardon work on "Who" hairstyles forIsabelle Fahey, 3, of Madison (left) and Savannah Reed, 6, of Bartlett (right) at the North Conway Community Center's "Grinchmas" celebration, which included games, hot chocolate, showings of the classic animated movie, and a Who hair salon, on Dec. 3. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Root Cellar Salon stylist Bonnie Ellis-Johnson poofs up the hair of Isabelle Fahey, 3, of Madison for a "Who" hairstyle at the North Conway Community Center's "Grinchmas" celebration, which included games, hot chocolate, showings of the classic animated movie, and a Who hair salon, on Dec. 3. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Root Cellar Salon stylist Darlene Reardon puts a shiny bow in the hair of Savannah Reed, 6, of Bartlett for a "Who" hairstyle at the North Conway Community Center's "Grinchmas" celebration, which included games, hot chocolate, showings of the classic animated movie, and a Who hair salon, on Dec. 3. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Families check out the various table stations at the North Conway Community Center's "Grinchmas" celebration, which included games, hot chocolate, showings of the classic animated movie, and a Who hair salon, on Dec. 3. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The Grinch talks with a young child while families wander between stations at the North Conway Community Center's "Grinchmas" celebration, which included games, hot chocolate, showings of the classic animated movie, and a Who hair salon, on Dec. 3. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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