The 2nd and 3rd Place winners tell their Christmas stories

Christmas Surprise

By Jaylyn Cline

I always wondered why I could hardly ever see my grandparents from my mother's side. I only got to see them once a year, when they came down for a day on Christmas Eve. I thought it was odd, they always told me they moved too far North for them to travel all the way home. "It's too expensive; Grandpa is busy with work and Grandma has to keep things in order." They would give me those kinds of excuses. Well, now that I know the truth, it all makes sense. Honestly, I'm not even mad at my parents for lying to me all my life. I almost wish I would have caught the...