Badu and her girls
Mary Lou “Badu” Darnell of Crystal City with her seven granddaughters on Christmas Eve 2004.

Aubrianna Trenholm, then 5 months, couldn’t stay awake once the presents were opened on Christmas morning 2010. She and her baby doll were captured snoozing by her mother, Heather Shadowens of Festus.

Mary Lou “Badu” Darnell of Crystal City with her seven granddaughters on Christmas Eve 2004.

Karen Bequette of Festus took this picture of her sons, Jacob, then 3, and Matthew, 5, in 1988.

Jo Ann Kiplinger of Festus took this picture of her grandchildren in 2008 with the stuffed bears in blankets she bought for each of them. From left, Caleb, Zion, Maggie and Abigail O’Shea.

Patrick Youngman of De Soto took this picture of Hannah Dill, his girlfriend’s daughter, as the fifth-grader performed with the Dragonettes dance team in the 2010 De Soto Christmas Parade.

Therese Tanner of Imperial submitted this photo of her son, 2-year-old Jacob Tanner, with his baby brother, Steven Tanner, 1 month, on Christmas in 1993.

Rosemary and George Graham, with their son-in-law, Shorty, and granddaughter, April, in the lobby of the Jefferson College Fine Arts Theater in 2000 for the college’s Christmas program.

Samantha DeClue of Crystal City snapped a picture of her daughter, 6-year-old Tabitha DeClue, playing with her Barbies and their new house, presents from Christmas 2010.
Trinitiee Allen of Festus got a great gift last year for Christmas: her baby sister, Brooklyn, born Dec.
Santa brought an extra-special gift to brothers Broxtyn, then 8, left, and Brynen Johnson, 5, in December 2009.
Samantha DeClue of Crystal City took this shot of her sleepy son, Nathaniel DeClue, then 2, at the end
Rochelle Davis of Barnhart says her father made this dollhouse for her granddaughter, his great-granddaughter, in 1989.
Bonnie Sampson of De Soto captured her three children, Abbi, Ethan and Nick on Christmas morning after they opened