Helena Simpkins

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Helena Simpkins (right) and her sister Emma (left) open gifts on Christmas morning.

Maggie Miller, Staff Writer

“We celebrate Christmas, Christmas is the big holiday for us, and we celebrate New Year’s. My favorite holiday tradition is our Christmas dinner where we have our ham that we buy a couple weeks early, and we spend all day making it. We have our scalloped potatoes, and we sit around the table together, and we relax after the big rush of the morning. “