Post-Dispatch photos: Saturday, December 24, 2011
Date: 12/24/2011 Album ID: 1385124
Photos by Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Kathy Roberts performs with the Boeing Employees' Concert Band as they entertain residents with Christmas music at Emmaus Homes facility for adults with disabilities in St. Charles Monday Dec. 12, 2011. Boeing is one of the few companies that sponsor bands.
Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
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Bill Morgan, left, and Jack Wildy, trombonists with the Boeing Employees' Concert Band, organize their sheet music before performing Christmas music at Emmaus Homes facility for adults with disabilities in St. Charles Monday Dec. 12, 2011. Boeing is one of the few companies that sponsor bands.
Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
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Jen Schmidt conducts the Boeing Employees' Concert Band as they perform Christmas music at Emmaus Homes facility for adults with disabilities in St. Charles Monday Dec. 12, 2011. Boeing is one of the few companies that sponsor bands.
Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
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Millie Carter, center, playing Princess Barbie the doll, is prepped for a fight by fellow Barbies, left to right, Kelsey Krekeler, 17, Ellen Dieckmann, 18, and Gwen Krekeler, 15, during rehearsal for a play called The Epic Battle for Christmas Wednesday Dec. 14, 2011. The Carter family, who live in Pasadena Hills, have put on a Christmas play for friends and neighbors in their home since 1973. The following year, they began to collect donations, which they have given to charity ever since.
Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
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Shannon Krekeler, 12,  center left, and Mollie Carter, 17, center right, square off boxing in a play called The Epic Battle for Christmas in the basement of Jerry and Marie Carter's Pasadena Hills home Wednesday Dec. 14, 2011. In 1973, snowed in from a major snow storm, children of the Carters decided to write and put on a play to entertain fellow snowed in friends neighbors. The following year, they did it again, charging a canned good for admission. The incessant tradition continues in that basement  to this day, now with children of those children raising money for a variety of charities over the years.
Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
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Mary Belchik holds a picture from her and her husband Cpl. Christopher Belchik's wedding 14 months before before he was killed in Iraq's Anbar province on Aug. 22, 2004.  Belchik is not bitter about the loss of her husband. Chris didn't come home the second time and that effects me greatly and will for the rest of my life. But how many people benefited from him being over there? There were thousands of people that will be effected for the rest of their lives because Chris went there. That's why I feel we were there for a reason, we were there for a cause. This photo was taken in in the living room of Belchik's home in Grafton on Tuesday December 20, 2011.
Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Sunday October 2, 2011--St. Louis Rams head coach Steve Spagnuolo reacts as he watches the action on the field in the fourth quarter during Washington Redskins vs the St. Louis Rams at Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis.
David Carson     dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Kim Eberhardt, a bartender at VFW Post 2593 in Arnold, talks to a customer during a shift on Thursday December 15, 2011.  Some days the Iraq war all people will talk about at the bar, other days it never comes up.  When I hear what they've been through, seen and done, my heart goes out to them, Eberhardt about the veterans of the Iraq war.
Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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The home at the corner of Joplin Avenue and 25th Street has been dubbed  the Volunteer Memorial House, by locals. The remaining  floors and walls are covered in messages and signatures of volunteers from all over the world who have come to Joplin. Thursday Dec. 8, 2011. 
Emily Rasinski,  erasinski@post-dispatch.com
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Aaron Hammock pauses to look at the tribute garden for Joplin volunteers as he takes his dog Daisy for a walk a walk in Cunningham Park in Joplin. Hammock now lives in Mt. Vernon after his home in Joplin was flooded out after the tornado. It's getting a lot better, he said of Joplin. I used to cry when I drove around here.  The memorial was built by Drury University architecture students. 
Emily Rasinski,  erasinski@post-dispatch.com
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Ammar Alater helps a customer at his international grocery store, Taj Market, on Monday December 19, 2011 in St. Louis.  He is an Iraqi refugee and came to St. Louis in 1993. Photo by Huy Mach, hmach@post-dispatch.com
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Micah Goulet of St. Louis served two tours in Iraq during his six years years of active duty as a combat infantryman.  As result of his combat experiences, he deals with post traumatic stress and other physical ailments. Here, he is photographed at his work, The Mission Continues, a non-profit organization that helps veterans returning from service (Wednesday, December 21, 2011). Photo by HUY MACH hmach@post-dispatch.com
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Micah Goulet of St. Louis served two tours in Iraq during his six years years of active duty as a combat infantryman.  As result of his combat experiences, he deals with post traumatic stress and other physical ailments. Here, he is photographed at his work, The Mission Continues, a non-profit organization that helps veterans returning from service (Wednesday, December 21, 2011). Photo by HUY MACH hmach@post-dispatch.com
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Tracy Leader (left) from St. Louis and her husband Bill Cate joke around with others in line at the Delta ticket counter of the main terminal at St. Louis Lambert International Airport on Friday, December 23, 2011. The couple was headed to Florida to visit family but their flight was delayed from yesterday.
Photo by Johnny Andrews, jandrews@post-dispatch.com
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This means a lot. I have never had presents for them like this before, said Quantah Winston,19, (far right) Friday, Dec. 23, 2011, as she picks out presents for her two children at Almost Home in St. Louis. St. Louis' Metropolitan Police Deptartment organized the toy drive. Almost Home is a transitional housing for teenage mothers and their children. Aslo pictured from left are Laquinta Williams, 20, Marissa Ward,17.  Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
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18 DEC. 2011 -- ST. LOUIS -- A panorama of the Christmas Story adorns the sanctuary of historic Trinity Lutheran Church in Soulard Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011. The panorama, which is presented with lights and other special effects at the Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve services, has been part of the Christmas celebration at the church for 100 years.

Photo by Sid Hastings ¥ For the Post-Dispatch
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18 DEC. 2011 -- ST. LOUIS -- Sunday school students from Trinity Lutheran Church in Soulard take a closer look at the historic panorama of the Christmas Story in the church's sanctuary before services at the church Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011. The panorama, which is presented with lights and other special effects at the Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve services, has been part of the Christmas celebration at the church for 100 years.

Photo by Sid Hastings ¥ For the Post-Dispatch
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18 DEC. 2011 -- ST. LOUIS -- Parishioners at Trinity Lutheran Church in Soulard greet one another during Sunday services at the Soulard church Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011 in front of a panorama that tells the Christmas Story. The panorama, which is presented with lights and other special effects at the Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve services, has been part of the Christmas celebration at the church for 100 years.

Photo by Sid Hastings ¥ For the Post-Dispatch
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Thursday, December 22, 2011--From left, Ryan Allee, Jake Kinsinger, Jake Boyer, and Cameron Smith, all of Columbia, before the Missouri/Illinois Braggin' Rights basketball game at Scottrade Center.
Sarah Conard | freelance
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Thursday, December 22, 2011--From left, Alison Perle, of Chicago, Kelby Lanning and April Brafman, both of Bettendorf, Ia., before the Missouri/Illinois Braggin' Rights basketball game at Scottrade Center.
Sarah Conard | freelance
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