Children gather around the sheep and manger at the Church of the Messiah’s living nativity outside the church. My Final Photo for December 12, 2025.

A pair of children’s woven gloves lies wet, flat, and abandoned in an Uptown parking lot after the latest snowfall melted. My Final Photo for December 11, 2025.

Mannequins sit in the front window of what once was Stone & Sparrow, as painters refresh the interior to be Little Sparrows Boutique, a new store focused on babies and pets. My Final Photo for December 10, 2025.

The Shell station at State and Schrock sits in warm sunset light as drivers stop to fill up and move on with the evening rush. My Final Photo for December 9, 2025.

A three-year-old studies the movement of an N-gauge train on dislay at the Westerville Public Library. My Final Photo for December 8, 2025.