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Northeast Ohio children filled our stocking early this year with holiday cards picturing snowmen, reindeer, angels, mangers, holiday lights, menorahs, Christmas trees and numerous images of the jolly old elf himself, Santa Claus. Plain Dealer editors sorted through 1,224 cards and selected a winner, runner-up and three finalists in each age category. A grand-prize winner was also selected. Here is today's installment

Northeast Ohio children filled our stocking early this year with holiday cards picturing snowmen, reindeer, angels, mangers, holiday lights, menorahs, Christmas trees and numerous images of the jolly old elf himself, Santa Claus. Plain Dealer editors sorted through 1,224 cards and selected a winner, runner-up and three finalists in each age category. A grand-prize winner was also selected. Here is today's installment.

A statistical look at baby sitters and the biggest sitting night of the year: New Year's Eve.

Economic forecasts for 2011 indicate it might be another record-breaking year of need, especially in Cleveland, where Hunger Network and Foodbank programs provide thousands of children with a nutritious meal every day, one child at a time.

"Silent Night" vs. "White Christmas" in the final showdown in our Yule Madness Christmas song contest. Cast your vote in our online poll.

It's almost impossible for a toddler to think about what another person likes but making cookies together and packing them in small boxes, sticking cloves in oranges to be hung in closets, coloring a popsicle stick frame (before you put the photo in it) could all be done by your toddler with your help.

Quick cleanup tips as holidays get even more hectic

Edwards-Musa, a Houston Realtor, found these items used on ThredUp.com, an online Parent-to-parent swapping sites like ThredUp.com, growing in popularity, offer families a way to clear their closets of toys and clothes their children have outgrown in exchange for items cast off by older kids.

A California mother and The Center for Science in the Public Interest have sued McDonald's Corp. trying to get the fast-food chain to stop using toys to market meals to young children.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has voted unanimously to ban the manufacture, sale and re-sale of the cribs, which have a side rail that moves up and down, allowing parents to more easily lift their child from the crib.

In an inexplicable twist of sartorial fate, the tasteless Christmas sweater, an item as reviled and ridiculed as the holiday fruitcake, is having something of a renaissance. The tackier the better.

Fairhill Partners is one of 20 social service agencies that will benefit from this year's Holiday Spirit drive at The Plain Dealer. Its primary agency, Fairhill Successful Aging Programs, serves about 3,000 people each year, through six programs.

Find a fun way to present those gifts of homemade Christmas cookies, let guests help themselves to a favorite cup of coffee, cook more than 1,000 recipes in 140 characters or less, and give $10 discounts to more than 50 Cleveland-area restaurants.

The Cleveland Metroparks is offering two programs that will help you reconnect with nature and perhaps even find some calm amid the frenzy.

From an Apple condom app to interesting remarks by Pope Benedict XVI, condoms are in again.

When it comes to the holidays, we know Cleveland. Here's scoop on everything from the hottest holiday shows in town to where to meet Old St. Nick,.

Some of Greater Cleveland's social service agencies step in when people need the basics of life. Holiday Spirit looks at The Red Cross, 2-1-1 First Call for Help, the Salvation Army and the Bishop Cosgrove Center and similar organizations.

We're down to four songs in week three of our Yule Madness Christmas song contest. 'Two traditional carols -- "Silent Night" and "O Come, All Ye Faithful -- and two popular holiday classics -- "White Christmas" and "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer" -- remain.

"The Smurfs' Village," a game for the iPhone and other Apple gadgets, was released a month ago and quickly became the highest-grossing application in the iTunes store. Yet it's free to download. So where does the money come from? Kelly Rummelhart of Gridley, Calif., has part of the answer. Her 4-year-old son was using her iPad to play the game and racked up $66.88 in charges on her credit card without knowing what he was doing.

Getting enough rest, avoiding germs and getting a flu shot are the best ways to stay healthy this season.