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PHOTO GALLERY: Holiday House


  • By Rachel S. OHara
  • | 5:00 a.m. December 5, 2012
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PHOTO GALLERY: Holiday House
The Holiday House at Southside Elementary is a busy place this week with students buying gifts for their friends and family.
The Holiday House at Southside Elementary is a busy place this week with students buying gifts for their friends and family.
Camille Chapman helps wrap David Huber’s, 7, gifts that he bought for his family at the Holiday House Tuesday, Dec. 4, at Southside Elementary.
Camille Chapman helps wrap David Huber’s, 7, gifts that he bought for his family at the Holiday House Tuesday, Dec. 4, at Southside Elementary.
Adira Figueroa, 7, shows off the wrapped gift that she bought for her brother, Haisam, who is in the Army and will be home for the holidays and for good in two weeks.
Adira Figueroa, 7, shows off the wrapped gift that she bought for her brother, Haisam, who is in the Army and will be home for the holidays and for good in two weeks.
There were signs up to direct the students to where to go to find gifts for boys, girls, moms, dads, pets and more inside the Holiday House at Southside Elementary.
There were signs up to direct the students to where to go to find gifts for boys, girls, moms, dads, pets and more inside the Holiday House at Southside Elementary.
The Holiday House included a table with Hanukah themed gifts.
The Holiday House included a table with Hanukah themed gifts.
David Huber, 7, Luke Fowler, 7, and Malakai Stears, 7, show off some of the gifts they were planning on buying at the Holiday House.
David Huber, 7, Luke Fowler, 7, and Malakai Stears, 7, show off some of the gifts they were planning on buying at the Holiday House.
Students at Southside Elementary find out about how the Holiday House works before being allowed to shop Tuesday, Dec. 4.
Students at Southside Elementary find out about how the Holiday House works before being allowed to shop Tuesday, Dec. 4.
Michelle Matuszak holds up one of Jacob McIntyre’s holiday purchases to let him put the proper sticker on it Tuesday, Dec. 4, at Southside Elementary.
Michelle Matuszak holds up one of Jacob McIntyre’s holiday purchases to let him put the proper sticker on it Tuesday, Dec. 4, at Southside Elementary.
Bijal Molavi, 7, shows off the to and from stickers he wrote out to know who he was going to buy for Tuesday, Dec. 4, at the Holiday House.
Bijal Molavi, 7, shows off the to and from stickers he wrote out to know who he was going to buy for Tuesday, Dec. 4, at the Holiday House.
Fabiel Ortega, 9, Emily Hall, 8, and Emery Perez, 8, show-off their plastic bags full of wrapped gifts for their friends and family that they bought Tuesday, Dec. 4, at the Holiday House.
Fabiel Ortega, 9, Emily Hall, 8, and Emery Perez, 8, show-off their plastic bags full of wrapped gifts for their friends and family that they bought Tuesday, Dec. 4, at the Holiday House.
Nina Perisic, 7, and Aidyn Jensen, 8, look at the jewelry section for possible presents to buy.
Nina Perisic, 7, and Aidyn Jensen, 8, look at the jewelry section for possible presents to buy.
Anna Tursonva, 7, walks around the Holiday House filling her basket with gifts for her friends and family.
Anna Tursonva, 7, walks around the Holiday House filling her basket with gifts for her friends and family.

 

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