Students Kara Yanik, 7, from left, Maizlyn Berning, 6, Clara Shiffert 8, and Keagen Yanik 9, pet the Waterville Primary School therapy dog, Teila, on Dec. 21 in Waterville.  (THE BLADE/DAVE ZAPOTOSKY)  Buy Image

Corbin Spotts, 8, of Archbold, uses a hot glue gun as he builds his gingerbread house during a gingerbread house workshop at the Imagination Station in Toledo on Dec. 17.  (THE BLADE/KURT STEISS)  Buy Image

A Toledo blue crew member and a fan wait for their team to shoot a free throw during a women’s basketball game at the University of Toledo’s Savage Arena in Toledo on Dec. 20.  (THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON)  Buy Image

Charlotte Lamb, with the United States Postal Service, stamps the postmark on outgoing mail at the U.S. Post Office in Rudolph on Dec. 16.  (THE BLADE/KURT STEISS)  Buy Image

Rogers’ Da’Khila Barry is swarmed catching a pass during a girls high school basketball game between the Rogers Lady Rams and the Start Spartans at Rogers on Dec.19.  (THE BLADE/PHILLIP L. KAPLAN)  Buy Image

University Toledo players Jamal Turner, left, and Nate Givhan hug after defeating Liberty University, 21-19, during the Boca Raton Bowl on Dec. 20 at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida. UT defeated LU, 21-19.  (THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH)  Buy Image

University of Toledo cheerleaders perform during a pep rally for the Boca Raton Bowl on Dec. 19 at the Mizner Park Amphitheater in Boca Raton, Florida.  (THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH)  Buy Image

Doran Paiman, 60, of West Toledo, admires lights at the Toledo Zoo’s Lights Before Christmas on Dec. 19.  (THE BLADE/STEPHEN ZENNER)  Buy Image

Graduates wait to take the Oath of Office during the Toledo Fire & Rescue Department's Fire Class 296 graduation at Bowsher High School in Toledo on Dec. 16.  (THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON)  Buy Image

Springfield High School students drop off toys for the 8th annual Springfield High School toy drive at ProMedica Russell J. Ebeid Children’s Hospital in Toledo on Dec. 21.  (THE BLADE/STEPHEN ZENNER)  Buy Image

Christen Elchert holds Camren Went, 1, as they look at Christmas decorations in Children's Wonderland at Sylvania’s Tam-O-Shanter on Dec. 22.  (THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON)  Buy Image

Seth Alder, 52, of Millbury, Ohio, places wreaths on the graves of American Veterans during a Wreaths Across America event to honor veterans in Willow Cemetery Oregon, Ohio, on Dec. 17.  (THE BLADE/STEPHEN ZENNER)  Buy Image