By Jim DeBrosse

These stories first appeared in the Dayton Daily News on successive Christmas Days from 1994 through 2009, with the exception of 1997. Enjoy!

“Pennies from Heaven” (2009)

“Trickledown’s Christmas” (2008)

“What Goes Around…” (2007)

“That ’70s Christmas” (2006)

“On Wings and a Prayer” (2005)

“A Cat for Christmas” (2004)

“Random Acts of Christmas” (2003)

“And a Child Shall Lead Them…” (2002)

“A Christmas for Vito” (2001)

“The Christmas Panhandler” (2000)

“Because You Have Loved So Deeply” (1999)

“The Night of the Louisville Slugger” (1998)

“Ezra’s (Almost) Really Lousy Christmas” (1996)

“A Christmas Guinea Pig” (1995)

“A Special Providence” (1994)

“On a Cold Winter’s Night” (1993)