Christmas is a time of joy. It’s also a time to celebrate happy memories of people and events no longer here. In 200 words or less, tell us about the person, the family tradition or holiday memory you miss most from Christmas past. The top 10 essays will be published in the days leading to Christmas, and a $100 donation will be made in each winner’s name to the Greater Berks Food Bank.
Submit entries by Dec. 7 and include a phone number.
By mail: Gifts of Christmas, Reading Eagle, P.O. Box 582, Reading, Pa., 19603
By email: news@readingeagle.com (Gifts of Christmas in the subject field).
![By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN (Associated Press) UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia and Ukraine on Monday traded blame before the United Nations Security Council for the attacks on Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, which the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said have put the world “dangerously close to a nuclear accident.” Without attributing blame, IAEA […]](https://www.readingeagle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Russia_Ukraine_War_88698_0e98af.jpg?w=525 "By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN (Associated Press) UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia and Ukraine on Monday traded blame before the United Nations Security Council for the attacks on Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, which the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said have put the world “dangerously close to a nuclear accident.” Without attributing blame, IAEA […]")