The congregation at Faith Oakville Church sings Silent Night during Christmas Eve service. Photo by Hillary Levin, ©St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Children in the COCA summer camp cooking class have fun mashing the potatoes that will be used to create Shepherd's Pie. Photo by Hillary Levin ©St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Rhys Robb, 10, prepares to dump his chunk of snow while Rhys' twin brother, Holden, sneaks up behind him with his own chunk of snow at Concordia Park in Clayton. Photo by Hillary Levin ©St. Louis Post-Dispatch
As seen through a car windshield, campaign workers endure the rainfall on election day outside Wydown Middle School in Clayton. Photo by Hillary Levin ©St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Jessie Trice O'Bryant celebrates her 108th birthday from her residence at the Christian Extended Care and Rehabilitation. Photo by Hillary Levin ©St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A groom greets the flower girl, his niece, before the start of the wedding ceremony. ©Photo by Hillary Levin
Maxwell Kent, 4, reacts to the sight of wax dripping off the candles on to the tablecloth. He helped light the Hanukkah menorah during the Missouri Botanical Garden's annual Hanukkah: Festival of Lights event. Photo by Hillary Levin ©St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Adriana Schmittgens, 4, auditions for a part in the Broadway musical, "Waitress," at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis. Susannah Wolk, left, gives stage directions to the little girl. Photo by Hillary Levin ©St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The bubble machine fills the CityGarden at a 10th anniversary party for the downtown St. Louis attraction. Photo by Hillary Levin ©St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Crestwood Elementary kindergarten students painted handprints on a school bus during an orientation before the start of the school year. Photo by Hillary Levin ©St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Gateway Arch is reflected on the eastern side of the Peabody Energy building in downtown St. Louis. Photo by Hillary Levin ©St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A shy 2-year-old resident of an old Victorian house in Lafayette Square. ©Photo by Hillary Levin
The Webster Hills United Methodist Church runs a nonprofit pumpkin patch on its property in Webster Groves each fall. Photo by Hillary Levin ©St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Members of a Bedford, Mass., Little League team celebrate a teammate's homerun. ©Photo by Hillary Levin
The Victorian Footbridge was built in 1885 to provide a pedestrian route into Forest Park from the nearby streetcar stop. Today, the Victorian Bridge has been restored and is nestled within the park's northeast corner. Photo by Hillary Levin ©St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The last day of school is celebrated by exiting elementary students in Bedford, Mass. ©Photo by Hillary Levin
An autumn morning at Lone Elk Park lake in Valley Park. Photo by Hillary Levin ©St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Bobby Nelson, front, part of the the Story Stitchers group, dances along with the drumming provided by the Better Family Life Drum Warriors, at the Delmar Main Street Juneteenth Festival. Photo by Hillary Levin ©St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A young girl attends the Kwanzaa ceremony at the Missouri Botanical Garden. Photo by Hillary Levin ©St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joshua Skurtu and his daughter, Olivia, 7, play a game of UNO at the St. Louis County Library. Photo by Hillary Levin ©St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Erin Woelful, 7, reads to Max, a 6-year-old Golden Retriever therapy dog who participates in a monthly reading program at the Edwardsville Library. Photo by Hillary Levin ©St. Louis Post-Dispatch
In an odd visual mix of eras, a Minuteman re-enactor in Lexington, Mass., uses a camcorder to record the events of Patriots' Day. ©Photo by Hillary Levin
A scenic view on the river near Concord, Mass. ©Photo by Hillary Levin
The St. Louis Aquarium clock greets guests in the Grand Hall lobby. Modeled after the one in the tower of St. Louis Union Station, it is built as part of a more than 10,500 gallon tank filled with brightly-colored discus fish and rummy nose tetras. Photo by Hillary Levin ©St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Through an overcast, foggy day, the Gateway Arch can be seen through an east-facing, 6th floor hallway window of the Civil Courts Building, in downtown St. Louis. ©Photo by Hillary Levin
In the tense, final rounds, Sean Ward of Valley Park Middle School gets eliminated by misspelling "marmoreal" in the 33rd Annual St. Louis Post-Dispatch Spelling Bee. Photo by Hillary Levin ©St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Frances Cappell, 2, runs busily around the pumpkin patch at the Webster Hills United Methodist Church to gather small pumpkins for her wagon. Photo by Hillary Levin ©St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Camera Day at the St. Louis Zoo. A father helps his son take photos with his camera. ©Photo by Hillary Levin
Reflections and shadows inside the construction site of a car dealership in Greenwich, Conn. ©Photo by Hillary Levin
A Little Miss beauty contest candidate in Jefferson City, Mo., reluctantly poses for her official pageant photograph. ©Photo by Hillary Levin
Helen Halley and her daughter, Julia, 1, play with a scarf that was part of the story hour program at the St. Louis County Library. Photo by Hillary Levin ©St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"I saw this, and fell in love," said Liz Fenton, holding a sweater up to show her mom while doing last-minute Christmas shopping at Kohl's. Photo by Hillary Levin ©St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A member of the Yale University Women's Hockey team puts on her pads before a game. ©Photo by Hillary Levin
Jett, a horse with the St. Louis Carriage Company stables on Cerre Street downtown, pokes his head out his stall window and checks the ground for any nearby snacks. Photo by Hillary Levin ©St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A pre-school ballet class lines up in Bedford, Mass. ©Photo by Hillary Levin
A robin takes flight in the snow in Richmond Heights. Photo by Hillary Levin ©St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Television news anchor Michelle Li is surprised her 3-year-old son, J.J., has scooped up so much spaghetti on his fork. Li was meeting with members of her Very Asian Foundation group for dinner. Photo by Hillary Levin ©St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Boys at the Missouri Military Academy prepare their weapons for drills at the school's campus in Mexico, Mo. ©Photo by Hillary Levin
The Whispering Arch in the Grand Hall of St. Louis Union Station. The sound waves will bounce up, over and down the Romanesque curve 40 feet to the other side for anyone waiting there to hear. Photo by Hillary Levin ©St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Anna Belle makes a new friend in the person of Julie McCarter at the 'Strut Your Mutt' walk in Tower Grove Park. Photo by Hillary Levin ©St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Grayson Wade climbs on the playground bars at Forsyth School Summer Camp. Photo by Hillary Levin ©St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The snow presents a daunting challenge to a jogger who clears a path for himself around the high school track in Bedford, Mass. ©Photo by Hillary Levin
A boy uses a tennis court to practice his soccer head-bumping skills at Choate-Rosemary Hall, in Connecticut. ©Photo by Hillary Levin