Whoville Serves Up 600 Cups of Cocoa, 320 Grinch Pictures

  • Princetyn Mack, 5, of Shawnee, gets a hug from the Grinch at the Grinchmas Whoville event, held in the Tecumseh City Hall Auditorium on Nov. 30. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
    Princetyn Mack, 5, of Shawnee, gets a hug from the Grinch at the Grinchmas Whoville event, held in the Tecumseh City Hall Auditorium on Nov. 30. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
  • Ryatt Loudermilk, 7, of Tecumseh, plays reindeer ring toss with Tecumseh First United Bank Community President Jill Spencer during the Grinchmas Whoville event, held in the Tecumseh City Hall Auditorium on Nov. 30. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
    Ryatt Loudermilk, 7, of Tecumseh, plays reindeer ring toss with Tecumseh First United Bank Community President Jill Spencer during the Grinchmas Whoville event, held in the Tecumseh City Hall Auditorium on Nov. 30. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
  • Four children get face paintings from members of the Home Church at the Grinchmas Whoville event, held in the Tecumseh City Hall Auditorium on Nov. 30. Home Church also brought a live nativity (minus live animals) which set up in the Tecumseh Chambers and included story time.
    Four children get face paintings from members of the Home Church at the Grinchmas Whoville event, held in the Tecumseh City Hall Auditorium on Nov. 30. Home Church also brought a live nativity (minus live animals) which set up in the Tecumseh Chambers and included story time.
  • The Grinch poses with Cade Glasgow, six months; Karsin Glasgow, 2; and Ashley Glasgow, all of Tecumseh, during the Grinchmas Whoville event, held in the Tecumseh City Hall Auditorium on Nov. 30. The Tecumseh Pioneer Library took and printed out 320 pictures this year.
    The Grinch poses with Cade Glasgow, six months; Karsin Glasgow, 2; and Ashley Glasgow, all of Tecumseh, during the Grinchmas Whoville event, held in the Tecumseh City Hall Auditorium on Nov. 30. The Tecumseh Pioneer Library took and printed out 320 pictures this year.
  • Santa holds GwendoLynn Newhoff, one month old, and KaMaya Napier, 3, both of Shawnee, during the Grinchmas Whoville event, held in the Tecumseh City Hall Auditorium on Nov. 30. Both "Selfies with Santa" and the Grinch photos were sponsored by the Tecumseh Pioneer Library. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
    Santa holds GwendoLynn Newhoff, one month old, and KaMaya Napier, 3, both of Shawnee, during the Grinchmas Whoville event, held in the Tecumseh City Hall Auditorium on Nov. 30. Both "Selfies with Santa" and the Grinch photos were sponsored by the Tecumseh Pioneer Library. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
  • Miss Frontier Days Aleigha McCullough and Junior Miss Frontier Days Kensley Whittington works the free hot cocoa booth at the Grinchmas Whoville event, held in the Tecumseh City Hall Auditorium on Nov. 30. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
    Miss Frontier Days Aleigha McCullough and Junior Miss Frontier Days Kensley Whittington works the free hot cocoa booth at the Grinchmas Whoville event, held in the Tecumseh City Hall Auditorium on Nov. 30. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
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  • Alexis Martin takes a picture of Ali Cox, 2, of Tecumseh, on Santa's lap at the Grinchmas Whoville event on Nov. 30.
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  • Santa holds GwendoLynn Newhoff, one month old, and KaMaya Napier, 3, both of Shawnee, during the Grinchmas Whoville event, held in the Tecumseh City Hall Auditorium on Nov. 30. Both "Selfies with Santa" and the Grinch photos were sponsored by the Tecumseh Pioneer Library. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
    Santa holds GwendoLynn Newhoff, one month old, and KaMaya Napier, 3, both of Shawnee, during the Grinchmas Whoville event, held in the Tecumseh City Hall Auditorium on Nov. 30. Both "Selfies with Santa" and the Grinch photos were sponsored by the Tecumseh Pioneer Library. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
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    In its second year, the Grinchmas celebration in Tecumseh looked a little different this year.

    Due to possible thunderstorms on Thurs., Nov. 30, the parade and marching band contest were canceled. The Cocoa Corner, planned by Tecumseh Pentecostal Church of God, was postponed until Dec. 10, and the Live Nativity, scheduled to be at First United Bank, moved into the Tecumseh Chambers - without its an…