KENTUCKY
S E K Y
December 2025 • Volume 6 • Number 12
INSIDE
5 l Editor’ s Column 6 l Pep & Pizzazz Meets The Nutcracker 16 l Cold & Flu Season 20 l Operation Angel Care 22 l Christmas Island Letter 24 l Chamber Christmas Parade Letter 26 l Eubank Christmas Cabin Letter
KENTUCKY
S E K Y
DECEMBER 2025
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The Christmas Bass
By Christopher Harris
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God ' s Food Pantry By Bob Flynn
REGULAR FEATURES 18 l Adanta: Utilization Management 28 l Ask the Readers 30 l Upcoming Events
December
Holidays and Observances
1st: Cyber Monday 2nd: National Day of Giving 3rd: Let ' s Hug Day 4th: Santa ' s List Day 5th: Light Up A Life Day 6th: Coats and Toys For Kids Day 7th: Tree Dressing Day 8th: National Brownie Day 9th: Christmas Card Day 10th: Human Rights Day 11th: Holiday Food Drive For Needy Animals Day 12th: Gingerbread House Day 13th: National Cocoa Day 14th: First Night of Hanukkah 15th: Bill of Rights Day 16th: National Chocolate Covered Anything Day 18th: Bake Cookies Day 19th: Look For An Evergreen Day 20th: Go Caroling Day 21st: Gravy Day 22nd: Hanukkah 23rd: Festivus 24th: Christmas Eve 25th: Christmas Day 27th: National Leftovers Day 31st: New Year ' s Eve
Weekly Observances: Hanukkah( Dec. 14 to Dec. 22) National Cookie Cutter Week( Dec. 1 to Dec. 7)
ON THE COVER Lillee Brumley from the Pep & Pizzazz production of " The Nutcracker "
Photo by Kayla Rider Photography
Publisher Bill Atkinson
CJ Editor Steve Cornelius
Southeast Kentucky Life Editor Christopher Harris
Writers / Photographers Bob Flynn Shane Morgan Carla Slavey
Advertising Jessie Eldridge Brandon Gay
Designer Brittany Shelton
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Monthly Observances: Vernon St.
National Cat Lover ' s Month
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National Fruitcake Month www. somerset-kentucky. com
National Giving Month 4 • SEKY- Southeast Kentucky Life December 2025