Sometime during the year, I choose a holiday and go to one of the local pre-schools to talk to kids, usually ages 3-5, about it. They've told me how to cook Thanksgiving dinner (which, trust me, recipes from 4 year olds are fascinating), the meaning of Christmas and what they want to find under the tree, the scariest thing about Halloween, the most fun of Easter and, last February, we discussed the meaning of love and how you can tell when people love each other.

This week I interviewed "The Kids" again, this time about Christmas. It was, as it always is, fun and the things they say are cute. For the newspaper, I take a group shot of them. As the teacher lined them up, one little girl stood there, staring at me and just for fun, I took a quick shot of her. Naturally, she wanted to see it and smiled at me in a both shy and proud sort of way after seeing it.

After the group shot, one boy asked if he could get his picture taken too .. and then a third asked. So, I said if anyone wanted me to take their picture, just to get in line. Every kid in the room lined up. I didn't tell them to smile or 'say cheese' and even quietly said to the teacher, 'just let them do whatever they want.'

Some stood close. Some wouldn't make eye contact. Some smiled; some were dead serious. Shy and bold. "Will we be in the newspaper and will lots of people see us?" "Yes," I promised them. And so, for the next few days ... here are The Kids.