Dec 20, 2025 - Steve

Lovey Hearthstring (often mistaken for a decoration, which Lovey finds very funny.) first appeared one evening while Gingersnap Hollerby was letting cinnamon rolls cool and Tinselberry Buttonsworth was stitching by moonlight. Lovey had already been there before, though no one noticed, tucked into Joy the holiday horn’s warm notes, hiding in the courage of the strong house that the wolf could not blow down, and quietly nodding along while King Pompancircumstanz of Betonitia declared merriment official. Some say Lovey once floated all the way to California to sit near Grandma while Christmas music played, and others insist Lovey powered the confidence of Tina from Zoom-bina when she became a diva at last. Rumor has it Lovey has also inspired Bluey to dance down in Makhanah and motivated Blabby to keep working towards new belts in Karate. Papa Lima swears Lovey once traveled to Uruguay and brought him fudge in exchange for chewing gum to deliver to Buttermilk.

Lovey does not argue about any of this. Lovey knows their job is not to be loud, clever, or even named correctly. Their job is simply to show up, again and again, making sure that no matter how strange, short, scientific, dramatic, or unfinished a story may be, it always somehow feels like it belongs.

Lovey also keeps Xamidirmura’s secret. Lovey knows that Xamidirmura loves to put up a facade of being all outer spacey and science-y but that Xamidirmura is really just a (HOPE)
Household
Object
Pretending (to be)
Extraterrestrial.
and the truth is that Xamidirmura is a common mass produced tree topper that the manufacturer stamped HOPE
Hangs
Over
Pines
Everywhere

Dec 17, 2024 - Penny
Mama. I love mama. Mama is playing on the snow.

Dec 10, 2023 - Lou
Her name is Penny. She likes to hit me. And she likes to hug me at the store. She runs up to me and gives me hugs and I give her really big hugs.

Dec 9, 2022 - Kaylee
"Oh, I love it! It’s so cute. It’s like a little baby unicorn.” – Olaf

2021- Lou
Orange shirt. It says LouLou123

2020- Marc
If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that Love actually is all around.

2019 - Marc
”If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that LOVE actually is all around.”

2018 - Mike
Wuv, from Mawrriage, can be found hanging out with folks like Cupid and Big Bird. Avoids heavy amounts of salsa in order to enjoy heavy doses of chocolate during the holidays.

2017 - Mike
What is love? From biology class, the old and better Lakeview High School. The tinsel trimming was installed late last July on this guy, kind of as a tattoo, to remind him to keep on lovin’!

2016 - Marc
Eros, the red sea slug. She has a message for you!

2015 - Marc
(no entry)

2014 - Steve
This pillow was owned by John Lennon, of Beatles fame. He was adamant that this pillow travel everywhere with him and that it be ready for him to hold immediately after any stage performance. It was his muse, his best friend, his one true true love.

2013 - Kaylee
"Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides, you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement ,it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being "in love", which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossoms had fallen from our branches, we found that we were one tree and not two." -St. Augustine

2012 - Mike
A mascot for the pep rally in February, but her gal friends call her AMFTPRIF (aim-fuht-raife). She likes what she does however gets kind of depressed in January when she thinks about how smelly this get-up is when wearing it for an hr or two at each pep rally.

2011 - Mike
MVEMJSUNP, although debatable due to Pluto no longer being a planet, Love reaches far and wide which results in great frequent flyer miles and he knows everyone in the hotels near and far.

2010 - Mike
Michael Jackson, from the 'burbs south of Seattle, he's the reason we are all here today!

2009 - Steve
This loving young lady is called Lots'a, Lots'a Love! She started in the hearts of cavemen and has worked her way through all generations since. Some say she doesn't exist but those people are wrong. Lots'a is not sexist or racist and allows people to love whomever they wish. She is a friend to all and loves candlelit dinners, moonlit walks, marriage proposals, etc.

2008 - Jenny
It is often said that there's a link between "love" and "hearts." And this little girlie proves that to be true! Scientific proof! This, my friends, is hard evidence that love is solely in the heart and not contained in pinkie toes or ear lobes. Now we know.

2007 - Jenny
Jennifer LOVE Hewitt. By the way, did you know there's a newcaster in Cleveland whose name is Jennifer Lopez?? And her fellow news people call her J-Lo on the air. If I were that Jennifer, I'd go by Jen or Jenny....or my middle name. Crazy!

2006 - Jenny
Seriously, why am I getting the ones that I can't give funny names?! We're calling this one "love"
(note from Mom... I use the order that they were put away last year - so, if you want to plan ahead, Jenny goes first next year...)