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Employees work among a maze of conveyor belts and sorting machines in the huge building that is the size of 12 football fields and handles mail from Central and Eastern Virginia. Left, Free Press photographer Sandra Sellars seeks to give a sense of the building’s size by photographing a portion of the center reflected in a ceiling mirror.

Employees work among a maze of conveyor belts and sorting machines in the huge building that is the size of 12 football fields and handles …

Published on December 23, 2016
Taura James, above, sorts through the flood of letters and packages that have poured into the U.S. Postal Service’s Richmond Processing and Distribution Center in Sandston in Eastern Henrico County. Postal service officials showed off the plant Monday — the center’s busiest day that saw hundreds of employees handle more than 2.4 million letters, cards and holiday packages.

Taura James, above, sorts through the flood of letters and packages that have poured into the U.S. Postal Service’s Richmond Processing and Distribution Center in …

Published on December 23, 2016
Downtown holiday skyline

Downtown holiday skyline

Published on December 23, 2016
Personnel are being relocated to two sites — the reopened Ruffin Road school building in South Side and the third floor at the Richmond Alternative School in Jackson Ward.

Personnel are being relocated to two sites — the reopened Ruffin Road school building in South Side and the third floor at the Richmond Alternative …

Published on December 23, 2016
Isaac Lee, left, loads a truck with boxes Saturday from Norrell School Annex at 201 W. Graham Road in North Side. The annex and the nearby A.V. Norrell Elementary School building, which have been used as office space in recent years, are being closed to help Richmond Public Schools save money. The move is to be completed by February, and the buildings are to be returned to ownership by the City of Richmond.

Isaac Lee, left, loads a truck with boxes Saturday from Norrell School Annex at 201 W. Graham Road in North Side. The annex and the …

Published on December 23, 2016
Sharing with Soul Santa // Kennedi Ellis, 4, is shy about giving her wish list to Santa during a recent visit to the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia in Richmond’s Jackson Ward. The museum’s Soul Santa was a hit with the young — and the young at heart — during the museum’s annual holiday open house. Soul Santa made appearances on two consecutive weekends.

Sharing with Soul Santa // Kennedi Ellis, 4, is shy about giving her wish list to Santa during a recent visit to the Black History …

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The House of Snow family in 1984 at “Introducing the Snow Family” at The Bachelor’s Mill in Washington. Housemother Christmas Snow surrounded by her “snowflakes,” clockwise from bottom right, April Snow; Autumn Snow; Sheniqua Snow; Jay Snow; Victoria Snow, the current house mother; and Zaviara Snow. At right, Earl strikes a pose at Hecht’s department store at Virginia Center Commons mall in 1990. “The designer for the African outfit,” Earl recalls, “needed a tall girl the day of her fashion show,” although Earl was working the show as a coach, makeup artist and hairstylist.

The House of Snow family in 1984 at “Introducing the Snow Family” at The Bachelor’s Mill in Washington. Housemother Christmas Snow surrounded by her “snowflakes,” …

Published on December 23, 2016
Earl Fleming has shed 150 pounds since his diagnosis of heart failure in 2008. His face and frame, he says, are much thinner “thanks to really taking care of my body and this amazing (new) heart.”

Earl Fleming has shed 150 pounds since his diagnosis of heart failure in 2008. His face and frame, he says, are much thinner “thanks to …

Published on December 23, 2016
Earl Fleming, 63, sits in front of the Christmas tree at VCU Medical Center’s cardiac unit on Tuesday, just 19 days after receiving a heart and kidney transplant. “I feel that what is meant for me is meant for me. I try to give the best I can give wherever I am,” he said.

Earl Fleming, 63, sits in front of the Christmas tree at VCU Medical Center’s cardiac unit on Tuesday, just 19 days after receiving a heart …

Published on December 23, 2016