In a holiday season different from any other this year, a Washington resident hopes people can take a few minutes of their time Christmas Eve to create something magical and memorable for area kids.

Washington Middle School vocal music teacher Cailee Wenger recently shared a post on her personal Facebook page that invites everyone to come outside at 6 p.m. this Thursday to ring a bell for two minutes to spread Christmas spirit and help Santa fly his sleigh. Wenger knows that 2020 has been a difficult year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and she wants to bring some hope and cheer to neighbors and her two-year-old daughter, “I think it’s just something that’s gone viral not just in my neighborhood but that a lot of people in Washington and Iowa and maybe even beyond are planning to do it, and so it should be a really fun thing if we all do it together.”

Wenger hopes she’ll hear other residents jingling bells this Christmas Eve, and that it could become an event for years to come. You can hear more from Wenger in Wednesday’s Halcyon House Washington Page program on air and kciiradio.com.