A 12-year-old is back in her hometown after performing on FOX's "A Christmas Story Live!" earlier this month. Sauquoit resident Allie Kiesel played Mary Beth in the live production on December 17.

She's been singing and dancing for most of her life, starred in commercials and was in a national tour of "A Christmas Story, The Musical" last year. She discovered her love for being on-stage while performing at the Capitol Theatre in Rome.

Kiesel said a lot of work went into the television broadcast and she enjoyed the experience.

"I was very nervous because I knew it was live, and everything that can go wrong will go wrong, but it kind of calmed my nerves a little bit knowing that I had been practicing this for two months and I had been doing this for two months," said Kiesel.

She hopes to perform on Broadway.