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It's the time of year for sharing, so INSIGHT Online
asked members of the campus to share their holiday traditions. Here's
what some of your friends, colleagues and students do to make the holidays
special.
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"My mother is Southern Italian, so we eat an all-seafood meal
on Christmas Eve and then go to midnight Mass. Christmas day, I get
someone to play Santa Claus so when the kids come downstairs, there
he is. Last year Santa even brought Mrs. Claus with him!" --Robert
McCormick of Psychology, director of the Center for Child Advocacy,
pictured with his son, Matthew. |
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"I'm in an interfaith marriage. We take a syncretistic approach
that includes observing both Jewish and Unitarian practices. We go
to the synagogue and the Unitarian Church and put up decorations for
both."--Dorothy Rogers, assistant dean, Humanities and
Social Sciences |
| "Eid is the first day after Ramadan and the first after our
30-day fast. We can eat all day. We go to the mosque to pray and have
a big get-together. Sweets are made and everyone wears their best
clothes." -- Hareem Reza, junior molecular biology major |
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"For Hanukkah, I go to the annual party at my Cousin Ellen's
house. She makes 230 potato latkes, a traditional food that a character
on 'Taxi' was named for." --Rita Jacobs, English |
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"We go to Christmas Mass where the children put on a Christmas
play every year. Attendees give gifts and food to those who are less
fortunate. My mother makes fresh seafood dishes every Christmas."
--LaToya Posey, sophomore sociology major |
| "I come from a family with a mainly German heritage, so the
holidays have always been about food in a big way. With a moderately
large family, major holidays usually have two main courses--one German
and one traditional American. Food--usually sweets and shortbread--are
given as gifts. My sister makes a wonderful liebkuchen, a thin German
cookie with dried fruit and nuts drizzled with icing. My family also
donates turkeys to shelters and churches. Eight years ago we began
serving food to the homeless on Christmas day." --Elizabeth
Mayfield, Humanities and Social Sciences |
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"I am from Bogota, Colombia. On Christmas Eve, we eat ajiaco,
which is a light soup with potatoes and chicken. We drink wine, open
gifts and then we all dance. The party starts at 9 p.m. and runs until
about 4 a.m." --Ruth Sedlewicz, Spanish and Italian |
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"Every year, on Christmas day, we listen to 'Jesus Christ Superstar'
on vinyl as we open gifts." --Adrienne Barry, junior religious
studies major |
| "My mom, dad, sister and I put up the tree and decorate it
right after Thanksgiving. I see my mother's side of the family on
Christmas Eve and my dad's family comes Christmas day, when we have
a typical big dinner." --Robert Freda Fine, sophomore
fine arts major |
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"Every Christmas, everyone in my family goes to dinner to celebrate
my son's birthday because he was born Christmas day." --Daniel
Bronson, English |
| "My mom makes one special plate called arroz con gandulez y
pernil, which is yellow rice and pork. It's a tradition each Christmas."
--Emanuel Cordero, junior biology major |
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"Growing up in a Jewish family in Brooklyn, it wasn't considered
right for us to have a Christmas tree, but my father made me a cardboard
tree from a carton. I still put up a cardboard tree each year, but
I now make mine three-dimensional and I decorate it with train ornaments
made from glass, pins and keychains. We call it our 'train tree.'
" Ron Hollander of English |
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