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Sweet Holidays CELEBRATING DIVERSITY + INCLUSION

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LIFESTYLE LETTER

DECEMBER 2019 PUBLISHER

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Happy holidays, friends THIS WILL BE MY FIRST CHRISTMAS WITH A GRANDSON, THE BEST GIFT EVER.

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My babies are 20, 22 and 27 and while they make my heart explode with love and pride every day, it's little Teddy who will be the star of this year's holiday season. Lucky for me, he and his parents will make the trek from Kansas City to stay with us for a week or so. Not long enough!

While I am entranced with him, I also feel a deepening love for my daughter, his mother.

Emily Stout CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Rhiannon Johnson, Abbe Poline, Martha Polk, Ashley Rausch CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS

Tiffany Dahle

I'm so amazed at her patience, positivity, and confidence. Watching her settle into motherhood is so rewarding and sharing his growth is an honor.

I have spent the holidays in dozens of different homes (we’ve had fun moving around the world, living here in Atlanta for the last 10 years) but the one constant thing is dedicating all of Christmas Day to family. This year, we’ll be pulling up the high chair to the table and giving thanks for our many blessings. Especially the tiniest one.

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Happy holidays to you and yours from all of us here at Lifestyle Publications.

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Good Times

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Local Limelight

22 Page Turners 26 Financial Buzz 28 Travel Destination 32 Lifestyle Calendar

GOOD TIMES

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Murder!!! Mayhem!!! The Johns Creek Women's Club was caught in an intriguing Murder Mystery Luncheon- "Death of Bridezilla" in October. Laughter and accusations were flying! While some were awarded for Best Actress/Costumes, others forged lasting friendships in support of our charity, WellSpring Living. All welcome! JohnsCreekWomensClub.com

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SCHOOL NEWS Chattahoochee High School welcomed 18 French students for a 12-day cultural exchange.

They connected via Whatsapp and social media, and CHS students shared many experiences of life as American teenagers. Dolvin Elementary School unveiled its new Staff Wellness Room.

Outfitted with comfortable furniture, it featured a coffee/tea bar, spa soundscapes, original art, and a nursing mother's privacy screen. Johns Creek High School’s Audio Video Technology and Film department received the Craft Achievement award by the Student Television Network for exceptional use of their website to promote film and video. Taylor Road Middle School teachers are piloting a low-stakes, peer-observation program called “learning walks”.

Teachers volunteered to be observed by peers to share effective strategies. River Trail Middle School eighth-graders Anusha Kanagaraj and Vaishnavi Tammali won “Best Overall” award for middle school in the Bright Spark Invention Challenge for their design prototype of a rain gutter system to produce electricity and freshwater.

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LOCAL LIMELIGHT

Religious Diversity, Inclusion STUDENTS CELEBRATE AT SCHOOL

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A DEEP RESPECT FOR DIFFERENCE IS A WAY OF LIFE AT WOODWARD ACADEMY. Our students and faculty bring a variety of races, cultures, ethnicities, and learning styles as well as the beautiful differences of their various religious faiths.

Woodward offers many avenues for students to honor their traditions and share them with classmates from other faiths.

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Every step of the way, from pre-K to 12th grade, students can grow together spiritually.

In pre-K to sixth grade, students learn from Upper School interfaith student leaders who mentor them and teach them about holidays and culture. Our younger students can join interfaith clubs where they can share their faith and learn about others. In Middle School, we support students as they prepare for their Bat and Bar Mitzvahs and other landmark faith celebrations, and as they further discover their own relationship to religion.

Seventh and eighth graders can join a variety

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of faith-based clubs and activities.

In Upper School, Woodward offers a Comparative Religions course as well as a Multicultural, Ethnic, and Diversity Studies course, both of which expand our students’ academic understanding of different faith traditions, their cultures, and their histories.

Additionally, many students choose to explore religion through our different clubs. Our Chaplain’s Council is the religious leadership group on campus and plans and executes religious celebrations and opportunities for interfaith learning and prayer across campus.

Jill M. Golsen, DMD

The Fellowship of Christian Athletes builds community learning and action at the intersection of the Christian faith and athletics.

The Muslim Awareness Club brings Muslim traditions, cultures, and faith to Woodward and creates a space for Muslim students and those interested to gather and celebrate. Yad B’Yad offers an opportunity to learn about or deepen connections to Judaism; share in Jewish culture, faith, and issues; and bring Jewish tradi-

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As a school, we also make time to come together for interfaith field trips, discussion, education, and celebration. When events happen in our community or the broader world that are worthy of deep communal contemplation, we come together for interfaith prayer and reflection.

Throughout the month of December, students in our community celebrate all different traditions, including:

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Advent a nd Christmas The first Sunday of Advent begins the period of preparation for Christmas, as one candle is lit each week to represent hope, joy, peace, and love.

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Ha nu k ka h The Festival of Lights commemorates the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem and the Miracle of the Oil in

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Kw a n z a a Celebrated by many North Americans of West African descent, this holiday recognizes African heritage. The candles of a seven-branched candelabrum, representing attributes such as unity, self-determination, responsibility, and cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith, are successively lit over the seven days of the festival.

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CELEBRATE THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR JOHNS CREEK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PERFORMS

BAKING COOKIES, STRINGING LIGHTS,

made up of professional musicians from

HOLIDAY MUSIC AND EGGNOG ARE JUST

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A FEW WELL-KNOWN HOLIDAY TRADI-

Between the JCSO and the Johns Creek

TIONS. If you’re a Johns Creek native, the

Chorale, more than 150 local artists will

Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra’s (JCSO)

participate in this holiday spectacular.

annual Christmas Gala Concert is likely on

One of those artists will be soprano

your list of traditions too. Make music a part

Bevin Hill. Bill, a Johns Creek native and

of your tradition with “O Come, O Come

Woodward Academy graduate. Ms. Hill

[Emanuel],” December 21st at 7:30 p.m., at

received her Master’s degree in Vocal

Johns Creek United Methodist Church.

Performance at Manhattan School of Music

Guests return year after year (14th annual)

under the tutelage of acclaimed soprano

to celebrate the season with the entire fam-

and director Catherine Malfitano, and has

ily. From listening to joyous sounds of the

gained attention as a performer of great

season to dressing in holiday attire, there is

charm and charisma in a variety of leading

something for all to enjoy.

roles. She made her New York City debut

“The Christmas Gala Concert is a pro-

as Musetta in La boheme with the Martina

gram for everyone. There will be a wide

Arroyo Foundation. She has also performed

variety of styles performed that relate to

Giulietta in I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Ida

all ages,” said Music Director J. Wayne

in Die Fledermaus, and Gretel in Hansel

Baughman. “There is no question why this

and Gretel with New York’s Lyric Opera at

concert has become a tradition to so many

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Johns Creek residents.”

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Season’s Readings DECK YOUR SHELVES WITH THESE NEW HOLIDAY RELEASES ARTICLE RHIANNON JOHNSON PHOTOGRAPHY PUBLISHER PROVIDED PHOTOGRAPHY

ARE YOU LOOKING TO COOK UP A CULINARY MASTERPIECE, CREATE YOUR OWN CUSTOMIZED BOARD GAME, OR CURL UP WITH SOME COZY NOVELS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON? Whatever your winter mood, we have the perfect new releases for giving as gifts or adding to your own collection.

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FINANCIAL BUZZ ESTABLISHING A RESPONSIBLE BUDGET IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARD A HEALTHY FINANCIAL LIFESTYLE. You may already plan a few expenses here and there, but the smartest way to ensure you’re making the most of your money is by following a budget that’s based on your specific income and day-to-day needs.

If you’ve never attempted to make a budget before, it might seem overwhelming.

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Overlooking the Netflix bill or under-

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OCEAN KEY RESORT & SPA Located where Duval Street meets the Gulf of Mexico at Sunset Pier in Key West, this quiet hotel is adjacent to Mallory Square in historic Old Town Key West, providing guests a sanctuary, attentive service and a front row seat to the show that is the sunset.Â

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The deck at the LIQUID Pool-Bar-Lounge faces west, affording OKR guests guaranteed seats (with food and full bar service) while tourists and locals line up on the boardwalk below at Sunset Pier to wait for the green flash just as the sun dips below the horizon. It’s a lively crowd, tourists juggling cocktails and phones, waiting for the elusive sunset selfie, in focus and Instagram-ready. Staying at the Ocean Key puts you squarely in the frame, with the advantages of an on-site award winning restaurant (“Best Waterfront Dining, Wine Spectator’s Award of Excellence- Hot Tin Roof 2018 & 2019) and suites with balconies overlooking the Gulf.

You can also watch the sunset from your table at the Hot Tin Roof restaurant (Tennessee Williams visited Key West often) where the attentive staff will adjust the wide plantation blinds so your view is optimal and memorable. The decor is refined old Florida and the menu is all about seafood, Caribbean influences and freshness. Ask to be seated in a banquette.

It’s very Hollywood.

Book the Javanese Royal Treatment at SpaTerre (also tucked away on the property) with a Balinese massage, rice and turmeric scrub followed by a rub of warm yogurt. After a jasmine scented shower, sink into a flower petal bath. Wander back to your room, throw open the French doors and take a nap. The guest rooms and suites have tubs (some jetted), bright decor with just the right amount of turquoise accents and private balconies.

The concierge will book sunset cruises, rental bikes, snorkel trips at the reef, guided kayak eco-tours through the mangrove islands, trips to observe wild dolphins in their natural habitat or diving on a sunken wreck. Fishing the flats and shallows, sight fishing for permit, tarpon or bone fish, heading out to the deeper waters of the backcountry staying just inside of the reef, on the hunt for snapper, grouper or possibly even tuna. Tour the The Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum where he lived and wrote for ten years (writing 70 percent of his works) or meander through The Key West Butterfly and Nature Conservatory.

Key West has a unique vibe, cheery Midwesterners searching for that long lost shaker of salt, shopping and drinking their way down Duval Street while carefully coiffed retirees enjoy the palmy balmy weather.

Staying at Ocean Key Resort & Spa gives you the opportunity to join the parade or sit on the sidelines to watch, making the scene your own.

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4 OCEE ADULT ART NIGHT

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Atlanta-Fulton Milton Branch Library

Arts and crafts with Johns Creek Arts. Ages 18 and up. Registration

required Contact: ryland.johnson@ fultoncountyga.gov.

4 VARIETY SANTA FUN RUN 5K Newtown Park

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7 GOODIES & GUMDROPS KID'S DAY OUT

Shorty Howell Park, Duluth

Ages 4-11. $6 per child. Bring your little ones to stay and play and make gingerbread houses, crafts and more.

Gwinnett Parks and Recreation.

9 HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY IceForum, Duluth

Brookwood vs Johns Creek. Come cheer on the Johns Creek team. Bring your cowbells and warm hats!

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21 CHRISTMAS GALA CONCERT

The Johns Creek Chorale and Johns Creek native soprano Bevin Hill

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