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Happy Hanukkah & Yule love it! Chicago’s Christkindlmarket voted U.S. 7th favorite Christmas tradition. The holidays are coming, and while we may all end up doing something similar on Christmas Day itself - exchanging gifts, toasting the season with eggnog and eating too much food - it’s a fact that around the country, different states have their very own, diverse festive traditions. Some traditions might be focused on food, some might involve trees, some might be all about lights, or other types of decoration. But which state has the most popular festive tradition of them all? Photo book creation company, Mixbook, decided to find out and polled 1,500 Americans to come up with the definitive answer. And - drum roll please - it’s Ohio, with their delicious Buckeyes candy! Shaped to look like the nut which grows on the state tree, known as the buckeye (which the state is nicknamed after), these tasty treats are essentially like a peanut butter cup - but, of course, soooo much better! You’ll see them at every festive party across Ohio, and these bitesize pieces of candy just melt in the mouth. The Christmas state tradition which came in second was Texas’s, known for the beautiful River Walk in San Antonio. At Christmas time the area is decorated with over 100,000 lights draped over the cypress trees lining the river, which are illuminated from dusk till dawn. Another of the city’s traditions is watching the caroling boats floating along, filled with groups of
singers merrily singing festive songs. Chicago’s Christkindlmarket placed in 7th position. Probably the country’s most famous Christmas market, it is styled after the traditional, centuries-old markets of Germany. The market features numerous local artisans selling traditional crafts and trinkets, as well as food and drink, including traditional Christmas drinks such as glühwein (mulled wine) and hot cocoa. And if you think weird, how about number 39 on the list Rhode Island, where the locals on Block Island create a tree made from lobster traps every year! Or the annual Reno Santa Crawl in Nevada, which came in at position 36, where people dress as Santa and go on a massive pub crawl, raising money for charity. We also love the sound of surfing Santas in, where else, California. Making number 8 on the list, athletes enter the contest in Dana Point wearing white beards, red hats and swimsuits, and raise money for Surfers Healing, a surf camp for children with autism. “For many of us, traditions are an important part of what’s so special about the holiday season. Even though we may celebrate in different ways, spending time with friends and family and creating memories together is what matters most,” said Leslie Albertson, director of marketing of Mixbook.
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Bishop Noll Institute Holds First Mass For Feast Of Our Lady Of Guadalupe The Bishop Noll community celebrated Mass for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Monday, the first time, at least in recent history, this feast was observed at BNI with an all-school Mass. Dec. 12 marks the anniversary of one of several apparitions of the Virgin Mary witnessed by an indigenous Mexican man named Juan Diego in 1531. Before Mass, Bishop Noll students read the story of Juan Diego in English and Spanish. This Mass was especially important for BNI Principal Lorenza Jara Pastrick and Chaplain Father Jeff Burton, said organizer Ana Acosta Hicks, BNI Spanish teacher. “They want the large Hispanic community of BNI to be represented, and what better way than through the Virgen de Guadalupe who is venerated by so many,” she said. The Mass included a rose procession of students from BNI’s three Hispanic clubs – Multicultural Club, Spanish National Honor Society and Hispanic Student Union. “The rose procession is important, because it represents the miracle of the Virgin’s appearance to Juan Diego,” Acosta Hicks said. Each processing student and some special parent guests presented roses to the statue of the Virgin. Parents who donated the statue had it shipped from Mexico to BNI at a cost of about $3,000. Dancers from St. Thomas More’s Ballet Folklorico troupe, led by Ms. Gaby Diaz, also performed. “They too are a new group/addition to St. Thomas More, and we look forward to working with them closely, possibly bringing the ballet to BNI in the future.” Following Mass, all students received hot chocolate and pan dulce (sweet bread), purchased by BNI’s Campus Ministry. Many students, parents, clubs and BNI staff members helped bring this special Mass to fruition, including BNI’s Multicultural Club, which aims to highlight the diverse community at the school. BNI musicians, under Mr. Rocco Carioto, worked hard to prepare music for the Mass. “I hope that we continue this Mass yearly, but that we incorporate many many more people,” Acosta Hicks said.
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Presenting roses at the Virgin of Guadalupe statue are, from left, senior Itzury Becerra, junior Diana Corral, sophomore Viviana Murillo and sophomore Neyli Villalobos. _______________________________
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ssc.edu Bishop Noll junior Emiliano Soto stands with the school’s new statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Parents donated the statue, which was shipped from Mexico to Bishop Noll, for the school’s first Mass for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
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