THE A&T
REGISTER November 2021, Volume CV Edition No. 3
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF N.C. A&T
Aggies pick favorite holiday November is here and December is around the corner. In a survey conducted by the A&T Register we asked students if they are more excited about getting their belly full at the Thanksgiving table or are they ready to rip open gifts on Christmas day? Krystalyn Butler, a junior, Liberal Studies (Pre-Law) student, prefers Christmas because in her family, they all come together and celebrate with one another while taking the time to honor the perished family members they’ve lost. “We make more of an effort to see each other,” Butler said. We place a great emphasis on prayer and take the time to recognize those that her family has lost along the way. Christmas is a very memorable and special time of the year. At this time, many Aggies are already home for Winter Break and have the opportunity to spend quality time with their immediate family, as well as their extended family. The holiday season gives Aggies and their relatives time to travel and commute from across the country and the world to visit for Christmas. The idea of family around Christmas is often associated with love and good tidings. From this perspective, Christmas is a suitable preference. Demontre “Tre” Dabney, a
MADISON LONG senior internationing student, Albert Edney Word Lead Reporter shared that she enjoys al management molong1@aggies.ncat.edu student, prefers baking pies with her grandmother on Christmas morning Christmas because to him it is a month-long celebration. every year. “Christmas is better because “My sisters and I stay up all night on Christmas Eve anxiously you basically celebrate the whole month; you watch waiting on the morning sun to hit our faces,” Edney said. “We love Christmas all monthlong, and plus, I love the sweet cinnamon and nutmeg the culture of the holidays,” smell as we make sweet potato pies with our grandmother using the Dabney said. Christmas does seem to last recipe she refuses to write down,” Edney said. for the entire month of December, in fact, some Aggies put their It seems like Christmas may Christmas Tree up the same day or be winning. However, there were the day after Thanksgiving. The ex- people who preferred Thanksgiving citement around Christmas is built over the holly jolly holiday. Simone in anticipation with the Christmas Tapp, a sophomore economics stumovies, the music, food and culture dent, shared that Thanksgiving is as Dabney mentioned. the main event for the holidays The culture is definitely a big and in her family. part of Christmas. Junior “I don’t have to spend civil engineermoney on gifts and the food is the main event,”
she said. “The food is definitely the main event in most households.” Shang Andrews, a sophomore computer engineering student said he preferred Thanksgiving because of the food and how accessible it is to get plates on Thanksgiving. “You can go over to a friend’s house to eat their food, “ Andrews said. “It’s just like a fun family and friend feast and we can’t forget about football.” Thanksgiving is indeed a feast. The spread of food on Thanksgiving is like no other. Grandmothers, mothers, aunties, and whomever else cooks your Thanksgiving meal does everything they can to make the meal terrific! Be sure to give thanks this holiday season to all your relatives and be sure to love on them during both holidays, Thanksgiving, Christmas, no matter which you prefer, there is a reason to celebrate both and to be grateful.
