Holiday Harmony: Central Students’ Traditions

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! And for everybody here at Central, that all means different things, so let’s look at some of our student body's various holiday traditions! These answers were taken from a survey sent out to all students, if you want to be included in any articles, keep your eyes peeled for any emails sent out!

The majority of responders said that they celebrate Christmas, though we did get a handful of responders saying they celebrate holidays such as the Winter Solstice, known as the shortest day of the year. Others also celebrate Yule, a German holiday celebrated at the same time as the solstice. An anonymous Junior celebrates Yule by “making wreaths, having a bonfire, making an altar, gathering herbs, candlelight, etc.”

Responders talked about the different meals they eat with their families every year.  Keller Jordan talks about spending every Christmas Eve eating meatball subs, Noah Macpeek has a giant breakfast with his family before opening gifts, Jeremy Hatch makes sugar cookies and holiday jello which is “raspberry jello layered with whipped cream, with actual raspberries in it.”

Responders also talked about how they spend time together with their family baking or playing games with each other. Gavin Butcher says they celebrate when “We all wake up early and go to my grandmother's house down in West Salem. Once we get there she makes us children (18 and younger) Help make breakfast for the other guests. After that, we wait for everyone to be finished with breakfast before going on to our presents.” Along with Donovan Keeney playing games such as one where they “choose some drink or food with a lot of knock-offs (IE Cola sodas, Orange sodas, Oreos, ETC) and we blindfold ourselves and play a game where we try to tell the different foods apart.” Finally, Cyrus Loehr has his family get together and “Everyone that is able to make a pie (around 12 or so people, including me) and then we do a sort of pie exchange where everyone takes a pie home that is from another part of our family (ex, uncle takes home grandparents pie, vice versa).”

We wish all of our readers a happy holiday, whatever that means for you!