Bloomington High School North, Nikean, 2017, Page 63

Description:	TRADITIONSEvery family celebrates theholiday season with differentcelebrations and uniquetraditions.Muslims celebrate Christmas Day becauseits Jesuss birthday and he is one of ourprophets, but we dont really do the santathing. Nadia Jallal, 10.On Christmas Day, my family and I get uparound nine and have breakfast and thenopen stockings. Then, before we openpresents, we usually read the TrueChristmas Story. We do that because mymom and dad say it reminds us thatChristmas is not about receiving but giving.Hannah Bentz, 10.For Chinese New Year, Melinda [Wang]and I cooked dumplings and played ChineseCheckers. We lit lanterns at midnightjoo.Sophie Whikehart, 10. ^photo by: Ellen Willibey9-t& isWe say a prayer and light the candles onthe Menorah every night. We also get a smallpresent that we open every night; wesometimes play the dreidel, and get gelt,which are gold coins made of chocolate.Teddy Waxier, 10.We put lights up around the house and putup a Christmas tree. Then, on Christmasmorning, we make cinnamon rolls and sitaround the tree and open presents as afamily. Abby Cannon, 10.^J3pi%f §—mmWm^1ILf T -4$<* \ photo by: The Cannon FamilyWe do typical Christmas things: We buy atree, decorate it, buy presents. We also goto my grandmas house, and eat Mexicanfood, because Im Hispanic. My grandmamakes tamales with the grandkids beforedinner! Its pretty Mexican. Ruby Sloan, 9.All the guys wear yarmulkes, which arelittle jew hats. We get the menorah out andadd a candle a night and light it with aprayer/blessing. We play dreidel and eatlatkes and we get a present each day.Sarah Haskell, 10. 9m
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