Question: What’s your favorite thing about Christmas? Answer: “Honestly, seeing my family. We get together throughout the year, but Christmas is always a day that I know I will be able to see everybody that I want to see and everybody that I haven’t seen.”
Bailey Gaspard Senior English
Question: What’s your favorite holiday tradition? Answer: “Candle Day in Colombia. My mother loves this day, and we wake up early to light the candles and we pass out hot chocolate and sandwiches to the whole neighborhood.”
Susana Polo Freshman Dance
Question: What are you looking forward to this holiday season? Answer: “What I’m looking forward to in the holidays is seeing family because it brings me back to childhood memories. It’s really great to see family again and spend time with them, and I think that’s what makes the holidays so great for me.”
Dominick Saldivar Junior Music Education
Question: What are you doing for the holiday break? Answer: “This Christmas, I will be going to spend time with my friend at his family’s house in Montana. It’s my first Christmas here in the United States and I will enjoy the cold weather and the snow. I’m looking forward to enjoying their company and cook Colombia food for them.”
Dana Barreto Arellano Senior Communication
Question: What is your favorite holiday and why? Answer: “My favorite holiday is New Year’s because it’s the perfect time for new beginnings and one of my favorite traditions I do for New Year’s is eating the 12 grapes under the table so I can find the love of my life this year.”
Atziary Perez Sophomore Social Work
Question: What are you doing this holiday season? Answer: “This holiday season I will be going to Mexico with my family and while in Mexico I will be going to posadas [religious holiday gatherings] that happen every year.”
Priscilla Rubio Sophomore Early Childhood Education