With the winter holidays approaching, a lot of different families are coming together to celebrate their unique traditions. Every year, the most anticipated celebrations unfold from November through December. From Thanksgiving feasts to Christmas cheer, the main events dominate as the year wraps up. 

     “We do this tradition for Thanksgiving, where the women stay in the house and cook while the men go outside and hunt fish,” freshman Dreama Clemer said. “We host it at my mother’s house, and we all gather around the tree. We open presents before dinner, then at dinner, we go around the table to say what we are thankful for and our plans for the new year.”

     People also participate in religious celebrations such as Kwanzaa, Diwali and Hanukkah. 

     “I’m Jewish, so I celebrate Hanukkah. Hanukkah falls under different times every year, but it’s always about getting together with family, especially during Thanksgiving,” junior Carson Broome said. “Hannukkah is a day in the Jewish religion where they were given a candle that was only supposed to last one night, but lasted eight nights during a dire time. It’s like Christmas, and it falls around the same time, and you get a present each night.”

      Whether it is a religious or family tradition, people celebrate different holidays in different ways, and that is what makes this time of year special.