Waldo people share holiday traditions

By Angelina Vital Torres

All of the students at Waldo Middle School were anxiously awaiting for Winter Break in December. Some students and teachers didn’t all celebrate the same thing on their winter break. I interviewed some of the students and teachers to ask them two questions to see what kind of celebrations and traditions some people had. You’d be surprised with the things that some people celebrate that you may have never known about.

Questions:

Q: What do you celebrate in your Winter Break?

Q: What kind of traditions do you usually do in this time?


Mrs. Nelson (Librarian)
A: My family and I celebrate Christmas.
A: A tradition that we always do is we go to my brother’s house and play Bonko on Christmas Eve. We eat ham and turkey.

Jose Hernandez (Twinkie)
A: I celebrate Christmas with my family.
A: Sometimes we go to Mexico to celebrate it over there, or we celebrate it in my house and have a bunch of food to eat.

Diana Rodriguez Robles
A: My family and I celebrate Christmas.
A: My family always gets together and eats a bunch of food. Then we open our presents. It’s a lot of fun. Well, for me it is.

Juliya Guncheko
A: My family and I family celebrate Christmas.
A: I celebrate Christmas with my family. We eat a bunch of food, play, and have lots of fun. I like Christmas a lot.


What I found out is that I couldn’t really find that many people that celebrate something other than Christmas, although that does not mean they go unnoticed. I hope that all of the students, staff, and teachers had a wonderful Winter Break and it's wonderful to see you back at school.