It’s the holiday season and we’re counting down to 2025! That means plans, presents, traveling, traditions, and cozy cool evenings at home.
“For Thanksgiving, I’m going to visit my dad’s side of the family and celebrate with them,” Piper Ayotte (‘28) said. To add some warmth to this cold, her family’s traditions fill the house with delicious smells, “Every holiday my dad makes cinnamon rolls!!”
The holidays are perfect for spending time with family. “I’m looking forward to Christmas because it is the only time me and my family spend a lot of time together,” Allison Marquardt (‘27) said.
Many students plan to travel out of state for the holidays to visit family. Sadie Cutler (‘27) is one of them. “Well I’m going to New York City to spend Christmas with my family, and also for Hannukah I will have dinner with my family in Ann Arbor. For Thanksgiving I’m going to Chicago with my friends, we plan to celebrate birthdays as well.”
One fellow Skyline student will be celebrating her birthday on Thanksgiving day. “For Thanksgiving break, I’m going to Florida to be with my family. My birthday happens to be on Thanksgiving this year, so we will probably just celebrate a little during the break.” Ava Schmier (‘26) is looking forward to this eventful day, “I keep saying to my family how they should be thankful for me on Thanksgiving since it’s my birthday.”
Dylan Hanley (‘27) is spending the end of this year with friends and family, “I’m celebrating with my family on Christmas and I might have some friends over on New Year’s Eve.”
Fatema Refiei (‘27) is hoping to travel to Iraq this break with her family and “spend our time there, exploring the city and we would meet our sister there too. My sister lives in Iran [not too far from Iraq] so we could all meet there and visit the holy mosques and have fun as a family.” Although these plans aren’t set yet, “and since there is some war happening in that area, we might not go. [Instead] we just go skiing in Canada or Alaska. Every time we go, it’s so much fun, I love snowboarding. There aren’t any Islamic holidays during this time of the year.”
Many students like JJ Jones (‘27) have some fun family traditions to look forward to. “I do some of the ordinary things such as decorating the tree with my family and waking up way too early on Christmas Day despite being on break. But me and my mom both love cooking and baking so the food is always the best part about the holidays and spending time with her. We listen to music and bake for everyone. Plus no one complains about having good food and it keeps us busy.”
