Christmas is approaching and the Daily Tar Heel's Candy Cane Correspondent Brett Zeck left the warmth of his dorm and the crackling fireplace on his (brother's) Netflix to ask students "What is your favorite Christmas tradition?" #HaveACoolYule
Jason Troutman
Year: First-year
Major: Exercise and sport science
“Favorite Christmas tradition… Going with my family to the mountains and spending Christmas night there, because it’s just the time to get away from reality, hang out with family and not have to worry about the real world.”
Sarah Daniels
Year: Senior
Major: Global studies, political science
“My favorite thing is Christmas morning, when all of the family is usually together. I just love doing that again. I haven’t lived with my parents in four years and with my sister in six years, so it’s just great to have everyone in one place.”
Connor Nielsen
Year: First-year
Major: Business administration, dramatic art
“My favorite Christmas tradition is going to visit my aunt and uncle in Colorado. My whole family goes together and we ski, it’s a good little tradition.”
Miguel Sandoval
Year: Junior
Major: Communication studies
“Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve. I come from a Hispanic family, that’s like a bigger thing for us. The whole family gets together, we open one present at, like, midnight and we make a party of it. It’s nice to see the whole family, because the next day some of them will be visiting other relatives.”
Alyssa Schrader
Year: First-year
Major: Physics
“We actually always burn the Yule log, that sounds old as heck but we do. I’m from a predominantly German part of Pennsylvania, so we still do. We still have the Amish everywhere. As far as I can tell, it’s just supposed to be a renewal of life and a giving of warmth after the end of the year. The wintertime is when most of the deaths happened from famine and what not.”
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