Dec. 15, 2023
By Alexandra Lourenço
Editor
This feature is part of an in-depth reporting project about the holiday season.
Valery Garcia
freshman
“The minute before the new year, we [each] have 12 grapes, and the intent is with every one grape we eat, [we make] a wish for the new year.”
Juan Lopez
sophomore
“Every seventh of December, my family and I go out in the street and light small candles… for the eve of the day of the Immaculate Conception of Mary.”
Bella Villano
junior
“Visiting my family and eating dinner and opening presents with them.”
Lucas Melendez
senior
“My family gets together on Christmas Eve, and we play games. We always have activities like scavenger hunts, cookie decorating and lots of board games.”
PHOTOS BY ALEXANDRA LOURENÇO
