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Curating Winter’s most hated playlist

Curating Winter’s most hated playlist

Nico Armeanu, Arts Editor December 6, 2025

With the drop in temperature and the lengthening of nights, it has become clear that the holiday season is upon us, and with it, Christmas music. Anyone who has worked a minimum-wage job has likely...

Love it or hate it, Christmas music is on its way to your car radio and local shopping malls. Which albums are worth listening to? (Graphic by Maliah White)

Five classic Christmas albums for the holiday season

Tegan Ruhl, Assisstant Lifestyle Editor November 29, 2022

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Get out your jingle bells and hot chocolate as you prepare to dust off your grandparents’ old Christmas records for the holiday season. I’m always excited...

In this skip it or stream it, staff writer Abby Sink shares which holiday movies she would skip and which ones she would stream.

Skip it or stream it: Holiday edition

Abby Sink, Staff Writer December 20, 2021

In my family, I’m the one who starts celebrating the holiday season as soon as November 1st hits. There’s something so magical about this time of year. The spirit that seems to exist within everyone...

Ask Alex: Christmas gifts and study spots

Ask Alex: Christmas gifts and study spots

Alex, Columnist November 29, 2017

Dear Alex, I am insufferable to buy Christmas gifts for. People ask me what I want, and I genuinely don’t know what to tell them. I feel like I’ve got everything I need in life, so what the heck should...

Not ready for Christmas

Vanessa Roach, Staff Writer December 2, 2015

From increased workloads, finals looming ahead and normal holiday stresses of choosing and affording gifts for friends and family, many students become too stressed to enjoy all the wonderful things holidays...

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