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\u201cMy family just kind of sits around. I think it\u2019s just the togetherness thing; we always get around each other and hang around for as long as possible, always sharing the same stories over and over, it\u2019s just really great. I always get shooed out of the kitchen because I eat the food.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jesse Bradley,
\nBio Tech major<\/p>\n

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\u201cBeing with family, eating dinner, football, fun and music.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ronald Blake,<\/p>\n

Business Off ices major<\/p>\n

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\u201cCooking Thanksgiving dinner formy family. Martha Stewart\u2019s recipe is the best because it uses marsala wine, and the sweet potato souff le on locomedias.com.\u201d<\/p>\n

Linda Schock,
\nadministrative assistance for the Center for Teaching and Learning<\/p>\n

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\u201cMy family just rushes to the basement to play pool; just being together is really great.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lisa Clark,
\nCriminal Justice major<\/p>\n

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\u201cSpending time with my family around the tree singing Christmas carols with my father accompanying on the guitar.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rob Leonard,
\nassociate professor in Communication<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe get little kids lots of presents at Christmas, that is our tradition. We all shower the little kids with presents. So each small child [in the family] gets like six presents.\u201d<\/p>\n

Samuel Guinaugh-Penn,
\nJournalism Major<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe would always sit and wait by the steps until we could open the presents.\u201c<\/p>\n

Maci Michael,
\nVet Tech major<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe have a really big Christmas brunch and a really big Christmas dinner. Brunch is the best because you can open presents at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Veronica McNamara,
\nPsychology major<\/p>\n

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\u201cBig family dinners at Christmas. I have this really big enjoyment from going to other people\u2019s holiday celebration dinners with the girlfriend\u2019s family. Stuff like that, so it\u2019s different every time.\u201d<\/p>\n

William Camp,
\nPhysical Therapy Assistant major<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe only holiday tradition I have is just a family reunion every year down in Cincinnati. It is very special to me because I get to see family I don\u2019t get to see on a regular basis. It\u2019s nice catching up with everyone. \u2014 Everyone brings a present for a guy and a girl and we all draw cards; when they call our card, we pick a present and when they call your card again, you can either keep your present or steal somebody else\u2019s present.\u201d<\/p>\n

Corey Long,
\nNursing major<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe make hot chocolate; it\u2019s homemade hot chocolate [that] my grandma makes, and then we go to Clifton Mills to see the lights and catch up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Malorie Dinsmore,
\nArt major<\/p>\n

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\u201cEvery year, since we don\u2019t really give gifts anymore, we all get together at a cabin in Kentucky. We always take a picture with each of us wearing ugly sweaters. We also do a \u2018white elephant exchange,\u2019\u00a0where we buy the worst gift possible from a thrift store and wrap it without a name on it, then we pick a number to decide the order that we go in. The f irst person picks a gift and opens it and the next person can pick a different gift or take the first person\u2019s. It\u2019s a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rebecca Moyer,
\nBusiness major<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe have Mainstay French toast for breakfast on Christmas. It\u2019s from New Jersey and it\u2019s something I can look forward to, and it\u2019s good. We\u2019ve had it every year for like 10 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Grayson Hart,
\nNatural Resource Management major<\/p>\n

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\u201cChristmas, bringing family together, and celebrating and sharing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Justin Davis,
\nCNC major<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m Jewish, it\u2019s eight days long. My family and I always make latkes; they\u2019re like potato pancakes, they\u2019re always really good. It\u2019s a Jewish tradition.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rebecca Smith,
\nPhysical Therapy major<\/p>\n

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\u201cI visit with my parents and my grandparents. I visit my dad\u2019s parents that night and my mom\u2019s parents that afternoon for lunch; we all live pretty close to each other so it\u2019s not a big drive. It\u2019s nice to see a family get together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joshua Randolph,
\nNetwork Manager major<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe always open one gift on Christmas Eve, that\u2019s the only real tradition that we have.\u201d<\/p>\n

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