Christmas
Catholic Values Column: Celebrate Christmas, after Christmas
ELISHA VALLADARAS-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST With Thanksgiving over and Advent underway, it is unquestionably now secular Christmas season. To this point in time, most of us have been in a back-and-forth as to when it’s appropriate to start playing “White Christmas,” put up a tree and more. But for the most part, that debate is […]
Franciscan Fanfare: Living penance in Advent
LUKE PONCE FINE ARTS COLUMNIST “I believe in the sun, even when it’s not shining. I believe in love, even when I feel it not. I believe in God, even when he is silent.” It is the day before Thanksgiving, and for the first time since June, I am sitting in the living room of the house in […]
Franciscan Fanfare: Living penance in Advent
FR. JONATHAN ST. ANDRÉ, T.O.R. The question is often asked, “Is Advent a penitential season (like Lent)?” The answer is a bit tricky. On the negative, the “Code of Canon Law” is clear that it is not: “The penitential days and times in the universal Church are every Friday of the whole year and the season of Lent” (Canon 1250). At the same […]
Wintery social wins hearts of hot chocolate lovers
CLAUDIA MOUDATSOS STAFF WRITER Students took a break from homework to socialize and get in the holiday spirit with hot cocoa and jazz in the J.C. Williams Center Wednesday, Nov. 20. Christmas was in the air at Heiße Schokolade, Exc!te’s hot cocoa social of the semester. Jazz-style Christmas music filled the space as students waited […]
Annual Advent Market and Nutcracker Village promote Christmas cheer
JOSEPH FUSSELMAN STAFF WRITER This November and December, the Steubenville Nutcracker Village and Advent Market are bringing Christmas spirit to downtown Steubenville. While the sky may be gray, the Fort Steuben Park is aglow with Christmas lights and decorated with 6-foot nutcrackers, which greet hundreds of visitors every week. The market started in 2015 when […]
Fine Arts Column: Merry Crisis: a study playlist for Advent (and finals)
LUKE PONCE FINE ARTS COLUMNIST Some nights, I stare blankly at the screen of my laptop at a loss for what artistic ruminations I could possibly contribute to this illustrious publication that are worth the attention and time of the general public. Such considerations are only heightened by the swift approach of finals, the death […]
Catholic Values Column: The Best Thanksgiving Meal
RACHEL MILLER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST Thanksgiving. Most people associate Thanksgiving with turkey. I associate it with bread. The most important Thanksgiving meal, of course, consists of a little bread, that’s all. I went home for Thanksgiving this break, the first time I went home this semester. It was so good to be with my family! […]
Austria Adventure: A Krampus Christmas
CASSIDY RYDELL AUSTRIA CORRESPONDENT While songs like “Holly Jolly Christmas” are running through America’s head and visions of sugar plums entertain children, Austria offers something quite different. Over here, one might be hearing something similar to “This is Halloween” or getting into a very spooky mood because of a little something that is called the Krampus. […]
Catholic Values Column: Reclaiming Christmas
RACHEL RANDER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST One of my professors once said “Catholics lose our holidays and traditions to society because we fail to take ownership of them.” The commercialization of Christmas is one effect of that; but instead of criticizing the people who only celebrate Christmas for secular reasons, we can use their excitement to […]