ARTS
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CULTURE
What is your most memorable holiday experience?
Holidays are a special time to spend with family and friends. Everyone has their own stories and
memories that remind them of families and the time they spend with those who mean the most.
Stories can range from silly, saa and goofy to tales of jo y and happiness. These holiday memories
are different for everyone. Clackamas Community College students shared their most memorable
moments:
photos and interviews by Mckenna Stréed
M y favorite holiday m emory is during Christmas, wheremy
whole family buys ugly sweateis and weais them together.
It’s the most fun because we get to laugh together and spend
tim e together.”
-K a y la Fujimoto
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“ My favorite m emory is on Thanksgiving. Every year on
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Thanksgiving a ll o f m y fam ily that live faraway, from Virginia
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and California, come down to our house and we all celebrate
When I was really young, my father
together. We don’t really see each other a lo t so I always feel like
would be funny to take
that is really memorable. Everyone comes together for a week and
wegettobondandatchuponthingswemissoutonotheiwise.’’
es, and try putting them on our
-JennyWong
rooster. He took the rooster while it
was sleeping in the coop inside the
“ Usually instead o f celebrating Christmasat home, w eallgoas
a fam ily somewhere along the Oregon Coast. One o f m y most
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garage and put the little hat on which had a string to keep
it on his head with a little red and white coat. It wouldn’t
funmemoriesasakidwasgoingtothisplacecalledThelnn
a t Otter Crest. We would always have this lo ft area and our
parentsw ouldjustsay‘B ringyourtoystotheloftandplayup
there.’ One year, m y family decidedto h it the outdoorpoolat the
Inn while it was snowingpretty hard. It was ju s t this magical warm bath w ith snowflakes
stay on because the rooster’s legs were too big, but he did
duct tape it on which pissed off the rooster pretty bad. I
have lots of younger cousins and they decided to chase it
around to try and get the hat off. It was some kind of game
falling in it. It was really fun!”
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NOVEMBER 22, 2017