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Headline: Christmas Traditions

Gabriel Ramirez, Sports reporter • December 17, 2024

Since Christmas is coming around the corner, many families will begin with their annual traditions. I’ll go over my family traditions and also a good friend of mine, Alex’s family traditions.

Worship of Shepherds
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To begin with, on the day of Christmas Eve, my family will begin with any preparations needed for the food for Christmas day. We will go out and get some HoneyBaked ham, make some mashed potatoes and rolls, and we will also get some tamales as well which are personally my favorite. All day long, we will watch Christmas movies and enjoy time with everyone around us. We won’t have any special meals on Christmas Eve for we will wait to do everything special on Christmas Day. Then comes the night of Christmas Eve, where we will unbox one present, which is guaranteed to be pajamas. We will put them on and then right after, we will say goodnight and fall asleep, ready for the next morning. When the kids wake up, they will wake up everyone in the house and we’ll go to the tree and start unwrapping presents right away. After the unwrapping, we’ll eat the ham for breakfast with mashed potatoes and all of that. Not long after, we’ll head to the movies and after that, come home to play games, have fun, hang out, and get ready to eat tamales for dinner. Overall, that is all that takes place, and not much otherwise from that. It is a very chill and relaxing Christmas and has been the same since I was born.

Now, moving on to Alex, who has traditions of his own. He and his family will begin the day of Christmas Eve where he and his family get together and eat prime rib and hang out together while playing games. Then, at midnight, everyone will get around the tree and start opening the presents, starting with the youngest, and moving up. After the family is done opening the presents, they will then play a game where they will take turns rolling dice and unwrapping a massive ball of Saran wrap that holds extra gifts inside. The prizes consist of smaller things like dollar bills, gift cards, and note cards that allow the person to pick a surprise gift that remains under the tree.

Overall, there are many differences between my family’s and his family’s traditions, but we both spend time with family and that is the whole idea of Christmas.

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Gabriel Ramirez, Sports Reporter

With the new school year, there has been a new wave of students in the journalism class. Today we are going to take a closer look at Gabriel (Gabe) and a glimpse of who he is what kind of person he currently is and what got him to this position in his life. Gabe is a 17-year-old born on July 27th, 2007 and he is a senior here at Agua Fria it is his first time taking journalism. He is very interested in sports hence the fact he is a student athlete here at Agua Fria being a baseball player for the school playing first base and pitcher. He enjoys playing baseball and playing video games in his free time. He is a fan of the San Francisco Giants and his favorite player is Casey Schmitt. Gabe is also a huge fan of the Seattle Seahawks and looks up to his favorite player Geno Smith. He is Korean and is proud of his nationality. He is from Phoenix, Arizona, and has lived here his entire life. Gabe enjoys his science classes in school and he enjoys them so much he wants to go down the science path for a career but more specifically into Forensics Science. Gabe is ecstatic about the fact he gets to graduate and take his talents to the next level by going down his very own career path. Gabe believes that with the career he has in mind, he can keep the people of America safe and provide justice to every single one of them. Gabe has grown up as a younger brother to his big brother Christian and a son to his mom Lisa and his dad Ted. He makes his family very proud and makes sure he does well in school to succeed for them. He has always been a smart hardworking young man and has done everything to be as successful as possible. Gabe has a bright future ahead and has the best plans and intentions to grow into the man he wants to be. Gabe says his favorite thing about school is seeing his friends every day and going to Mr. Smith's class to learn about the government not only because Mr. Smith is his favorite teacher but because the lessons he learns in that class will set him up to be more successful and reliable in the future.