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Tom Naatz | Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Even though nearly all students will be off-campus for Christmas, the Basilica of the Sacred Heart will still offer Masses on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day this holiday season. Even though the Basilica will operate on a reduced schedule for break, Mass will be held on Christmas Eve at 5 p.m. and midnight, as
Alexandra Muck | Tuesday, December 5, 2017
For the past five years, the Notre Dame community has marked the coming of the Christmas season with an annual tradition of Las Posadas. During this year’s celebration, students and others in attendance will meet at the Grotto at 9 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights for a walk, prayer, singing and food. Las
Mike Donovan, Adam Ramos, Brian Boylen, Owen Lane and Adrian Mark Lore | Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Be wary — some people in this world nurse an inexplicable obsession with figgy pudding. Their demands for the elusive substance tear through the holiday season’s bitter cold, subjecting the innocents to aural torture. Don’t give in to their cries. Find comfort in Scene’s list of wonderful, figgy pudding–free Holiday tracks. “Christmas Wrapping” —
Maria Leontaras | Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Once a year, the lounge of a Saint Mary’s residence hall is transformed to host a Renaissance-themed meal featuring a show with a holiday twist. The event will take place this weekend with the College’s 45th-annual madrigal dinners. The dinner consists of a three-course meal with stages of entertainment between, Nancy Menk, one of the dinner’s
Adam Ramos | Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday for many reasons, last of which is that it officially marks the first day that most rationally-minded folks will allow holiday music to be played. It’s just that for most, the month or so in-between Thanksgiving and Christmas is just about all that can be handled before wanting to explode
Patrick McKlevey | Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Remember the joy you used to feel at Christmastime? Remember the weeks and weeks of buildup, the list-making and tree-decorating and present-wrapping? Remember going to the mall to see Santa, remember always playing a shepherd or angel in the school pageant? Remember counting down the days until Dec. 25, sitting fireside with family and friends
Sarah Cate Baker | Wednesday, November 29, 2017
1. Put your decorations up as early as possible. Psychologists at the McKeown Clinic believe that people who put up Christmas decorations early are happier, and since some news outlets called them experts (fake news?), it’s believable. Alternatively, you could just never take down you Christmas decorations, and then you could be lazy and happy.
Marie Fazio | Tuesday, November 28, 2017
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas on campus. Though there may not be snow on the ground, many dorms have already begun to get into the Christmas spirit by decking the halls with unique decorations. From the outside, passersby can see Breen-Phillips Hall’s Christmas spirit shining through candles in the windows that are
Colleen Zewe | Monday, November 6, 2017
Starbucks holiday cups arrived on Wednesday, Nov. 1, exactly 55 days before Christmas. As a Starbucks lover and holiday fanatic, I ignored the blatant commercialization of Christmas and extremely early timing to grab a holiday cup for myself as soon as possible. While I know Starbucks cups are certainly not the most important aspect of
Jordan Cockrum | Thursday, November 2, 2017
After the game Saturday, my friends and I were talking about one of the most hotly debated issues of this time of the year: whether or not it is acceptable to begin listening to Christmas music before celebrating Thanksgiving. While it is fair that decorating for Christmas as soon as Halloween is over can be