![]() World Laughter Day was celebrated for the first time on in Mumbai on the initiation of Madan Kataria. The founder of the worldwide Laughter Yoga movement, Dr. It is a day to raise awareness about laughter and its many healing benefits. World Laughter Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of May every year. Trisha Sarkar and Sydney Cichitto, Staff Writersġ. The holiday season is near, stuffed with many new foods and festivities. Here are a few to look forward to over the next month.įall and winter themed seasonal foods are back in stores and family kitchens.Ĭal High students and teachers are looking forward to enjoying home-cooked meals in the company of their families.Įnglish and sociology teacher Eghosa Obaizamomwan Hamilton celebrates the holidays with food from Nigeria. Her family’s favorites are jollof rice and red pepper stew. For dessert, Hamilton’s family eats puff puff. Puff puff can come in different variations, but the basic ingredients consist of flour, sugar, yeast, water, salt, and oil for deep frying. “It is deep-fried and a little ball and you just eat it with your hands,” Hamilton said. ![]() And you gobble it up because it is so good!” “It’s not doughnuts, but like a doughnut hole. Hamilton recommends Ruth’s Buka and Miliki restaurants in Oakland for Nigerian food. Sophomore Senia Reynaga has her very own staple foods for the holiday season. Her grandma makes the food from scratch every year. We always eat these foods during the holidays as a tradition and have done it all of my life.” “My family eats tamales and drinks atole during Christmas,” Reynaga said. Junior Kohen King celebrates holidays with Hawaiian food. “I usually eat spam and eggs when I visit but she makes kalua pork during Thanksgiving because it’s more of a food that is eaten during important events.” “I’m Hawaiian and my grandma makes kalua pork and spam with eggs,” Kohen said. King also recommends Hula Wok BBQ for those looking to try some Kalua pork or spam musubi this holiday. San Ramon stores and restaurants have also been stocking up for the holiday season. Trader Joe’s has stocked hundreds of pumpkin products to satisfy customers’ cravings for the iconic fall gourd. Some include pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin cobbler, pumpkin spice hummus, pumpkin-shaped pasta, pumpkin spiked seltzer, pecan pumpkin oatmeal, and many more. Senior Amelia Stevens-Nappi, an employee at Trader Joe’s, said her all-time favorites are the pumpkin kringle and maple streusel. It smells like pancakes,” Stevens-Nappi said. Winter holiday foods like almond kringles, candy cane, Joe-Joe’s, eggnog, and even black truffle and gingerbread ice cream are also available.Ĭold Stone is now selling The Apple of my Pumpkin Pie creation (pumpkin bread batter ice cream, pecans, graham cracker pie crust, apple pie filling and caramel), Almost Baked Banana Bread creation (banana bread batter ice cream, banana, pecans, and cinnamon), and pumpkin bread batter pie. Typical activities teens enjoy during the holidays include traveling, meeting family, ice skating, and shopping. “I like to go ice skating ,” senior Griffin Cramer said. The City Center Bishop Ranch offers a variety of festive activities available throughout the winter season, one of which includes ice skating. The rink is named after Kristi Yamaguchi, a former American figure skater who placed in the Olympics and the World Championships, according to the City Center website. The rink is not the only festive activity offered at the City Center. As stated by the City Center website, the outdoor mall also offers visits with Santa, allowing younger kids to tell jolly old Saint Nick what they want for Christmas and take photos with him. In addition, “12 Days of Giveaways” will be offered at the City Center from Dec. ![]() Each day the City Center will be giving away gifts through their Instagram account, are plenty of activities to do around San Francisco as well. Many students, such as sophomore Rayna Jindal, visit the city during the holidays. “ generally go to San Francisco, and ice skate or see the Christmas tree and Pier 39,” Jindal said. The Christmas tree lighting takes place every year at Union Square. According to the Union Square website, the lighting took place on Nov. Ice skating is also offered at Union Square.
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