Last year Bonaventure waited until Dec. 3 for the tree lighting Photo courtesy of Jack McCann BY: LEAH ANSON, STAFF OPINION WRITER It’s beginning to look a lot like… maybe Christmas? The holiday seasons have officially started for some students on campus, whether it’s listening to Christmas music or just being in the holiday spirit.…
Dorm room decorated with Christmas decorations / Photo courtesy of Kelsey Purcell BY ANNIKA SPITZER, STAFF WRITER Christmas music began playing Tuesday, Nov. 1, on Sirius XM radio 102.5. Is it too early for Christmas music? For some, maybe. However, is it too early to start thinking about Christmas shopping? Some say people are already…
BY ANDRE GIBSON, CONTRIBUTING WRITER St. Bonaventure University hosted the annual Operation Christmas Child event Sunday. The event was held at the McGinley-Carney Center for Franciscan Ministry to prepare and wrap toys and gifts that were brought in by the community to be donated. Students and faith members gathered to wrap presents, write letters, and…
BY MAX MCAULIFF, STAFF WRITER As the holiday season approaches, many people will debate what holiday is superior. The cliché yet hard to dispute answer would be Christmas. Growing up as young children, Christmas was likely many people’s favorite holiday. However, that feeling may begin to change as people get older and discover the truth…
BY ERICA GUSTAFSON, OPINION EDITOR After the spooky season of pumpkin carving, costumes, candy, scary movies and numerous parties, this year’s Halloween celebration has sadly come to a close. Right beside the season’s end, I have seen my TikTok feed change from Halloween costumes to Christmas music and decorations in the blink of an eye.…
By Erica Gustafson, Staff Writer Millions of people celebrate Christmas every year in their unique ways. This holiday has become a seasonal celebration with several different winter activities mixed in. People are always divided on how others “should” celebrate and take part in all of the festivities. Some thoroughly believe that Christmas is only a…
Oh, Christmas tree, oh, Christmas tree, how come you look so gaudy? We all know it is heading toward wintertime. With the blizzards and snowmen come an inevitable flood of cheery Christmas hymns and clanging holiday bops. I only ask that they wait until after November. I am not alone. Pass by a tinsel-tickled reveler…
By Alexis Young Staff Writer “This time of year, it is so easy to get caught up in all of the shopping and decorating of the holiday season. It is so easy to lose sight of the truth,” said Nicole Antonacci, an undeclared sophomore softball player. Saturday, Dec. 10 marks the seventh annual Christmas gift-wrapping…
I love Christmas music and “Dominick the Donkey” is my jam. I love singing about an Italian Christmas ass with the same name as me every Christmas season. The problem is that it is not the Christmas season yet! Yes, it is currently the holiday season, but that holiday is Thanksgiving. There is a reason…
By Lauren Zazzara Features Editor Ed. Simone, Ph.D, filled the Garret Theater with the holiday spirit on Saturday with his one-man show of Charles’ Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. A Christmas Carol revolves around Ebeneezer Scrooge, a grumpy and greedy old man with a penchant for the phrase “Bah Humbug!” and a hatred of Christmas.…
By Brandon Chin Staff Writer The America Marketing Association (AMA) unleashed its second Ugly Sweater Christmas party on Friday, Dec. 4, keeping fun at an all-time high and conventional fashion at a low. “We saw an even better turn out this year,” said Laura Meyers, a graduate assistant and co-president of AMA. “We raised nearly…
Vanessa Hulse Contributing Writer Christmastime is usually a time for celebration, a time to spend with our families, relax, catch up, be happy. There is a reason that it’s known as the “most wonderful time of the year.” But is it really? For so many people, Christmastime is a happy time, but for so…
Corey Krajewski Staff Writer As Thanksgiving ends, the Christmas season truly begins, bringing us glad tidings of cheer and merriment. Tragically, it also brings us the vitriolic rhetoric of the participants in the “war on Christmas.” Every year, some Americans across the nation begin to rabble rouse over either an alleged attack on the…
By Andrea Fernandes Associate Editor It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas as empty boxes sit and await Toys for Tots to fill them. Toys for Tots is a program that allows people to donate toys, which are distributed to children in need on Christmas morning. The program is run by the United States…
By Jason Klaiber Staff Writer The month-long break from classes is approaching, the first half of which sees people across the country heavily concerned with holiday shopping. Sr. Margaret Carney’s presentation “God’s Embrace of Our Humanity,” which took place in the University Chapel on Dec. 2, shined a light on a different perspective toward the…
By Amelia Kibbe Features Editor Museum administrators and staff decked the halls of the Paul W. Beltz Gallery and the mezzanine in the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, inviting students and the community to enjoy a holiday-themed tour. The exhibitions, “Christmas Greetings from the Whitehouse: an Exhibition of Art and History” and “K-5…
By Rachel Konieczny Staff Writer St. Bonaventure administration gifted students and faculty with an extra week of Christmas break this year, and between holiday traditions, outdoor activities, and family time, it will not be wasted. The break has been extended an additional week from last year. Students will return to campus for the first day…
By Andrea Fernandes Features Assignment Editor As Christmas approaches, people begin to think of what they want to see under the tree with their name on it when they wake up on Christmas morning. Instead of thinking this way, some members of the Bonaventure community have been taking action to brighten someone else’s Christmas morning.…
By Lauren Zazzara Staff Writer Happy almost Christmas break! Of course, there are finals, final papers and final projects all crammed into one week. But Christmastime is here! While you are studying for hours on end, your mind may wander to the question “What am I going to wear for Christmas?” Even if it doesn’t,…
By Heather Monahan Features Editor Christmastime is here, and what better way to spend it than take advantage of the hundreds of Christmas movies available this month? The holiday craziness is just beginning as students head home to shop, bake cookies and wrap presents. Admittedly, it would be hard to watch every Christmas movie this…