What is your favorite winter holiday memory?
by All Owlet Staff Members
9th Grade
“Seeing all my family last Christmas.” Nathaniel Collins
“When my brother fell off a chair during Thanksgiving.” Darien Garcia
“Me gusta pasar la Navidad con la familia.” Jesus Zamora
“En el tiempo de la Navidad y Accion de Gracias mi cosa favorita es estar con la familia.” Jay Quintana
“When I went to Shavor Lake and it started to snow, it was my first-time seeing snow.” Kevin Gonzales
“Last year when my siblings got me a gold chain with my name on it.” Melanie Escalera Ortiz
“When I got a dog.” Felicity Loya
“I shot my brother in the eye with a BB gun.” Bobby martin
“I accidentally knocked down the Christmas tree.” Joselin Ramirez
“I like making tamales with my grandmother.” Max Morgan
“When I was six, I tripped and fell down the stairs during the winter months, and then I got a really cool truck for Christmas.” Ian Owdom
“I buried my sister under the snow when we were playing” -Andrew Lopez
“Throwing Water Balloons at my friend Ian was one of my favorite things to do during the holidays.” James Phillips
“Making Christmas cooking with my family." Yoselin Rodriguez
“Seeing my family, specify my cousins” Audrina Salcedo
“When me and my siblings got bikes from my dad.” Melody Madrigal
“Going to the snow with my family every year.” Murphy Leech
“Spending time with my family or going out with friends” Violet Gonzales
“I got a scooter for Christmas and a new phone. When I got on my scooter my phone was in my back pocket, my phone and scooter broke.” Jetai Hardeman
“When I was 6, I got a cold for Christmas.” Alexander Barrera
“I dd a backflip ground.” Diego Sandoval
“Going up to see the snow when I was 5.” Aaron Belt
10th Grade
“Just waking up on Christmas.” Mason Peters
“We helped decorate the whole house inside and out.” Alyssa Pursell
“Going to the snow.” Alexandria Garcia
“Going to the snow.” Amos Marby
“Making bonfires with my family and roasting marshmallows.” Alexis Moua
“Having family over and eating all the food everyone brought.” Jojo Contreas
“Spending time with family and opening presents.” Adrian Alonso
“When I went to Christmas tree lane with one of my friends because she split hot coco on my sweater it was funny.” Alessandra Telles
“When I went to Christmas Tree Lane with my grandpa and cousins” Tristan Mcdonald
“When I went to San Diego with my family and went to Lago Land.” Tyler Speir
“Walking down Christmas Tree Lane with my friends” Evanie Vasquez
“My favorite Christmas memory is spending 30 plus minutes in the Starbucks drive through line just to get apple cider and then going down Christmas tree lane every year.” Sydney Maroot
“When my grandma first came during the holidays, and I first met her.” Sandra Ramirez
“Making cookies.” Emily Anderson
“I had gotten a hundred-dollar gift card to footlocker from my grandmother.” Zirariah Skinner
“When I was eight years old, I got my first bike.” Luis Soto
“When the PS3 came out and I got it for Christmas” Gabriel Tinoco
“Playing Bean Boozle on Christmas Eve.” Emily Cerja
“Christmas with my grandparents.” Nick Martinez
“Getting to spend time with family and friends.” Alysa Pursell
“Picking out a flocked Christmas with my daughter tree at the lot, going home, and realizing when we got home that it was way too big, but the smell of pine and the prickly ends of the needles made it worth it.” Ms. Marina Santos
“When I was a little girl, I begged my parents to open gifts early.” Mrs. Jan Stewart
11th Grade
“Spending time with my loved ones." Jordan Chairez
“When I got to go to the Lego store and my parents bought be Legos.” Christian Castro
“Going on a winter retreat with my church, we stayed in a cabin in the snow.” Jaiden Crane
“The time I got my first x-box for Christmas.” Luis Chacon
“Making things with family.” Valerie Real
“Spending time with family.” Melissa Cristobal
“My favorite holiday memory was going to my grandpa’s house every year and watching him eat so much Turkey he would throw up at the end of the end of the night.” Daniel Ruiz
“Going down Christmas Tree Lane with my parents” Josefine Vander Pool
“My favorite holiday memory would be making Baklava during Christmas.” Amber Jimenez
“Baking with my cousins.” Autumn Cano
“I found a hundred-dollar bill of the floor.” Ethan Mejia
“Spending time with my family and eating at the dinner table.” Jordan Chairez
“Being with my family, opening presents and stuff.” Ulises Manriquez
“Christmas time because I get whatever I want.” Gabriel Parker
“Sitting on Santa’s lap when I was younger.” Xavier Roque
“Christmas caroling with Mr. Perez.” Alex Guijosa
“Seeing Mr. Perez at Christmas Tree Lane.” Madison Cervantez
“After high school I was able to buy a Christmas tree and was able to buy presents for my family, so every present under the tree was from me.” Ms. Vickey Chang
“Celebrating Christmas with my family and community members. We called it Posadas. A lot of families gather and we spend one day with everyone and one family hosts everyone else. That’s how we do it every day until Christmas Eve.” Mrs. Silvia Antonio
“Being able to hang out with my dad and do things with him. Also, being around my kids. I’m all about spending the holidays with family.” Mr. Jose Sandoval
12th Grade
“Visiting my aunt and having everybody at the party. Spending time with all my family." Joseph Gamber
“Opening stockings Christmas Eve.” Matthew Gonzales
“I got to Oregon and cut down Christmas trees with my dad and bring them back to sell them.” Mercedez Rivas
“Spending time with family, eating turkey, and hanging out with my cousins.” Maya Blackman
“Having all my family together because we usually don’t get together unless it’s the holidays and I'm grateful to see them and converse with them.” Ricky Macumba
“Making tamales with my family.” Miguel Valdez
“My favorite memory was going to Christmas Tree Lane with my two friends and taking a lot of pictures with them.” Dalia Garcia
“Having a Christmas dinner at my uncle’s.” Andrew Salcedo
“Me and my family play White Elephant every year and I like stealing gifts.” Ryan Moua
“When I was like 5 or 7 years old, after we got all our presents, me and my cousins would have a nerf fight.” Aeon Prestridge
“Drinking hot cocoa with my family while watching Christmas Vacation.” Natalie Castro
“Playing the White Elephant game with my family and stealing the best gifts for myself.” Olivia Jones
“I like to get up early in the morning and opening presents.” Waldo Rodriquez
“Waking up and knowing it’s Christmas.” Angel Garibay
“We usually Going to the movies on the holidays and after that we get ice cream after.” Destiny Do
“Playing loteria with my whole family in San Jose.” Emilio Orozco
“Going to Arkansas to visit my dad and grandma for the first time.” Hope Bryson
“Cooking with family.” Jessica Camacho
“The Christmas lights are my favorite, they’re so pretty.” Alex Sanchez
“Playing games after Christmas dinner with my family.” Serenity Vang
"My last Christmas with my grandfather I was eight and we got to pick an ornament off the Christmas tree and got to open presents. We also got to eat dinner together has a family and I got to eat my grandmother's persimmon cookies they were homemade.” Ms. La Borde
“The magic of the season seen through Luke’s eyes.” Mrs. Melissa Bangerter
“Getting gifts and opening them up with everybody else.” Mr. Boun Xiong
“7th grade when I got my first guitar for Christmas.” Mrs. Karen Y-C
“Going to the Hmong New year and dressing up in Hmong clothes and eating the Hmong food.” Mrs. Chie Moua