Homemade gifts that are helpful for tight budgets
For her daughter-in-law’s first Canadian Christmas, Carol Manship knit her a Christmas stocking.
“I could go out and buy a pre-made one, but she knows that I’ve made it for her,” she says. Manship works at Yarn Forward & Sew-On, a knitting and sewing store on Bank Street. It’s one of many places students can go when looking for supplies and information about handmade Christmas gifts.
What is you favourite holiday tradition?
“Every Christmas Eve my mom and I will watch The Christmas Carol. I’ve been watching it since I was little, my mom watched it when she was young too.” -Sarah Barrett
“ Skating on the frozen lake at my cottage with all my family.” -Mac Radburn
“I get drunk with my family and sing Christmas carols.” -Ellyn Cook
“ I have a tourtiere every Christmas eve.” -Mac Christie
Multicultural holiday traditions
Maybe you’ve experienced that awkward moment when you return from winter break and ask someone, “How was your Christmas?” and they tell you they don’t celebrate it.
Most Outrageous Gift Requests
"This year I’m asking for a ‘Banana Phone.’ It’s a foam cover and it’s in the shape of a banana. I really want it. I hope I get it.” -Alanna Gray, first-year political science student (Blue Long Sleeve, Café)
Coming out with the GLBTQ
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and queer: most of us have heard these words before, but when it comes to the GLBTQ community, things become more complicated than these five simple labels.
For example, the term bisexual assumes there are only two genders. However, Renée Yoxon, a fifth-year physics student at Carleton, said it comes down to more than just a binary between the two sexes. Instead, she said she likes to use the word “pansexual” because it doesn’t put limits on how people identify themselves.
