During the 12 days until Christmas break, the King Street Chronicle again presents staff favorites from the holiday season. This tenth edition will not include ten lords a-leaping, but beloved Christmas songs, memories, recipes, movies, and activities.
Song: “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire” performed by Mr. Michael Bublé
Recipe: Gingerbread Truffles
Total Time: Two hours
Quantity: Three dozen
Ingredients:
- One 16-ounce box ginger snaps
- One eight-ounce package of cream cheese (at room temperature)
- One teaspoon vanilla extract
- 12 ounces white chocolate (chopped)
Directions:
- Pulse the ginger snaps in a food processor until fine crumbs form. Add the cream cheese and continue to pulse until combined. Scrape into a bowl and refrigerate until firm (about 30 minutes).
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Roll the mixture into one-inch truffles and arrange on the baking sheet. Refrigerate until firm (about 30 minutes).
- Put the white chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave at 50 percent power in 30-second intervals, stirring after each, until melted.
- Dip the truffles into the melted chocolate to coat evenly and lift out with a fork. Gently tap off the excess chocolate and return to the baking sheet. Decorate with sprinkles while the chocolate is still wet. Repeat with the remaining truffles. Refrigerate until set (at least 30 minutes).
Movie: Falling for Christmas
“In the days leading up to Christmas, a young and newly engaged heiress experiences a skiing accident. After being diagnosed with amnesia, she finds herself in the care of the handsome lodge owner and his daughter,” courtesy of imdb.com
Craft: No Sew Sock Snowman
Materials:
- One white sock
- One color sock for the hat
- Rubber bands or threads
- Colorful buttons
- Ribbons
- Glue gun and glue sticks
- Markers or paint
- Orange pom pom
Directions:
- Start by filling the white sock with rice.
- Tie the top with the rubber band.
- Take another rubber band and place in the middle (more to the upper side) of the rice filled sock to form the head shape.
- Now glue the buttons to the bottom side by using a glue gun.
- Draw the mouth and eyes with a black marker or with black paint.
- Make the nose by gluing two orange pom poms together and then onto the face of the snowman.
- Add a ribbon for the scarf and cut excess off.
- Cut the colored sock (cut the foot part, without heel). Roll it a bit and place it on the head of the snowman.
Memory: Annie Slocum ’26
“Every year at Christmas time, my family and I go skiing. Even though it is super cold out and we are a bit rusty on the slopes, we have so much fun and always get some good laughs in.”
Featured Image by Eloise Liggitt ’26
