During the twelve days until Christmas break, the King Street Chronicle will present staff favorites from the holiday season. This tenth edition will not include ten lords-a-leaping, but beloved Christmas songs, movies, recipes, quotes, and festivities.

1. Cut each pita fold into eight wedges. Insert pretzel sticks half into center of the bottom of each wedge to form the tree trunk.
2. In a small bowl, mix sour cream, guacamole, parsley, and the garlic-pepper blend. Spread about a teaspoon of the sour cream mixture onto each pita wedge.
3. Blot the bell peppers with a paper towel to remove excess moisture. Sprinkle about a quarter teaspoon of the diced bell peppers on each pita wedge.
4. If desired, cover and refrigerate up to eight hours before serving.

1. Pull apart cotton balls into strips to resemble snow. 
2. Glue the fairy lights to the inside bottom of the box, ensuring the battery case is outside the box and not visible.
3. Stand the box vertically and glue the fake trees to that side of the box
4. Glue the pulled apart cotton to the floor of the box, making sure to cover the stands of the trees.
5. If using a shadow box picture frame, add a glass cover.  
   

   

 
 
Quote of the day: “I am not alone at all, I thought. I was never alone at all. And that, of course, is the message of Christmas. We are never alone.” – Taylor Caldwell
 
 
 
 
 
Festivities around the world: London, England
Every year, the streets of London are elaborately decorated with Christmas lights. These bright displays include giant, illuminated peacock feathers that hover over Bond Street, thousands of strands of snowball decorations that hang over Oxford Street, and more. Residents and visitors to the city enjoy ice skating at Canary Wharf Ice Rink, a colorful, lighted skating rink in central London, and at the rink in front of Henry VII’s historical palace.