During the twelve days until Christmas break, the King Street Chronicle will again present staff favorites from the holiday season.  This eleventh edition will not include 11 pipers piping, but beloved Christmas songs, memories, recipes, movies, and crafts.

Song: “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” performed by Frank Sinatra.

Recipe: Oreo Truffles

• Total Time:
  • One hour
• Quantity:
  • 25 servings
• Ingredients:
  • One package of Oreos 
  • Eight ounces of cream cheese, softened
  • 12 ounces of white melting chocolate
  • Six ounces of semisweet melting chocolate or holiday sprinkles for topping
• Steps:
  • 1) Place the Oreos in a food processor and blend until fine crumbs are formed.
  • 2) Mix in the cream cheese until a sticky dough has formed.
  • 3) Roll about one and one-half tablespoons of dough into a ball and set aside on a plate or in a container.  Freeze the balls for at least 30 minutes.
  • 4) Place the white melting chocolate and semi-sweet chocolate in two small microwave safe bowls and heat for 30 seconds at a time, stirring in between, until melted.  Refrigerate for at least ten minutes to set.
  • 5) Cover a baking sheet with wax paper.  Remove Oreo balls from the freezer.  Drop them into the semi-sweet chocolate and roll them around carefully with a fork.
  • 6) Cover a baking sheet with wax paper.  Remove Oreo balls from the freezer.  Drop them into the white chocolate and roll them around carefully with a fork.  Refrigerate for at least ten minutes to set.
  • 7) Top the truffles with sprinkles or Oreo crumbs right after they have been dipped.

Movie: Prancer

“A magical fantasy drama that the whole family can enjoy, Prancer follows a little girl who finds a hurt reindeer in the woods, whom she believes to be none other than Santa’s Prancer,” courtesy of goodhousekeeping.com.

Craft: Pinecone Christmas Tree

• Supplies:
  • Pinecones
  • Wood slices
  • Wooden stars
  • Acrylic paint (green, white, red, yellow, blue)
  • Paintbrushes
  • Hot glue gun and hot glue
• Instructions:
  • 1) Paint pinecone green, using green acrylic paint.  Using a small paintbrush and white acrylic paint, create snow covered branches by painting the tips of the pinecone.
  • 2) Next, use another small paintbrush to add small Christmas lights in red, blue, and yellow dots paint. Top each tree with a wooden star.
  • 3) Finally, use the hot glue gun to attach each tree to a wooden slice.

Memory: Catriona Marangi ‘22

“My favorite Christmas memory was going to Vermont with my cousins.  Because we live so far away from each other (two in Texas, three in Chicago, and us in New York), Christmas becomes the time where we can catch up with each other.  Snowy days skiing with hot chocolate at every break, watching movies like Johnny English, and cookie decorating competitions quickly become some of my favorite memories.”

Featured Image by Leah Allen ’22