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chaldean on the STREET<br />
What’s your favorite Christmas memory?<br />
BY HALIM SHEENA<br />
Tis the season to reminisce about our most joyous Christmas experiences.<br />
My favorite Christmas memory was<br />
teaching my grandma how to make<br />
chocolate chip cookies, because she’s<br />
never used measuring utensils to make<br />
Chaldean food before. She’s used to<br />
just estimating and never measuring<br />
her ingredients.<br />
– Lavrena Kenaya, 19<br />
West Bloomfield<br />
My best Christmas memory is the<br />
year my family first moved into our<br />
new house. I was about 7 years old<br />
and we had a Christmas party with all<br />
our friends and family. Old pictures of<br />
this party always make me so happy<br />
seeing all of my family together in our<br />
new home.<br />
– Sara Mansoor, 19<br />
Clinton Township<br />
My favorite memory for Christmas was<br />
when I was able to see my whole family<br />
that day. I went to my grandmother<br />
from my mom’s side and my dad’s<br />
side, and it was great spending time<br />
with them — and also eating the food<br />
they made.<br />
– Jake Jarbou, 22<br />
Shelby Township<br />
Christmas is special every year because<br />
my cousins from Canada come<br />
to visit and we all get to spend time<br />
together. We go to my grandparent’s<br />
house for dinner and open presents.<br />
Every memory we create together is<br />
sacred, and I cherish the time that<br />
we’re able to spend together.<br />
– Rima Esho, 20<br />
Troy<br />
My favorite Christmas memory was<br />
when I was 7 and realized that Santa<br />
Claus was also my dad. I still believed<br />
Santa Claus was real because my<br />
parents said he was busy tonight.<br />
– Zaid Yousif, 19<br />
Warren<br />
My favorite Christmas memory is<br />
sleeping on the living room floor in<br />
front of the fireplace hoping to catch<br />
Santa!<br />
– Lauren Mansour, 19<br />
Scottsdale, Arizona<br />
One of my favorites is from last<br />
Christmas. I chose to step up and do<br />
something to give back to the less<br />
fortunate. I joined OU CASA for their<br />
annual Jaycee’s Christmas shopping<br />
trip. We not only had the chance to<br />
give back to the less fortunate, but we<br />
also got to work hand in hand to help<br />
them pick out gifts for their families.<br />
– Zena Atcho, 20<br />
Southfield<br />
My favorite Christmas memory was in<br />
2013 when my family gathered at my<br />
nana’s house. We all sat together on<br />
Christmas Eve around the tree and<br />
fireplace and had “Santa” come and<br />
hand out all the presents. Having the<br />
entire family together made this particular<br />
Christmas the most memorable,<br />
because family is the most important<br />
thing in my life.<br />
– Stephanie Sitto, 19<br />
Macomb<br />
40 CHALDEAN NEWS <strong>DECEMBER</strong> <strong>2015</strong>
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