THE ODILO MILLENNIUM NEWS Issue 1, Volume15 December 18, 2009 For the students, by the students since 1999 CHRISTMAS ISSUE Santa Eats Cookies The Candy .......Not a Myth by Carlos Ramirez, Lorenzo DiTrolio, Julius Dix, and Miguel Lopez, 3rd by David Hobbs, Cane Santa is crazy for cookies because he thinks Donnie Rollins, Jacob Banda, and he will give more presents that way. Santa is Kyle Daley, 8th also crazy for cookies because....well....he’s crazy for cookies. And he can travel around the world in one night. T he history of the candy No one can do that!!! cane goes back about 350 years ago when candy makers were making hard sugar sticks. The very first candy cane was completely straight and white in color. It was white in color because it was made out of sugar. In the late 1600s the first candy cane was sold in stores in Europe Odilo Christmas Concert... during Christmas. The reason the Candy Cane has a hook R eligious Experience? shape at the end is credited to By: Julia Camarillo, Roxana Miranda, David Gudino, Nick Lopez and the choirmaster at Cologne Andre Rios, 7th Cathedral in Germany who in 1670 bent straight candy Julia: My opinion of the canes to represent a Christmas Concert is that it will Andre: I think its’ pretty cool Shepherds’ crook. They used be a religious experience about that we sing in front of people. the hooks for hanging them on the special event from when It makes people think that we the Christmas tree branches. Gabriel tells Mary that she shall are good kids. Our parents are The stripes are made similar in give birth to Jesus Christ to happy for us to do it. It also fashion to a barbers pole with when Jesus is born in a manger makes are our school look the red stripes twisting around at Bethlehem. Everyone will good and proud. Im’ proud to the white stick of sugar. These take part in the program. go and sing for our school. signature stripes did not become a part of the candy David: I think that the concert is Nick: I think it is the best thing th until the late 20 century In cool because you sing and it ever and I enjoy it. Its’ 1874 the candy cane began talks about good things about awesome to do and our selling rapidly. Bobs Candy Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. It also parents are proud of us. I also was the first company to is good because you sing in think its’ pretty cool that we successfully mass-produce and front of people. sing for Jesus and Mary and distribute candy canes. Lt. Im’ proud of that. Bob McCormack began making candy canes as special Roxana: I think it expresses a Christmas treats in the 1920s. joyful feeling aboutthe birth of Candy Canes are one of the Jesus. I think it is very nice and most popular Christmas treats creative. in the world today. Christmas Island It’s A Club Penguin Christmas by Aimee Bueno, Sandee Arunrung, by Pat Uphues, Jack Girard, Arturo Pacheco and Eduardo Carrasco, 3rd and Daisy Napoles, 8th The website for Club Penguin has Santa hats at the snow Most people when they forts. They also have Santa beards. A little Christmas tree at hear for the first time about the Iceberg and they also put the ice rink back. They have Christmas Island they think it’s red and green scarves and like a winter wonderland. bells. You can dress your Christmas Island is actually the penguin as a snowman, a complete opposite. Christmas candy cane at the night club, Island is a very tropical place, a Christmas tree CP Times with beaches, birds and sea Newspaper and a Christmas Wreath at the lodge attic. turtles. If you are wondering why There’s a holly leaf pin at the coffee shop and Christmas it’s called Christmas Island when present at the ski lodge. it’s actually a tropical place it’s because a man named Captain William Mynors gave it its name Christmas Events on December 25, 1943. The British colony of Singapore ruled In Chicago Christmas Island until 1957 when By Emily Gilligan, Ashley Parenti, Australia decided to buy it for 2.5 Hannah Molina, Grace Costello, 8th million pounds on January 1, *Christmas Around the World at the 1958. The island belongs to Museum of Science and Industry Australia and it’s located 2,600 Holiday singers and dancers will take part in kilometers northwest of the the celebration. Dozens of huge decorated Western Australian city of Perth. Christmas trees will greet you at the door at The island only has a population this year’s “Christmas Around the World of 1,402 residents. and Holidays of Light”at the Museum of Science and Industry, November 20th - January 3rd, 2010. *Chicago Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony Taking place at the Daley Plaza, this year VS will mark the 96th year of this holiday rite of passage. The giant Christmas tree is usually made of small trees sitting on top of each other and it sits next to Chicago’s famous Fast Foods—To Eat Picasso statue. or Not to Eat? *Navy Pier’s Winter Wonderfest This Christmas celebration at Navy Pier will include a winter bouncy By Jazzmin Martinez, castle, more than 750,000 holiday ornaments, hundreds of decorated trees, Jovanna Martinucci and indoor ferris wheel, musical carousel, north pole e-wish, large-scale Nikkita Bolen, 3rd inflatable games, giant slides and ice skating, Dec. 4 – January 3, 2010. *Lincoln Park Zoo, Zoo Lights The zoo will stay open as long as people are there. All animal exhibits will stay open during this amazing festival. You can go on Santa’s Safari, watch It is our opinion that people ice carving demonstrations, and more. December 4 to December 6, December should go to McDonalds because 11 2009- January 3, 2010 (Closed December 24 and 25) their food has protein which is good for you. Burger King has W inter in near. “have it your way” if you have a esurrection of Jesus. $1 for a Whopper Jr. Good foods R to go with your burger are the E ating a Christmas dinner. yogurts,orange juice and apple fter go to sleep. juice. We do not recommend A eating pizza, french fries or hot T ime of good greetings. dogs. H oping for it to snow. by David Hobbs, 8th Back in the Day Faron’s The Reason for by Danny Kozlowski and Enrique Camacho, 8th the Season by Amanda Vasquez, Blanca “When we were kids we Saldivar,Christine Ramirez, could stay out after dark,” our Cooking Club Marcela Ramirez and parents often tell us. But these By Antonio Carrasco and Marisol Mata, 8th Joe Faron, 4th days you can’t even walk down Christmas and the holidays are the street without the fear that arriving very soon, which make Mrs. Liz Faron will be having a something bad might happen. more kids around the world want Cooking Club in the Saint Odilo Today we need to prevent many gifts. According to today’s School Hall and at Mrs. Faron‘s certain situations by learning self economy it’s going to be very house located at 2300 defense. Martial Arts is a great hard for parents to buy their Kenilworth on Wednesday way to protect yourself. So children what they want. Many evenings from 6:30 until 8 p.m. please be safe this holiday season parents will want to know when You will be able to make different and always be cautious and watch the sales are going to start so they types of food like tacos, pizza, your surroundings. Be safe. can save as much money as mini pizza, macaroni and cheese, possible this Christmas season. and spaghetti. The cooking club is Many people are starting to buy for the seventh and eighth grades their presents online for a cheaper only. The seventh and eighth price. This is because they don’t grades will have lots of fun have to pay the employees like cooking different kinds of foods. stores do, which allows lower When you are finished making the prices online. food you will be able to take it home. Any interested seventh or Christmas is a time for celebrating eighth grader interested in signing Jesus’s birth, spending time with up can call (708) 484-4311. Do your family, and for giving each not be late to sign up for the other gifts. Many gifts don’t have C HRISTMAS SHOPPING cooking club. The seventh and to be bought, they can be H OT COCO ON THE STOVE eighth grades will have lots of fun. homemade, or just a card, its R EINDEER ON THE ROOF what counts. Christmas is a time I SICLES ON THE CAR to remember that you are loved, S ANTA WORKING OVERTIME for spending time with the family T EMPTING TO LOOK AT YOUR PRESENTS EARLY and having fun and enjoying each M OM YELLING other while you can. A T YOU FOR TRYING S ITTING AND WAITING FOR CHRISTMAS by Marisol Mata, 8th Dear Santa, H ow many times do we have to say, O ld Saint Nicholas is on his way? I Would Like.... L isten and try to hear his slay bells in the sky so near. I n the morning great presents will be here. by Yami Figueroa, D ancing and singing around the house, Carolina Delgadillo, A nd even your brother is dancing, Even the mouse!!! Aimee Cervantes,Gaby Lopez Y es, I will say, “ Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!” and Monica Castro, 7th by Katherine I.