5th Annual Holiday Special
Happy Holidays to you and your family. In this episode, learn about Festivus, Christmas movies, songs and Santa's Reindeer, a new TikTok trend for wrapping gifts, holiday lights, Krispy Kreme Donut annual holiday flavors for 2022 and more. We get out there to survey Westlake students and faculty on their shopping habits, knowledge of Christmas movies, songs and Santa's Reindeer. Anchored by Dean Williams '23 and Rocco Dominguez '23. Contributing reporters Broadcast 2: Danny Alvarez '23, Ryan Dierssen '23, Rocco Dominguez '23, Julie Lomurno '23, Lena Palushaj '23, Elise Stuetz '23, Dean Williams. Broadcast 1: Stephen DiNapoli '24, Victoria Engle '24, Aidan Hawkins '23, James Maxwell '24, Michael Pagan '24, Lia Prosperino '25, Thomas Sherman '23, Chase Sorby '24, Joe Vedovato '24. Scroll to the bottom of the page for our very own Christmas special starring Superintendent of Schools Dr. Peter Giarizzo.
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays to you and your family. In this episode, learn about Festivus, Christmas movies, songs and Santa's Reindeer, a new TikTok trend for wrapping gifts, holiday lights, Krispy Kreme Donut annual holiday flavors for 2022 and more. We get out there to survey Westlake students and faculty on their shopping habits, knowledge of Christmas movies, songs and Santa's Reindeer. Anchored by Dean Williams '23 and Rocco Dominguez '23. Contributing reporters Broadcast 2: Danny Alvarez '23, Ryan Dierssen '23, Rocco Dominguez '23, Julie Lomurno '23, Lena Palushaj '23, Elise Stuetz '23, Dean Williams. Broadcast 1: Stephen DiNapoli '24, Victoria Engle '24, Aidan Hawkins '23, James Maxwell '24, Michael Pagan '24, Lia Prosperino '25, Thomas Sherman '23, Chase Sorby '24, Joe Vedovato '24.
Krispy Kreme HOliday Flavors |
Hilarious and Genius Gift wrapping TikTok trends |
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Krispy Kreme just dropped their new holiday donut collection called “Santa’s Bakeshop” available from November 26 to December 24 With each holiday season Krispy Kreme creates new holiday donut flavors. Lena Palushaj '23 and Elise Stuetz '23 are here to tell us all about this year's donut flavors.
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As many of you might know, Tiktok Trends come and go. However, this one trend always seems to come back every year. This genius and hilarious gift wrapping joke, wrapping gifts as something not even remotely close to what the contents are, is taking over the internet. Lia Prosperino '25 gives is here to tell us more about this fun trend.
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2nd Annual HOliday Bake-off |
Those halls won’t deck themselves: Tips on holiday lights |
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What a weekend it was for Senior Reporters Lena Palushaj '23 and Elise Stuetz '23. There are tons of holiday traditions only one of which are holiday cookie swaps and baking. Continuing their annual tradition of baking and decorating different holiday cookies with a new twist this year of An Instagram poll giving the public a chance to vote on which they like the best. Can’t wait to taste some of those cookies!
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It's the most wonderful time of the year; colorful lights and decorations are making their annual appearance. Join senior reporter Ryan Dierssen '23 as he dishes out some holiday safety and productivity tips.
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saving christmas with dr. giarrizzo
Dean Williams '23 and Rocco Dominguez '23 were faced with the mightiest task in The W’s history: saving Christmas. Thank you to Dr. Peter Giarrizzo Superintendent of the Mt. Pleasant School District for his time and effort in making this package.
What Kind of shopper are you? Black Friday? Cyber Monday? Year Long hoarder? |
Festivus for the Rest of us |
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What kind of holiday shopper are you: Black Friday? Christmas Eve? Yearlong hoarder? Julie Lomurno '23 and Victoria Engle '24 put some of our Westlake shoppers on the spot.
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Ever want to tell people how much you don't like them, like meatloaf, or just don't like the religion and commercialization of the holiday season? Well here is Thomas Sherman '23, to tell us about a holiday you may not have heard about and might want to celebrate this holiday season.
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Inside the Making of the Holiday Window |
The Best Holiday Songs of All time |
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Have you ever wondered why we have holiday windows and what are some designs this year? If not, Joey Vedovato '24 will tell you the origin and designs of this years windows.
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One of the best ways to get in the Holiday spirit is through Christmas music. Julie Lomurno '23 and Victoria Engle '24 go through the top 10 Christmas songs while competing to see who can guess the order correctly.
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Top Christmas movies |
Vox pop: Do you know your holiday songs? |
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It’s Christmas time and that means Christmas movies are back. Watching Christmas movies is one of the best ways to get into the Christmas spirit. Watch Chase Sorby '24 and James Maxwell '24 rank there top 10 favorite Christmas movies of all time.
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Do you know your Christmas songs? Let's see how many Westlake students know the lyrics to some iconic Christmas songs with Michael Pagan '24 and Stephen Dinapoli '24.
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Top talk: December edition
Aidan Hawkins '23 welcomes Westlake High School Principal Mr. Schenker to the Holiday Special Edition of Top Talk. Here’s Aidan and Mr. Schenker with a message for the holidays.
Gingerbread house making competition |
Do you know all of santa's reindeer? |
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If you think the bake-off got you into the Christmas spirit Watch Aidan Hawkins '23 and Stephen DiNapoli '24 in their Gingerbread house-making competition for even more holiday spirit.
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Jolly Old St. Nick is rarely pictured without his trusty reindeer team, often led by Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer. They are featured in Christmas songs, TV specials, books, and decorations, and there’s a lot we think we know about these Christmas icons. Senior reporters Daniel Alvarez '23 and Aidan Hawkins '23 ask Westlake students if they know all of Santa’s reindeer.
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