Gilje fiflihhle ånhnnl årríhhler Special Holiday Issue /7 ...1… · sealed by a high priest...

Gilje fiflihhle ånhnnl årríhhlerSpecial Holiday Issue

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Christmas Specialties

By Sho Spaeth

Ask yourself something. What isspecial about Christmas? Well, some of usreally have to think a lot about this question.Before you really answer , let us, from theScribbler team, state a fact about Christmas:It only comes once a year!!! Aside fromthat, what makes Christmas really special?Now... don't be shallow with your answer.Get beyond the presents and the money fromyour grandparents, the great food, and thefact that its a break from school (Yayl). We(of course) love these things, but get deeper.We”ll tell you what we came up with andthen you think about it.

One thing is the Christmas spirit.There is no other time of the year whereeveryone is as nice as during Christmasseason. Face it, everyone's kind at this timeof the year. Another thing that goes alongwith the Christmas spirit is the good feelingyou get. We don't know about you, but theM.S Scribbler staff can all atest to the factthat we aquire a feeling of warmth atChristmas time.

At the risk of sounding corny, anothergood thing is that you get to look over andinto your friendships with people. Theymight grow or might fade away, but every-thing's for the best during Christmas. Alongwith friendships comes the best part, yourfamily get-togethers. They`re always fun,especially with those funky Christmas tuneswhich send that “more-than-welcome”Christmas vibe. And don't forget that relaxedfeeling which seems to bind with the music.

So you just think about my initialquestion and while you”re at it, the entire

Scribbler staff wishes you a MerryChristmas and aHappy New Year.

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Hannukah

We all know that Hannukah is a holidayor annual festival for Jewish people, but do we 'really know what it”s all about? ...The real storybehind Hannukah? Well, it is celebrated foreight days, starting on the twenty fifth day ofthe third month, Kislev, on the Jewish calendarwhich corresponds to December on theGregorian, the calendar most of us are probablymore familiar with. Hannukah actually cele-brates the rededication of the Temple ofJerusalem by Judas Maccabee in 171 after thetemple had been taken over by Antiochos IVEpiphantes, the King of Syria at the time andleader of the Palestinians.

Well, after Antiochos had set up an altarto Zeus (about three years after) Judas Macabee

took Jerusalem back and put up another altar inplace of the one ruined by Antiochos, he beganto rededicate the temple to God, which was aneight day ceremony. But, according toTalmudic tradition, to rededicate the templepure olive oil was required. Only one container.sealed by a high priest could be found. so that`swhat they used. Miraculously, the small amountof oil lasted the eight long days. So. to symbol-ize those eight days, a special eight branchedcandelabrum is used. One candle lit the firstnight, two the next, and so on.

Well, to the whole middle school. fromthe M.S Scribbler, Happy Hannukah all!

The Middle School Scribbler

Winter Sports

In order to find out about favourite winter sports, I surveyed all of the middle school students atA.E.S. The Sixth and Seventh graders liked ice staking most while the Eighth graders thinkthat skiing is the best winter sports. Some interesting winter sports, as indicated by middleschool students, were out-door swimming, going to the beach, playing beach volleyball, jetskiing and surfing. These student obviously come from, or have lived in, the SouthernHemisphere. 'Odd sports included snow golf, snow shoe racing and mud wrestling. Thanks forfilling and giving us all a gold idea of what people like to do in the winter month.

By Sung Hwa, Park

6th grade'

-Ice Hockey- 15.4%

Snowball Fights- 5.7%

Roller Blading- 5.7%

UFigure Skating- 4.9%

-Skiing- 24.4%Tobagganing- 2.4%

Ice Skating- 25.2%

Sledding- 4.9%Æ Snow Boarding- 1.4%

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.ice Hockey- 13.5%

Ice Skating- 22.7%

Skiing- 21.3%I:lSnowball Fights- 5%

lsledding 12.1%

fisnow Boarding- 7.1%

Figure Skating- 8.5%

Tobagganing- 9.90/0'

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-Basketball- 11.9%

ce Hockey- 12.6% Tobagganing- 2.2%

Dice Skating- 23%

-Snowbaii Fights- 3%

äSkiing- 23,7%

Figure Skating- 3%

Sledding- 12.6%

Esnow Boarding- 8.1%

December 18, 1996

The Pirates of Penzance

By Joy Torres

Staying after school for rehearsals, really paid off. The

Pirates of Penzance was an excellent hit. The entire cast was

incredibly brilliant! Vibrant singing and superb acting made

the play a big success! The backstage crew kept the actors

bright and happy, the lighting crew made the actors shine on

the spot, and the props and costumes brought the variety of

settings to life. The ushers looked great in their pirate hats;

passing out programs and making people fell comfortable right

from the start. But...... let's not forget the directors/ teachers

that took part in the play, for if it weren't for them we would

not have had a play at all! Let alone such a great one!

AES is very lucky to have such talented kids, excellent

teachers, and supportive families! Let us all “Pour, Oh Pour the

Pirate Sherry!” till the next Middle School play! V

Qtbristmas legenhg

by Susanne Holzl

The Holly and the Ivy

Did you know that there are more than 150varieties of holly. Holly grows in just everycountry of the world. It has been used forcenturies for decorating purposes, especiallyat winter festivals.

In many Christmas legends, the male issymbolised by the holly and the female bythe ivy. The one that was first brought intothe house indicated which sex would rule thehouse for the year! An entertaining storyembodying this idea is told of an Englishknight who invited his tenants and theirwives to dine with him at Christmas. Theknight arose when all the guests were seatedand said to the men “ Before you eat,whoever among you is master of your wifeshall now take his stand and carol before theassembly." After some time a man arose andsang a short song. Then a command wasgiven to the women”s table: “ Ivy, it is nowyour turn. Whichever of you is the master ofher husband, let her sing a carol as proof."All of the wives joined togsether and beltedout a Christmas song. The knight laughedand agreed that the Ivy is the winner. Themaster is always the Ivy!!

* Reference: Christmas Around the World by

The Mistletoe

The reason Mistletoe is called mistletoe is

because it came from the Latin word mistel-

ant, meaning “different twig”. It grows on_ trees as `a semi-parasite and its huge, dense

and light green.

“Give me a kiss” is the meaning in the lan-guage of flowers, because it hangs in thedoorway or under a chandelier, a boy mayclaim a kiss from the girl who happens to beunder it. After each kiss the boy is to removea berry and give it to the girl. Of course, thisalso works in vice versa mode. When all theberries are taken, no more kisses are avail-able.


* Christmas Customs Around The World byWernecke Herbert H.

Tinsel on the Tree

Do you know why our Christmas tree is deco-rated with tinsel? An old legend seeks toexplain this: many years ago a good womanwith a large family of children prepared theChristmas tree, trimming it profusely. Duringthe night spiders Visited the tree and crawledfrom branch to branch, leaving their beautifulwebs behind them. To reward the woman forher goodness, the Christ-child blessed thetree, and all the spiders webs were trans-formed into shining silver.

*Christmas Customs Around The World byWernecke Herbert H.

Qlhristmaz ifiregents

By Sho and Pehr.

HaVen’t you ever wondered aboutwhat to get for a certain person, maybe afriend or one of your family, for Christmas?Well, the Scribbler just did some thinking foryou. We compiled a list of presents whichcould stimulate your brain and make youstart considering gifts to give to everyone.

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The Photography Exhibit

By Pehr Karlsson.

As you all know, there is a Middle Schooland a High School photography exhibit cur-rently on display in the theatre. Recently Iwent to see it. lt was really good. There weremany good pieces on a variety of differenttopics. I especially like two pictures taken byLasse Lakkonen and Mira Jain. Lassei`spicture was a view from the middle of aflower. I found it very interesting because ithad a depth to it. Mira”s picture was ofCandles. There was just something specialabout her picture. It was taken from the sideof a semi-circle and had a. spiritual feel to it.The only negative comment that I wouldmake, is the photographs had a similar feel tothem. It is obvious the the photographershave really worked hard to put this exhibittogether. So... if you haven"t had the oppor-tunity to see the exhibit, make plans to do soimmediately as it won”t be up for muchlonger.

CHRISTMAS COOKIES

by Aya Koshinaka

Christmas Season comes to India too!!And....cookies.... what a great gift idea!!! If

you give cookies, making them yourselfmakes them extra special. I’Ve included somesuper recipes for all to try!! Have fun makingand giving.

<DRIED FRUIT FINGERS>

l20g unsalted butter

75g icing sugar

l50g plain flour

Filling

dried apricots, finely chopped

currants

sultanas

mixed peel

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glace cherries, Chopped

Qml brandy

3x60g eggs

120g soft brown sugar

60g plain flour, sifted

(fl

-vi teaspoon baking powder

150g desiccated coconut

Preheat oven to l8OC. Grease

and line a 25cm x 30cm baking tray

with baking parchment. Place all

ingredients in a mixing bowl and

beat until soft. Spread the mixture

over the base of the prepared tray

and bake in the preheated oven 8-

lOminutes or until lightly golden

brown. Spread the filling over the

pre-baked base and bake for a

further 30-35 minutes or until firm

to the touch. Allow to cool in the

tray before cutting into fingers.

Filling

Soak the currants, apricots,

sultanas, cherries and mixed peel in

the brandy. Place the eggs and

sugar in a mixing bowl and whisk

until ribbon stage. Fold the fruit,

flour, baking powder and coconut

into the egg mixture.

<SCOTCH SHORTBREAD>

480g plain flour

300g butter

150g caster sugar

caster sugar, extra for dusting

Preheat oven to l75C. Line baking


trays with baking parchment.Place all

ingredients into a mixing bowl.

Using the fingertips, rum the butter

through the dry ingredients, until

mixture resembles fresh bread crumbs.

Scrape the mixture down and form a

dough.

two balls of equal size.

balls by hand onto the prepared tray

to form circles lcm thick. Pinch the

edges of each disc to give a decora-

tive írilled edge. Using a Knife,

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the edges. Remove from the oven and

sprinkle with extra caster sugar

whilst still very hot. Allow to cool

on the tray and when cold sprinkle

with sugar again.

<SPICE F INGERS>

60g unsalted butter

25ml milk

240g golden syrup

225g plain flour

1 teaspoon mixed spices

1/2 teaspoon ground Cinnamon1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

Icing Glaze

150g icing sugar

2 tablespoons lemon juice

Line baking trays with baking parch-

ment. Place the butter, milk and

golden syrup into a saucepan and heat

gradually, until the mixture comes to

the boil. Sift the flour, spices and

bicarbonate of soda and add to the

butter mixture. Stir until smooth

and then cover with plastic wrap and

leave in a cool place for 2 hours.

Preheat oven to l8OC. Remove mixture

from rhe saucepan and knead lightly

on a floured surface, Take table-

spoons of dough and roll into a

sausage shape,l-1 1/2cm in thickness.

Place onto the prepared tray allow-

ing room for spreading and bake in

the preheated oven 8-10 minutes, The

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fingers should be soft and golden

brown. As soon as the gingers are

removed from the oven, carefully

brush the top of each with the Lemon

icing glaze. Allow :0 Cool before

serving.

Icing Glaze

Sift the icing sugar. Mix in

the lemon juice to make a thin

If icing is too thick add

extra lemon juice or warm water.

icing.

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What is 0110 Thing That You “ant from Santa this Clnrisunas?

Everyone in this world wants to get something special for Christmasor forwhich ever festival /holiday they celebrate in their country. So we decided toask some Middle Schoolers: “What is the one thing that you really want forChristmas this year?”

Electric Guitar. Nikhil Lakshminarayan. Grade 6

Go back to Japan for the break.

Go back to U.S for good.

Cricket Set.

Wilson Tennis Racquet.

A Mansion in Aspen.

Million Dollars.

$500 to Buy Shoes and Clothes.

Tons of Junk Food.

A Machine Gun.

A Lot of J evvelleiy.

2 Good Compact Discs.

Play Station.

A Very Healthy Horse.

Air Gun 265.

Roller Blades.

Oakley Sunglasses.

One Way Ticket back to England.

A Master Card.

A Cool New Binder.

A Swatch Watch.

A Telephone in my Room.

Ayn. Koshinaka. Grade 8

Christine Carver. Grade 6

Frederick Kithikuma. Grade 6

Sipiwe Mhlanga. Grade 6

Julian Ramirez-Bierring. Grade 6

Genevieve Hughes. Grade 6

Joy Torres. Grade 8

Rahul Oberoi. Grade 6

Roman Chovanec. Grade 6

Shiran Sharon. Grade '6

Kunal Kumar. Grade 6

Terence Fung. Grade 6

Mohammed Akbar Humayun. Grade 6

Charles Garoud. Grade 6

Helen Woods. Grade 6

Ehren Ryan. Grade 6

Leanne Leighton. Grade 8

Tomas White. Grade 6

T anya Stephenson. Grade 6

Suhana Mazlika. Grade 6

Lia Ames. Grade 6

December 18,1996

A Jean Skirt.

A B.M.W.

Drum Set.

Nintendo 64.

Michael Jordan Rookie Card.

A New Sony Discman.

A New Stereo, preferably Sony.

Adidas Predator Soccer Shoes.

A 62 Inch Sony T.V.

14 Speed Mountain Bike.

21 Inch Monitor for my Computer.

Anfernee Hardaways shoes.

An Aiwa Diseman.

Sega Saturn.

An AiWa V.C.R.

A football, Adidas Pigskin.

A CD Player.

Unlimited money- forever.

An Adopted Dolphin.

Real Men / Hot Guys.

New pair of Bell-Bottom Jeans.

A Dog.

A Go-Cart.

Kristyna Klevarova. Grade 6

Leonid Vladirnirov. Grade 7

Thomas Edwards. Grade 8

Ju—Ho—Kim. Grade 8

Vijay Asava. Grade 8

Song-Woo Kang. Grade 8

Sung-Hwa Park. Grade 7

Katlego Matsila. Grade 8

Ina Helen Herland. Grade 7

Molly Capper. Grade 7

Iiro Saarikívi. Grade 7

Jun Kato. Grade 8

Rowena Rajandran. Grade 6

Oskari Harhakeski. Grade 7

Faisal Al-Hammadi. Grade 6

Alessandro Binotti Grade 8

In-Moo Hwang. Grade 8

Barbara Van Santen. Grade 8

Kiyono Fuwa. Grade 8

Malaika Rajandran. Grade 8

Mili Mittal. Grade 8

Nicola Leighton. Grade 8

Aditya Godwin. Grade 6

by Arjun Nijhawan.

Dream World

Wlean, median, ana mode."

O/7‘? ao intoa /ana vvnicn is unknown.

G/oaas made of CottonCandy,

Tffees made of Qamarobs,

grassVnaae of licorice,

Hoases maple ofgmm trackers and icina.

A!! of a saaaen tne peace is broken,

The teacne/f /'5 ca//ina my name.

9’ naant Heard tne be!! tina.

ba: Puja Kapadia 6th


Christmas Movie Review

Here are some great Christmas movies towatch, over the holiday break, as rcfviewed bySung Hwa Park.

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The Santa Clause starring Jim Allen

“The Santa Clause’ is about a single father ,who through a series of events, becomes

' Santa Clause. His physical appearaiicechanges as does his view on life. This movieis wonderful because it explains all of thequestions about Santa and Christmas. ltexplains how Santa goes down a chimney,how he enters a house that doesn't even havea chimney, and how his sleigh can be all overthe world at one time. This is a hilariousmovie and I recommend that every one watchthis to get into the Christmas spirit.

Home alone 2 lost in New York City starringMcCauley Caulkin

“Home alone 2” is about a boy that is theyoungest child of one family. The family wasleaving for Christmas vacation, to Miami,and Kevin (Caulkin) gets lost in the airport.Kevin then gets onto the wrong plane and

York. He couldn”t find his family. He waswondering around and runs into his archenemies. Marv and Harry. The story unfoldswith his parents trying to find him while he`shaving a great time alone. There are manytwist and turns. Sit down. tune in, turn on andenjoy

Die Hard 2 starring Bruce Willis

“Die Hard” is an action- packed movie whichis about a terrorist group that took over anairport. They try to intercept a passenger ona plane, and while doing so they cut off allcommunication systems. This movie wasquite unreal. but with all the action that tookplace, made the movie very thrilling and fullof suspense. Up till the last minute, themovie was great. Bruce Willis comes andsaves the day by driving off the terrorists offthe airport. A great movie to watch whenyou are bored!

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Editor’s and Reporters

Sussane HolzlPehr Karlsson

Aya KoshinakaSho SpaethJoy Torres

Sung Hwa ParkArjum Níjhawan

Layout Editors

Joy TorresSussane Holzl

Anu Ahuja

Advisor

Donna Palmer Dodds


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