The Holidays

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The Outlook Holiday Playlist
Holiday Recipes
Charity Events

The Outlook Holiday Playlist

The Outlook Editors’ Picks for favorite holiday songs.

• Winter Wonderland by Bing Crosby
• Cold December Night by Michael Buble
• Last Christmas by Wham
• Baby, It’s Cold Outside by Dean Martin
• We Three Kings by Pentatonix (a cappella)
• White Christmas by the Drifters
• Christmas by the Bay by Tim Hockenberry
• One Toy Soldier by Enya
• All I Want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carey
• This Christmas by Chris Brown
• The Christmas Song by Nat King Cole
• Linus and Lucy by Vince Guaraldi

Also check out our “Holiday Music” article here!

Holiday Recipes

Latkes

Ingredients

• 3 potatoes
• 1 white or yellow onion
• 2 tbsps of matzo meal or flour
• 1 egg
• 2 pinches of salt
• Cooking oil
• Sour cream and/or applesauce

Shred the potatoes and onion in a Cuisinart. Place the shredded potatoes and onion in a mixing bowl. Add the matzo meal, egg, and salt. Mix. Add an additional egg if the mixture is not holding together. Pour a generous amount of cooking oil into a large frying pan and place on the stove over high heat. Give the oil a couple minutes to heat up. With your mixing spoon, scoop out some of the mixture and place it in the frying pan. Flip when brown. When both sides are brown, transfer it to a plate with a paper towel on top to catch the excess oil. Serve hot with sour cream or applesauce.
-Courtesy of Meredith Charlson-

Vanilla Crescents

• 1 1/3 cups flour
• 2 tbsps sugar
• 1/3 cup ground almonds
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 TSP vanilla
• 1 cup vanilla sugar
• Candied fruit (optional)

Mix together flour, sugar, and almonds. Cut in butter. Add egg yolk and vanilla, and work quickly into dough. Chill for about 1 to 2 hours. Shape into small crescents, and bake in a preheated oven for 300 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes. Roll in vanilla sugar while hot. This dough may also be filled with candied fruit and rolled in vanilla sugar.
-Courtesy of Alexa Cajthaml-

-Charity Events-

Second Harvest Food Bank

Packages and distributes food to families in need

• Donate money
• Volunteer at warehouse to pack food
• Start your own food drive

Annie’s Blankets

Provides blankets to vet clinics and animal shelters

• Drop off blankets/towels at local PETCO
• Donate money
• Monitor drop-off sites or participate in events

My New Red Shoes

Helps homeless and low-income children in the community.

• Collect clothing/school supplies for gift bags
• Host a shoe drive
• Volunteer at warehouse

SleepTrain

Supports foster children with basic necessities and holiday gifts

• Donate money online
• Donate Supplies/presents to holiday drive
• Host a toy/clothing drive

December 2011 Arts and Entertainment Page created by Rebecca Hu, Olivia Marcus, and Paniz Amirnasiri