ImagiNation
ImagiNation Station
Station
Holiday issue No. 1 (2013)
The ImagiNation Station is the continuation of last year’s Imagine This, Imagine
That newsletter- it is essentially the same thing with a different title.
Only first names are used in the bylines-for a list of all workers see the text on
the right.
YOUR TITLE HERE
EXCLUSIVE NEWS TODAY
Staff: Kevin Bernstein, Valeria Briones, Ian Carazo,
James Carter, Evan Foster, Sebastian Giron, Charles
Idarola, Suniah Johnson, Bryce Malvasio, Allison
Martinez, Sabrina Mirabal, Sierra Moore, Jonathan
Neto, Jessica Nikaj, Xavier Paulos, Bethany Salcedo,
Ian Schrogie, Ethyan Waln and Ms. Zee.
History of Chanukah
By Evan, Ian
S. and CJ
The story of
Chanukah, although
first written down in
the Christian Bible or
New Testament, was
passed down orally
by Jews for a long
History of Chanukah cont.
Hebrew, went into
hiding. Meanwhile,
the Greek soldiers
destroyed the Temple
and burned all of its
contents- except for
the Eternal Light (a
traditional light in
temples that is relit
constantly and
resupplied with a
day’s worth of oil
daily so it burns
forever) which had
time. It involves the
Ancient Greeks
trying to take over
Ancient Israel and
force the Jews to
worship Greek gods.
Most of the Jews
were forced to, but a
small number
resisted. These
rebels, referred to as
the Maccabees
which means
“hammer” in
The History of Chanukah Part 2
Chanukah began as a relatively unimportant Jewish holiday
where families would light menorahs and play dreidel. It has
always lasted for eight days, but when it began the only
decoration was a menorah in the windowsill and there were no
presents. Around the time that Santa Claus was conceived and
elaborate presents were left under Christmas trees, Jewish
parents realized that, without a “gift holiday,” their children
would grow bored
with Judaism and
convert to other
religions, causing the
entire culture to be
lost. This is when the
glamorization of
Chanukah began. To
quell their children’s
jealousy at those who
received Christmas
gifts, parents gave
gifts over the eight
nights of Chanukah.
Decorations were
made and Chanukah
grew immensely in
popularity, to the
point where it is the
first Jewish holiday
that most people
think of, and one of
the first holidays that
comes to mind.
Today, some families
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are reverting back to
old tradition by
opting to give
chocolate gelt instead
of presents. Still,
parenting books have
been written on giftgiving, products
from decorations to
gelt to singing
menorahs to gift
wrap are available,
been buried by the
Maccabees. There was
a battle, which the
Maccabees
miraculously won.
They dug up the Eternal
Light and went to the
temple. The pot of oil
had not been destroyed,
but it only had enough
oil to burn for one day
and it took eight days to
travel and get more oil.
They sent a messenger
to get more oil and relit
relit the light. They
went to the Temple the
next day, only to find
that the candle was still
lit! The oil lasted for
eight days, just enough
time for the messenger
to return with more oil.
and you can even
find some Chanukah
TV specials and
movies.
The History of Thanksgiving
By Suniah,
Bethany, and
Sabrina
Thanksgiving has been
around for a long time.
The
very
first
Thanksgiving
feast
was held by Plymouth
colonists
and
Wampanoag Indians in
1621. For more than
two centuries.
they give thanks to their
Gods. Thanksgiving is
one of the most favored
holidays in America.
People all over America
love the holiday simply
because
they
can
celebrate it as a harvest
festival or they give
thanks to their Gods.
Thanksgiving is one of
the
most
favored
holidays in America.
People all over the
country love the holiday
simply because they can
bond more with family
Thanksgiving
was
celebrated
between
individual
colonies
and states. In 1863,
during the Civil War
president
Abraham
Lincoln proclaimed
Thanksgiving Day to
be celebrated every
November.
Many
people
around
America celebrate the
holiday differently.
They can celebrate it
as a harvest festival or
Pilgrim Games
After a hard day’s work all the pilgrim children liked to play fun games,
some of them are still played today but have a different name. The
pilgrims played many games. One of the games they played was called
“draughts” this was their name for checkers. “Naughts and crosses”
Naughts in an old word for zero and crosses was used to describe x, this
game is still played today but it’s called tic tac toe. Another game that the
pilgrims played was called “all hid” which is now called “hide and go
seek”. “Lummelen” is
known today as hop
frog or leap frog.
Pilgrim children also
blew bubbles, played
on stilts, used tops,
ran hoops and played
marbles.
Pilgrim children were
fascinated in tongue
twisters. They called
tongue twisters
“giffes”. An example of
these tongue twisters
would be “sally sold
seashells by the
seashore”. “Knicker
box” was another
game fancied by the
pilgrims, it involved the
contestant tried to
maneuver a marble
through a wooden box.
It involved wooden
arches, and the
objective was to get
the marble all the way
through the maze
without having it go
through a passage it
just went through.
Adult pilgrims would
often join in group
sports with their
children. One of the
sports played was
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members
and
give
thanks for everything
they
have
and
everything that may
come forth. People
celebrate Thanksgiving
in many ways but no
matter what way you
celebrate, Thanksgiving
is meant to be spent
with the people you
love.
By Valeria,
Ethan, and
Bryce
called “stool ball”. This
purpose of the game
was for one person to
knock over a threelegged stool with a bat,
while another had to
block him. The last of
the pilgrim games is
“pitching the bar” this
game is a contest of
strength and is very
similar to the “caber
toss” in Scottish
games. The game
involves a long, thick
pole, and the winner
was the person who
could get it farthest.
Thanksgiving Trivia
By Jessica,
Ian C., and
James
What year was the first
Thanksgiving?
Pilgrims often wear what
on their hat and shoes?
What is the male turkey
called?
What happened in the
year 1492?
Thanksgiving Trivia cont.
Columbus thought he had landed in this Asian
country, hence what he called the Natives.About how
many Pilgrims’ died on the voyage?
When was the first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?
How did the wishbone on Thanksgiving originate?
Why do turkeys gobble?
How many feathers does an average turkey have?
Where did the Pilgrims
land?
Who declared
Thanksgiving a national
holiday?
What is the name of the
ship the Pilgrims took on
their voyage to
America?
Where is Plymouth Rock
located today?
What country and
continent did the
Pilgrims came from?
Nutella Pound Swirl Cake
While the Pilgrims and the Native Americans ate pie, turkey, and fruits; you do
not have to eat such traditional foods. Now you can eat amazing modern delicacies such
as pumpkin cheesecakes and apple dumplings. One of these desserts is called Nutella
Swirl Pound Cake. It is a delicious dessert to top off your family banquet. This is not a
difficult recipe to make if you have a jar of Nutella. If you are still reading this, then I
assume that you would like to know how to make this mouth-watering dessert.
The Nutella Swirl Pound Cake is rather easy to make. The ingredients are not
too expensive and can easily be bought at your local Wal-Mart. There won’t be many
Nutella
Some of the ingredients
you’ll need are eggs, allpurpose flour, vanilla
extract, baking powder,
salt, butter, sugar, and
Nutella. Since these
ingredients are easy to
come by, you can make this
brilliant dessert for your
family for the holidays.
Ingredients:
1 ½ cups all purpose flour,
4 large eggs, at room
temperature,
2 teaspoons of pure vanilla
extract,
¾ teaspoons of baking
powder,
By Sebastian,
Allison,
Sabrina
Swirl
Pound
¼ teaspoon salt,
2 stick unsalted butter,
softened
1 ¼ cups sugar
1 13 oz jar of Nutella
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 325 F.
2. Lightly grease and flour
a 9 in by 5 in loaf panm
tapping out any excess
flour.
3. In a glass measuring
cup, lightly beat the eggs
and mix with vanilla
extract.
4. In a medium bowl,
whisk the 1 ½ cups of
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flour with the baking
powder and salt.
5. In a large bowl, using a
handheld mixer beat the
butter with the sugar at
medium – high speed until
fluffly or for about 3
minutes.
6. With the mixer at
medium low speed,
gradually add and beat the
egg mixture until fully
incorporated.
7. Ad the flour mixture in 3
batches, beating at low
speed. Continue to beat 30
seconds longer.
8. Spread one-third of the
Cake
batter in the prepared pan,
then spread half of the
Nutella on top. Repeat with
another third of the batter
and the remaining Nutella.
Top with the remaining
batter. Lightly swirl the
Nutella into the batter with
a butter knife. Do not over
mix.
Bake about 1 hour and 15
minutes, or until a tooth
pick inserted in the center
comes out clean. Let the
cake cool in a pan for 15
minutes. Invert the cake
onto a wire rack, turn it
right side up, a let cool
completely, about 2 hours.
Cut the cake into slices and
serve.
Favorite Desserts
Kevin,
Jonathan
and Xavier
The choices were
pumpkin
pie,
Oreos, chocolate
covered bananas or
strawberry
short
cake. Out of all
these options Oreos
was chosen the
most,
so
we
decided to share its
origins. Oreos were
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locate „Recipe and Index”. Next you must
scroll down until you have found holiday
and seasonal click on it. Then again you
have to scroll down and find the cookies
and cream turkeys and click on that and
BAM you have your recipe.
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