A Recipe for the Perfect “Friendsgiving”
While I have always loved Thanksgiving, I have never been able to host a friendsgiving. It has always seemed like too much work or that too much skill was needed to pull it off. It also always felt like...
A Moment with a Masterpiece: “Freedom from Want”
Eleven months before the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and the United States’ subsequent entrance into World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered to Congress in his State of the...
Three Terrific Thanksgiving Traditions
It’s Thanksgiving season! The time of the year when we give thanks for all that we have, spend lots of time (sometimes even too much time) with our families and eat food until we need to put on our stretchy...
Thanksgiving Break Closing Update
The Fairfield University community is nearing Thanksgiving break in less than two weeks. With this break comes vital information for the student body concerning COVID-19 and the possible return of students...
Tips and Tricks for Thanksgiving Stuffing
Thanksgiving is coming up, and, although every family does Thanksgiving a bit differently, if you’re helping out with cooking this year, it’s good to have some basic knowledge up your sleeve. It’s...
Why Coffee Break Is Skipping Thanksgiving And Going Straight To Christmas
Turns out, we’re out of Thanksgiving content. There really just isn’t much to the upcoming dinner-based holiday. The turkey, the general thankfulness, the questionable history behind it… what else can be...
Cara’s Cuisine: Turkey Leftovers
If your family is anything like mine, you either ordered a few too many pounds of turkey or your local butcher decided to “oh-so-generously” raise your turkey order by six pounds .. for the third year in a...
Thanksgiving Break Essentials
We're leaving our beloved Fairfield turkeys next week to head home for a Turkey Day celebration with our family and friends. Don't forget these essentials as you leave Stag Country for the long...
Count Your Blessings
With exams, papers and presentations, it can be easy to forget that one of the biggest holidays of the year is right around the corner — Thanksgiving. College students usually associate this holiday with a...
For Christmas, Patience Is Key
Christmas is never a quiet holiday. People are not afraid to sing out their joy as the Christmas season closes in on Dec. 25. It seems like everywhere you go, Christmas music is playing, whether it’s in the...