December Archives - Standards Michigan

Colloquy (December)

Child Enrichment Center | Beaufort County South Carolina | Mike Anthony’s cousin Laura — retired from the public schools — works with the children here now.

Open agenda; Not Too Organized. Whatever anyone wants to talk about. We meet once a month like this. Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page.

Winter Hours at our Eisenhower Office: 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM

~~Join us for lunch 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM every Third Wednesday | University of Michigan Business School Executive Dining Room~~

(November 2025 Update: While the Dining Room is undergoing renovation we meet at the Olive Garden next to our office)

In March 2026 we starting meeting for lunch at the UM Golf Course Grill

“Christmas Families”
Catholic Central High School | Kent County Michiganhttps://t.co/OvLJVkE4vP https://t.co/RNCozv90o8 pic.twitter.com/zt3IyLsczj

— Standards Michigan (@StandardsMich) December 23, 2023

Gimnazija Kranj Slovenia

“Driving Home for Christmas” 1986 | Chris Reahttps://t.co/USEQbf2wlp
Voices4You | Vorarlberg, Republik Österreichhttps://t.co/Ha9nzTg6PN pic.twitter.com/2K1IDukTfj

— Standards Michigan (@StandardsMich) December 21, 2024

Autumn term, done ✅
Happy, happy Christmas all you wonderful people who work in schools. Time to rest 🎄 pic.twitter.com/laJGpaydEw

— Claire Stoneman (@stoneman_claire) December 20, 2024

Christmas Rewind

Christmas Bread & Lumberjack Latte

In the Bleak Midwinter

Sleigh Ride

Egg Nog Riot of 1826

Breads of Christmas: Panettone

“A Charlie Brown Christmas”

John Rutter “Donkey Carol”

Mince Pie & Tea

Sufganiyot in a Minute

Christmas Tea

Christmas for Cowboys

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

Carúl Loch Garman

Eggnog

“Chipmunk Christmas Song”

2022 Christmas Candlelight Concert

Greene County Campus Christmas

Christmas Message

Bethlehem Down

Do You Hear What I Hear?

Gingerbread Latte

Birjina gaztetto bat zegoen

He Who Sings Prays Twice

The Star of Bethlehem

Winter holiday fire facts

Christmas Bread & “Liberty Teas”

Liberty Teas

“Having visited my great grandmother, Omi, in Germany multiple times growing up, I’ve always had a special connection to German baked goods. While I have yet to find the perfect German pretzel in the U.S. or a recipe that yields a decent replica, I have discovered that stollen — a traditional German Christmas bread — is relatively easy to recreate in my own kitchen.” — Alison Tashima, Class of 2024

Click image for recipe

Standards Virginia

More:

Thomas Jefferson’s Masterpiece

Thomas Jefferson & the University of Virginia

University of Virginia Financial Report: 2023 Net Position $12.580B

University of Virginia Capital Construction & Renovations

Raw Milk & “Vols Snacks”

Rock of Ages (סלע הגילאים)

Lyrics, Augustus Toplady 1776 | Calvin University Hymnary Kent County Michigan

Today’s weather is ‘snow’ joke! ❄️ pic.twitter.com/JXxwEN6Vll

— Brown University (@BrownUniversity) December 20, 2024

Rhode Island

Gallery: Graduation Commencement Speeches

“It is at leaving the college and entering the world that the education of youth begins…

It is less uniform than that of childhood but more dependent on chance, and doubtless more important.

The youth is then attacked by a greater number of sensations: all that surrounds him strikes him,

and strikes him forcibly.”

— Claude-Adrien Helvétius (A Treatise on Man)

Constructor University (formerly, Jacobs University Bremen Germany) Graduation Band: “Freebird”

Intercollegiate Studies Institute | What Makes the West Strong (Sir Roger Scruton)

Catcher in the Rye

Internet Archive: “Catcher in the Rye” 1951 , J.D. Salinger

Harold Bloom’s Catcher in the Rye Critical Readings

Audiobook Chapters 1-26

Selected quotes:

“I’m quite illiterate, but I read a lot.”

“It’s funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they’ll do practically anything you want them to.”

“The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.”

“I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It’s nice.”

“If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she’s late? Nobody.”

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— Edward Elderman (@edwereddie) November 26, 2025

Winter Solstice

MULLESTEIN WINTER GARDEN

Nursery Stock

Gallery: Planetariums

Molėtai Astronomical Observatory

Potato Latkes & Sufganiyot

Financial Position $1.417B (Page 16) | Campus Master Plan 2025-2035 | Revenue Bonds

Traditional Hanukkah foods (Spoon University) are often fried or cooked in oil, symbolizing the miracle of the oil that lasted eight days in the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem.

Latkes (Potato Pancakes): Grated potatoes mixed with onions, eggs, and flour, then fried until crispy. They are often served with applesauce or sour cream.

Sufganiyot (Jelly-filled Doughnuts): Deep-fried doughnuts filled with jelly or custard and dusted with powdered sugar. They represent the oil that miraculously burned for eight days.

Brisket: Slow-cooked beef brisket is a popular main course for Hanukkah dinners.

Applesauce: Often served as a topping for latkes or as a side dish.

Matzo Ball Soup: While traditionally associated with Passover, some families also serve matzo ball soup during Hanukkah. It consists of light, fluffy dumplings made from matzo meal in a chicken broth.

Kugel: A baked casserole dish that can be sweet or savory, made with noodles, potatoes, or other ingredients.

Chocolate Gelt: Chocolate coins wrapped in gold or silver foil, often used in the game of dreidel.

Dreidel Cookies: Cookies shaped like the spinning top used in the traditional Hanukkah game of dreidel.

Cheese: In reference to the story of Judith, who is said to have fed cheese to an enemy general to make him thirsty and then gave him wine to make him drunk.