December 2025
Archbishop Hoban High School
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12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS STARTS UP HOBAN’S CHRISTMAS SPIRIT BY KORBEN HAHN It’s time! The start of Hoban’s annual 12 Days of Christmas has officially begun with brand-new themes, events and activities. Over the course of 12 days, Hoban is spreading school spirit and holiday cheer through dress-up days and community-focused events. This countdown brings the entire school together and keeps the energy high leading into break. For day one, the Christmas tone was set with a brand new tree lighting located at the central office. The Christmas tree greeted the Hoban community and set a festive spirit throughout all of Hoban.
On day two, Hoban celebrated St. Nick’s day during the 5th period. The students were able to leave their shoes at the entrance of their classroom, then St. Nicholas came around and placed delicious treats in everyone’s shoes. The next day was laid back due to mass occurring in the middle of the day. To bring back Christmas energy in Hoban’s mind, cookies were sold in the student center to stay in the cozy Christmas spirit. For the fourth day, Hoban’s student body was challenged with a scavenger hunt, with small trees, presents, and elves spread throughout the school. The winners were gifted for their hard work and observation skills with gift cards, candy, and a lunch line fast pass. “I was super happy, and Max Gursky spotted one of Santa’s little workers with his observation skills. PHOTO COURTESY OF MAX GURSKY.
On day seven, the students wore their most ugly sweaters they could find out of their winter wardrobe. PHOTO BY KORBEN HAHN. everyone was asking me about it and congratulating me,” scavenger hunt winner Max Gursky said. Continuing the Christmas spirit, on day five students came into school with their wonderful winter hats. Students’ heads either had a Santa hat or some sort of festive beanie on top of it. Day six was a dress-down day with specific themes. In order to dress down, seniors had to dress as Santa, juniors as reindeer, sophomores as snowmen and freshmen as elves. The hallways were a spectacle, and sophomore Hadley Franjesh said, “It was so funny to see everyone’s costumes roaming in the hallway.” On day seven, students had ugly sweater day and wore their most hideous Christmas sweaters. On day eight, Hoban let the students guess the song. Before
every period, Hoban played a song, and the first room to ring it up and name the song got a special prize. On day nine, Hoban was visited by a very special someone: Santa Claus came to town and ate breakfast with the students. The Hoban community is thankful for lots of laughs and pictures that were shared with Santa. For day 10, Hoban had a whiteout. Students dressed head to toe in white, just like in a winter wonderland. Then, for day 11, Hoban will give the student center “merry kisses.” The merry kisses are Hershey Kisses in a plastic candy cane for 5 dollars. Lastly, for day 12, Hoban will end with a bang. It will be another dress-down day with a Christmas pajama theme. To start winter break, the Hoban faculty and students will be comfortable and end the final day with an early dismissal.