Today is the final day before everyone departs for winter break and Thacher is in the holiday spirit. Our dorm has already had a holiday party, hanging decorations and home-made ornaments on the tree, decorating cookies, and making paper snowflakes. Tonight is the annual tradition of the boar’s head, in which the freshmen class parade a “boar’s head” (made of veggies, not an actual dead boar), singing the traditional song before the banquet begins. While the tradition seems entirely strange to someone who has never heard of it, within the Thacher bubble, this ritual is a memory and a specific landmark as a freshman. So in the sea of gingerbread men, late-night caroling, and a boar’s head lies the spirit of the holidays in Thacher with laughter, unity, and tradition. Happy holidays!