Earlier this month, students crowded in the hallway just outside the south stairwell in Carter, waiting for a chance to experience Carter Christmas 2019.
After snaking their way through Carter, students and members of all the Carter halls met together in Carter Lobby waiting for the announcement of the winner. At 9:45, Carter RD Stephen Dillon and Carter Hall President Rebekah Castano ’22 announced the final results.
Castano announced that People’s Choice went to Borderlands, who designed their hall to emulate a ski lodge, and that Judges’ Choice went to Fourth North who created a Carter Christmas Museum.
Dillon announced that there were two prizes, a donut party, and a pizza party; the winner of the Judges’ Choice got to choose which of the two they wanted.
Anne Miller ’21, RA of Fourth North, after celebrating the results of the evening with her hall said, “We decided a theme last night. We went to Wal-Mart this morning at 11:30, and got back at 1.” They then spent the rest of the day decorating and designing for that evening.
Seth Van Dyke ‘22 of Second Central (Photo Credit: Hannah Rodehaver)
Didn’t go this year? Here’s what you may have missed:
The first hall students walked through was Second South, which displayed a Minecraft Christmas. This was then followed by Second Central who attempted to recreate the famous Christmas movie Elf. There were thousands of tiny-paper shreddings strewn across the floor, and if you weren’t careful you would be hit by either hanging candy canes or snowballs.
Finishing off the second floor was The Ghetto, who originally was not allowed to participate in Carter Christmas due to discipline issues earlier this semester. Student Development declined to comment on specifics.
“An Open Ticket to Ghetto” (hand and photo credit: Daniel Fremen)
Ghetto reproduced the drama of airport travel during Christmastime as all “passengers” were granted an “Open Ticket to Ghetto” as admittance to Flight 420 on Ghetto Airways.
Moving to the third floor, Third North went for a play on the stereotypical word in Christmas movies, “Pole” and made multiple different scenes out of it, including a voting poll. Third Central introduced everyone to Tipton, which came from the popular Disney show “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody.” Third North emulated the “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” movie, including portrayals of Augustus Gloop in the chocolate river and the bubble-gum chewing Violet Beauregard.
Fourth South bouncer Lydia Barton ‘23 for the Fourth South Christmas Exclusive (Photo Credit: Hannah Rodehaver)
The 4th Floor included a YouTube theme on 4th South and “A Covenant Christmas” on 4th Central, which featured popular Covenantisms such as “ring by spring.” This was then followed up by this year’s Carter Christmas winner, Fourth North, who did a “Carter Christmas Museum,” with students portraying icons such as the Mona Lisa and Bob Ross.
If you weren’t careful entering Borderlands on the fifth floor, you could have been hit by a student barrelling down the Borderland slopes. Borderlands displayed the fun of experiencing December and Christmas at the ski lodge. Wrapping things up, Summit took the song “Home for the Holidays” and designed their hall accordingly. They featured free cookies, warm apple cider, and a Great White Pyrenees dog (yes, a real live one).
Tanner Tichy ‘22 skiing down the slopes of Borderlands (Photo Credit: Hannah Rodehaver)
Controversially, however, at one point while passengers were on the airline on The Ghetto, someone allegedly yelled, “It’s your friendly terrorist.” A disgruntled student then emailed Dillon who, upon consideration, decided that Ghetto was to be disqualified from a chance at winning.
Should they not have been disqualified, Ghetto still fell short of People’s Choice by 45 votes, landing them in a 4th place spot overall.
After Fourth North finished celebrating in Carter Lobby, all the halls then rushed up the stairs and elevators to begin the arduous process of cleaning.