TLM Staff Holiday Traditions

As a team at The Ladder Method, we are most grateful for the incredible people we work with! Here’s a look at how some of our tutors will be spending the holidays.

Tiger Tam:

Christmas is by far my favorite holiday and though every year since the beginning of college has looked completely different, Christmas has always involved good food and the company of family and friends. Two years ago I was home for Christmas and watched the largest surf contest of the year (Pipe Matters) on the North Shore in Hawaii. Last year I celebrated my first white Christmas in Austria, snowboarding with two of my closest friends. This year will be my first Christmas in California! I don't have a set tradition like I did growing up, but the love and holly jolly Christmas spirit is a constant.

Kristen Lee: 

When I'm lucky enough to visit my parents in Korea, we always make sure to visit my dad's favorite hole-in-the-wall izakaya, "Nana-Hachi." We drink warm sake, eat tapas-style traditional Korean dishes, and end the night with karaoke! It's an infrequent, but cherished holiday family tradition.

Peter Lindholm: 

I’m from the East Coast (Vermont, to be specific,) so I’m used to very COLD holiday seasons. Most of my family traditions involve sledding, building snowmen, and the requisite hot chocolate afterward. However, the most important tradition for my family is being together. My father spent every Christmas of his life with his parents and even though they have since passed, we like to keep their spirit alive.

Ayden Rosenberg:

I think holidays are about finding beauty in the ordinary. Everything from food to family time is suddenly imbued with a much higher sense of importance, and I kind of love that. I think we could do well to apply that mentality to the rest of the year.

Paul Manganello:

I’m from Michigan and although I’ve lived all over, I try to spend every holiday in Detroit. The frigid weather forces me inside at my mom's house where I watch a lot of Turner Classic Movies while drinking tea - it’s a hibernation period before the new year. I have a big Lebanese family including five cousins named Paul (about 50 cousins and 2nd cousins total,) and we have a party at my aunt & uncle’s house on Christmas Eve. Everyone brings a gift valued at around $10 and we do a White Elephant exchange. It’s one of the best nights of the year.

However your celebrations look, the holidays are a time of love, togetherness, and traditions. From our family to yours, Happy Holidays.