December’s “Thumbs”
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…Those flannel pajama pants everyone wears.
…Santa hats.
…Winter Break coming up!
… Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali, Eid, New Year’s, and more!
…SAINTS CROSS-COUNTRY TEAMS!
…finals. No explanation needed.
…staff and food shortages.
…the omicron variant.
…traffic jams over the Fox River. Still.
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Kaiwen "Kai" Huang is a senior at St. Charles East High School and is the managing editor for The X-Ray. Since joining The X-Ray in 2020, he received a...
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Katie is a senior who has been on the X-Ray for all of her years at East, and now holds the position of co-Editor. Katie participates in a number of other...