Students are excitedly awaiting the approach of the Super Bowl that is to take place Feb. 7. In order to celebrate its arrival come many unique traditions among families and friends. Here are some of the ways SDA students choose to celebrate.

“[In preparation for the Super Bowl] my family makes meatballs…and then we make spicy grape jelly that we put it in a crock pot. They’re good and we eat them and then we’re happy…we rush because family usually comes over. We get little steaks out then people stab them and eat them and then they’re happy.” -Nick Johnston, senior

“I get together with friends and family and usually have a barbeque before the game. Then we all sit around and watch the game until half time, then at go outside and play some football. Then we come back and finish the game.”
-Nolan Peters, junior

“When the super bowl comes around, I generally care a lot more when it’s my team that’s actually playing, ‘cause I’m a Seahawks fan, but I’ll still watch it if that team isn’t playing. I do what a lot of other people where I get a lot of junk food, and I sit down with my dad because he really enjoys football, not so much my mother, because she does not, and we watch the game and we judge the players harshly for being kind of rude and very pompous. We have a good time, and occasionally we also invite friends over.” -Dace Sandison, sophomore

“My Superbowl tradition is watching anime. I don’t even watch the actual thing. It’s boring. I wait to watch the halftime commercials and then eat a lot of food.”
-Amber Tse, freshman

“I like to go over to a sports bar and watch the game with my father. We are all dressed up with jerseys and scream with everyone else.”
-Michael Lonsway, senior

“I wear both teams’ jerseys and when one team loses, I take off their jersey”
-Jeremy Romero, freshman

“We usually have a party that combines my mom’s birthday and the Super Bowl”
-Erin Grady, freshman

“My family and I eat a bunch of nachos and watch all of the commercials, but only watch the last quarter of the game.”
-Alexis Price, freshman

“What I do every year for my Super Bowl tradition is not watch the Super Bowl.”
-Simmone Stearn, freshman

“On Super Bowl Sunday, I eat lots of junk food with my family and never actually watch the game.”
-Audrey Maskiewicz, sophomore

“My family and I buy a lot of Girl Scout cookies and then we sit down and we laugh at all the commercials and we watch the Super Bowl.”
-Kira Anderson, freshman

“Usually I just spend time with my family and we have a big barbecue. That is what we’ve done for years and our tradition has never changed except for a few things here or there.”
-Aeon Combs, freshman

“I go to one of my friend’s houses with all of my other friends and we just hang out and enjoy the football game.” -Joe Lewis, senior

“My family and I always host a Super Bowl party and serve a huge plate of nachos”
-Natalie Paxton, sophomore

“I only watch the Super Bowl if the Green Bay Packers are in it and then I’ll have a party with my family and my parent’s friends.”
-Brooke Sagunsky, sophomore

“My dad and I stay home and we watch the Super Bowl and we make a bunch of deviled eggs.”
-Emily Einspar, sophomore

“[For the Super Bowl,] I go to my friend’s house and eat lots of food and swim.”
-Emma Worthington, freshman

“On Super Bowl weekend, I go surfing because there is nobody at the beach.”
-Logan Thralls, freshman

“I sit at home and watch it by myself.” -Nicholas Haghani, junior

“Before every Super Bowl I would go to the store and get two things of altoids, and throughout the game I would eat all of them.”
–Andrew Naimark, junior

“So, every Super Bowl I wear my Steelers jersey even if they are not in the Super Bowl just for good luck so that the team I am rooting for will win.”
-Tiana Serro, sophomore

“…Friends, family, lots of food, watching the the TV, watching my dad yell at the TV to no avail and eventually giving up and going to play music with my sister.”
-Ryan Cardenas, teacher