Gov. Mike Dunleavy and First Lady Rose Dunleavy invite Alaskans to attend the 2023 Holiday Open House at the Governor’s Residence in downtown Juneau on Tuesday, Dec. 12 from 3-6 p.m. Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom and Second Gentleman Kit Dahlstrom will also be there to greet Alaskans.
The United States Forest Service contributed a 15-foot lodgepole pine tree harvested from the Silvis Lake area in the Tongass National Forest for this year’s open house. Ornaments for the tree were created by 5th grade students at the Pioneer Home Indian Education Pre-School and Houghtaling Elementary school in Ketchikan.
This year’s event will include 21,350 cookies, 79 pounds of toffee and brittle, 57 pounds of chocolate and 50 pounds of fudge. Alaska’s state commissioners will be there to serve hot cider to all visitors.
Holiday music will be performed by students from Floyd Dryden Middle School, Juneau-Douglas High School, and Thunder Mountain High School.
The first open house was held by Territorial Governor Walter Eli Clark and his family on New Year’s Day 1913. The annual tradition has been held every year since, apart from two years during World War II and in 2020 due to COVID-19.
What I find interesting is that in the Office of The Governor press release list of schools providing music it makes no mention that holiday music (singing) will be performed by students of Faith Community Christian School. A mindless error? Or is it intentional in order to not give any credit to a parochial school?
Or some other reason?
Traditionally, many groups of students perform, not just a single school. Most groups get 20-30 minutes, then they leave and a new group comes in.
What does that have to do with not giving credit to every group who performs, but only a select few, which makes it appear that only those credited select few are present and donating their time and efforts?
And in this case it serves to mask the contributions of a non-secular school. Whether that is the actual motive or not, it still looks bad.
Where do we get our free plane tickets?
Pretty much my thought too! Glad that we Alaskan taxpayers can foot this bill and never be able to attend since many of us cannot afford the plane tickets and rooms to stay in for such an event. If this were in Willow, I’d go!
Will there be drag queens?
Let’s make the capital accessible to the majority of Alaska!
I thought about buying a ticket just to see Rose to tell her how happy I am she made it back safely from the misadventure recently. So thankful she is here. Praise to God!
Behold our culture is now so divisive we can’t even call the governor’s mansion a “mansion.” Presumably for fear of repurcussions resulting from offending someone. Imaging being offended by hearing someone call a mansion what it is.
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