“TDX-mas” Initiation/Ritual

• Informant Info
  • Sophomore Year
• Type of Lore
  • Customary
• Language
  • English
• Country of Origin
  • United States
• Social / Cultural Context
  • Dartmouth Fraternity
• Informant’s Comments
  • Taken light-hearted yet seriously as all brothers of the house partake in the festivity. The basement is completely covered in Christmas-styled wrapping paper. This is done for an end of the term party that the entire school is welcome to join.
• Collector’s Comments
  • Anonymity in order to not reveal identity of fraternity and informant
  • Further research of publicly available fraternity information revealed that this practice is also done at other campuses that have this fraternity, such as MSU, dating back past 2010.