Holiday greetings from the KU beat, social media style

Chiefs at KU Hospital's pediatric unit. Contributed photo from KU Hospital.

Merry Christmas from the KU beat. Just for fun and festiveness, here’s a roundup of holiday greetings from a handful of KU units’ social media accounts.

• First, KU Athletics wishes you happy holidays in many languages — headlined by soloist Carlton Bragg on piano:

• The KU Alumni Association’s holiday e-card, in which the Strong Hall Jayhawk gets ice skates and Phog Allen gets a tiny paper stocking cap:

• An animated greeting card from KU Endowment:

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• A sesquicentennial-inspired GIF greeting from KU (that’s Old North College, by the way, KU’s very first building). The university said on its Facebook page, “From the Hill, we hope all Jayhawks have a happy holiday season” and shared the following quote: “Oread in winter! The winter view is most impressive on a breathless boreal morn when the smoke goes straight up into the sky…” — Sydney Prentice, class of 1896

• A holiday decoration only a med student could love (I’m talking about the skeleton in a Santa hat), from the KU Medical Center Instagram account:

• Courtesy of the Kenneth Spencer Research Library blog, click here to see a photo from their archives of the Chancellor’s Residence decked out in evergreen and lights back in 1966.

• Photos of the Kansas City Chiefs quarterbacks, cheerleaders and KC Wolf visiting the KU Hospital pediatric unit, via the hospital’s Facebook page:

• Some excellent advice from the Jayhawk Buddy System Twitter handle:

• And finally, Big Jay and Baby Jay getting in the holiday spirit in their KU ugly Christmas sweaters, courtesy of the KU Athletics Instagram feed:

#KUuglysweater spirit all throughout Allen Fieldhouse

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