Walking outside feeling the cold winter chill, seeing twinkling Christmas lights illuminating the pathway, following it around to find a handsome guy with roses and a lit up CB sign and then the awaited moment comes “Will you go to CB with me?”

When Christmas Banquet comes to mind, instantly people think of all of the creative ways guys have asked girls in the past. Boys have asked girls by serenading them, performing Backstreet Boys dances, putting signs up around school, setting up romantic meals during lunch, costumes, and the whole nine yards to get that special girl’s attention.

While some may say that their ways to ask a girl could be too elaborate, CB only happens once a year. Some guys even look forward to planning how they will ask a girl and have fun carrying it out and seeing the girl’s reaction.

Though many enjoy doing it, guys are not forced to ask girls in a special way so they should not feel pressure.

Girls feel special and enjoy when a guy goes out of his way to do something special for them, but no one expects them to drop a couple hundred dollars on the asking part of the event.

Just putting some thought and effort into how you ask is what girls admire and appreciate, even if it seems small or insignificant. Girls do not expect too much from guys when it comes to Christmas Banquet. Every girl of course would love to be asked in a big way, but it is not expected. Some guys just ask one of their girl friends so they do not necessarily want to do something huge, which is understandable. It is the guy’s choice on how big he wants to go.

Guys who do want to do something big should not be deterred. Some marriage proposals have not been as elaborate as some people get asked to CB so parents and administrators are afraid that it will set girls up for disappointment later on. There is no problem with having high standards for the guy a girl wants to marry. Girls should have big dreams for that occasion. Many girls dream about their wedding and getting married when they are little so they already have high hopes before Christmas Banquet is even a thought in their mind.

Christmas Banquet and the whole asking process should not even be compared to a marriage proposal. When it comes to marriage, you are agreeing to marry a person because you love them and want to spend the rest of your life with them, not because they asked in the most creative way ever and topped how you were asked to a high school dance.

Asking creatively has become a Westminster tradition and it would be a shame to take that away from the students. Students should have strict guidelines for school days and what not, but Westminster already does not associate with the dances and after parties after CB, so it would take the fun away from the event to take down the asking a few notches.

Older students are expected to set a good example for the younger students. Treating girls like ladies with respect and making them feel special by asking in a cool way is not a bad message to send.

Christmas Banquet asking should not be a competition because guys should not feel the need to out do one another. Just doing something different is cool even if it is small. The event should not be toned down because a lot of the fun of the event is in the asking. Doing something creative creates a memory that people will not ever forget from high school.