Matzo Bash – Chicago’s Christmas Eve Party – Bubby Approved!Chapter I – Origins After a few years of partying but mostly party planning, the two college grads felt nostalgic for their fraternity days. The days when your entire friend group lived in the same area and large get togethers are every weekend. Why does college have to end, they asked themselves? Freddie Kole, a finance major, never thought he would turn his side hustle party planning for cash into a much bigger full-time job. Event planning meant side cash, which is every college students’ dream. At the same time in small Champaign-Urbana, another finance major, Alon Schwartz, organized hip-hop freestyle battles with his friends as a side hustle. The event brought out local talent and after college, Alon and his partners brought the event to Chicago.
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We figured it would be better if we did it together
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