Pre-reading 1.HowdoesyourfamilycelebratetheSpringFestival?2.WhydowecelebratetheSpringFestival?3.Dofestivalhelpusunderstandourhistoryandculture?4.WhatkindsofgiftsandthingsdopeoplebuyduringmajorfestivalslikeChristmasandtheSpringFestival?TheBirthofAFestival BackgroundofKwanzaa Kwanzaa的背景 ...
Every year I post a piece about the shocking truth about the scam that is Kwanzaa. It is a racist holiday created by a rapist and torturer who has posed as a “professor.” This year will be no exception. Kwanzaa, the purported “African” holiday celebrated only in the United States, ...
1966: Kwanzaa emerges as a response to Christmas Christopher Myers // Wikimedia Commons 1966: Kwanzaa emerges as a response to Christmas African Americans began celebrating the holiday of Kwanzaa in 1966. The holiday was meant to be a response to the commercialization of Christmas. The holiday i...
1966: Kwanzaa emerges as a response to Christmas African Americans began celebrating the holiday of Kwanzaa in 1966. The holiday was meant to be a response to the commercialization of Christmas. The holiday is similar to harvest festivals like Thanksgiving, encouraging gratitude and celebration. 44 ...
Here Comes Santa Claus failed to make the country's top-10 favorite songs, which was of course topped by Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas is You. Ohio had a unique choice, with Underneath the Tree, as they were the only state to pick the song. Run Rudolph Run was Indiana's...
5 Things You May Not Know About Kwanzaa The pan-African holiday is celebrated by millions around the world. Read more In Wilmington, North Carolina, enslaved people celebrated what they called John Kunering (other names include “Jonkonnu,” John Kannaus” and “John Canoe”), where they dr...
is Country Music. Decades ago, I heard a Country Music singer say, “The Country in Country Music, is America.” While admittedly, not a fan of the genre, then or now, I must admit, the moment I heard the guy say that I thought it was profound. I still believe that to be true....
Chicago, is the original Radio Flyer wagon. The company changed its name to Radio Steel and Manufacturing in 1930 and changed the wagon name the same year. By the end of 1930, the company was making 1,500 wagons a day to supply the craze taking over the country for gifts the following...
Fortunately, there are many non-commercial holiday activities celebrating Christmas along with Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Winter Solstice. “Chester County Hospital Lights Up Holiday Weekends in West Chester” (greaterwestchester.com/events/featured-events/holiday-weekends-west-chester) will begin on November ...
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