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Winter Holiday Celebrations
Created by: Mackenzie Nalley
Las PosadasHanukkah
Kwanzaa
PART ONELos Posadas
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Who celebrates this holiday?
• Catholic Mexicans • Latin Americans• Spanish descendents
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Why do people celebrate this holiday?
• Symbolizes the trials Mary and Joseph endured before finding a place where Jesus could be born.
• Latino version of Christmas
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When does this holiday take place?
• December 16th to December 24th
• Ends on Christmas Eve
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What are some traditions of this holiday?
• Have a dinner at a different house every night.
• Children must request entrance, and be refused until reaching the house of the designated party spot.
• Sometimes, a expecting woman will be placed on the back of a real donkey and led to the party spot. HOME
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Are there special decorations for this holiday?
• Piñatas are used for the children• Decorate like a party when near
the end of Las Posadas.• At a different house in the
neighborhood each night.
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Are there special foods eaten for this holiday?
• Sopa de Albóndigas• Festival Salad• Baked Mexican Lasagna• Vegetable Tamale Pie• Tijuana Chicken• Warm Apple Empanadas
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Is there special clothing worn for this holiday?
• The children will dress up like pilgrims.
• The woman dress in cloaks like Mary
• The men dress like Joseph
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Where is this holiday celebrated?
• All over the world were Spanish descendants inhabit.
• For example– Argentina– Latin America– Spain– Portugal
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PART TWOHanukkah
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Who celebrates this holiday?
• Jewish people• Hebrews
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Why do people celebrate this holiday?
• The Maccabees successfully rebelled against Antiochus IV Epiphanies.
• The Temple was purified and the wicks of the menorah miraculously burned for eight days.
• There was only enough sacred oil for one day's lighting.
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When does this holiday take place?
• Hanukkah begins at the 25th day of Kislev
• Ends on the 2nd or 3rd day of Tevet
• The first day of Hanukkah actually begins at sunset of the day immediately before the date noted on Gregorian calendars.
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What are some traditions of this holiday?
• light a single light each night for eight nights
• lamps are set up at a prominent window or near the door leading to the street
• Three blessings are recited during the eight-day festival
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Are there special decorations for this holiday?
• Menorah• Hanukkah lamps• Lighted lamps near windows
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Are there special foods eaten for this holiday?
• Fried foods• Potato Cakes• Jam-filled doughnuts
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Is there special clothing worn for this holiday?
• Men wear typical clothing of the average day
• Women wear customary typical clothing
• Children wear typical Jewish clothing
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Where is this holiday celebrated?
• All around the world• Mostly commonly celebrated in
the Middle East• Most popular in Jerusalem
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PART THREEKwanzaa
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Who celebrates this holiday?
• African Americans • Africans
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Why do people celebrate this holiday?
• To celebrate african culture• Also celebrates unity• self-determination• Purpose• creativity • faith
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When does this holiday take place?
• It was created by Ron Karenga• first celebrated from December
26, 1966, to January 1, 1967• Consists of 7 days of celebration
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What are some traditions of this holiday?
• Each of the days is dedicated to one principle:• Umoja (Unity) To strive for and to maintain unity in the family,
community, nation and race. • Kujichagulia (Self-Determination) To define ourselves, name ourselves,
create for ourselves and speak for ourselves. • Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility) To build and maintain our
community together and make our brothers' and sisters' problems our problems and to solve them together.
• Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics) To build and maintain our own stores, shops and other businesses and to profit from them together.
• Nia (Purpose) To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.
• Kuumba (Creativity) To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it.
• Imani (Faith) To believe with all our heart in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.
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Are there special decorations for this holiday?
• Decorate house with objects of art
• Fresh fruit to represent African Idealism
• Use christmas trees and kinaras
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Are there special clothes worn for this
holiday? • Colorful african cloth• Women wear kaftans• Men wear colorful clothing
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Is there special food eaten for this holiday?
• On the sixth day of kwanzaa they feast
• Fresh fruit show african idealism• Some have a typical christmas
dinner
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Where is this holiday celebrated?
• Most popular in Africa• Well-known in American• Celebrated among all African
Americans who chose to celebrate it
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