Christmas
When is Christmas
Dec 25th
When is Yule
Dec 22
When is Hanukkah this year
Dec 22-30th
When is Kwanzaa?
Dec 26-Jan 1
What is the celebration of Christmas
The Christian celebration of birth of Jesus Christ
What is Yule
Celebration of the winter solstice
What is the celebration of Hanukkah?
The Jewish celebration of when the Jewish people were crossing the dessert and only had one day's worth of oil, and it miraculously lasted eight.
What is the celebration of Kwanzaa
It is a week long Kwanzaa celebration of African harvest traditions
Name three Christmas traditions
Exchanging Gifts
Baking
lighting the Christmas tree
ect.
What Christmas traditions stem from Yule
Yule Log,
Christmas Tree
red, green, white holiday colors
Name three Hanukkah traditions
Lighting the minora
Baking fried foods
Playing spin the dreidel
Exchanging gifts
ect.
Name three Kwanzaa traditions
Giving offerings to the ancestor's
Lighting seven candles for the seven principles of Kwanzaa
Decorating in Black, Green, and Red color's to symbolize Africa
Eating harvest foods like: Corn, squash, red beans, ect
What is the origin of Santa Claus
Hails from the story of St. Nicholas
Where did Yule originate from
Germanic and Nordic peoples
Name a Hanukkah treat
Jam donuts
Latkes
ect
What is the typical dress when celebrating Kwanzaa?
Dashiki's
Name all eight reindeer
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, Rudolph
How do people celebrate Yule? Name three Yule traditions
Lighting a yule log,
Decorating a tree
Blessing's for the new year
Where does Hanukkah originate from?
Jeruselman, Isreal
What is the origin of Kwanzaa?
Kwanzaa was created in the 1960's by the Black power movement to have a separate holiday for Black people to celebrate their African heritage separate from Christmas