All About Winter Holidays: Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and More
Take a moment to learn about the origins and practices of some holidays people near and far from you are observing!
To combat the bitter chill of winter that can sometimes lay a blanket of snowy somberness atop our chests, cultures and communities across the globe have devised annual holidays during these months that conjure the warmth of interpersonal connection and seasonal festivity. Christmas—with its glowing decorations, gift-giving, and jolly mascot Santa Claus—is the most pervasive and commercialized holiday in the United States. Celebrations like Hanukkah and Kwanzaa routinely drown in the shadow of old Saint Nick’s round, inescapable figure, and you may have never even heard of ceremonies more obscure in Western society, like Las Posadas, Soyal, and Diwali...
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To combat the bitter chill of winter that can sometimes lay a blanket of snowy somberness atop our chests, cultures and communities across the globe have devised annual holidays during these months that conjure the warmth of interpersonal connection and seasonal festivity. Christmas—with its glowing decorations, gift-giving, and jolly mascot Santa Claus—is the most pervasive and commercialized holiday in the United States. Celebrations like Hanukkah and Kwanzaa routinely drown in the shadow of old Saint Nick’s round, inescapable figure, and you may have never even heard of ceremonies more obscure in Western society, like Las Posadas, Soyal, and Diwali...
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