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WINTER HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS

Las Posadas . Hanukkah. Kwanzaa. WINTER HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS. Created by: Jazmine Brooks Period 1 . Part 1. Las Posadas. Where is this holiday celebrated?. This holiday is celebrated in Mexico This holiday is celebrated in the month of December

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WINTER HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS

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  1. Las Posadas Hanukkah Kwanzaa WINTER HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS Created by: Jazmine Brooks Period 1

  2. Part 1 Las Posadas

  3. Where is this holiday celebrated? • This holiday is celebrated in Mexico • This holiday is celebrated in the month of December • It starts from the sixteenth and goes on to the twenty fourth Home Las Posadas

  4. Who celebrates this holiday? • Any one that wants to celebrate this holiday can if they want to. • Who ever believes in the reenactment of the search for shelter by Mary and Joseph before the birth of Jesus • It is mainly popular in Hispanic neighborhoods Home Las Posadas

  5. Why do people celebrate this holiday? • People celebrate this holiday to reenact the day that Mary and Joseph went around to find shelter the day before Jesus was born. • Mary and Joseph went traveling from Nazareth to Bethlehem. To find baby Jesus shelter. Home Las Posadas

  6. When does this holiday take place? • This holiday takes place in the month of December. • It is observed for nine days • It goes on through December 16th through the 24th. Each and every year. Home Las Posadas

  7. What are some traditions of this holiday? • People get in groups and do the reenactment of Mary and Joseph • You have to carry lit candles • 1 child dresses as an angel, that who leads the procession • Some people have parties and feasts after the ninth night of the holiday • children have piñatas • The piñata is in a shape of a star, which represents the one that guided the three kings Home Las Posadas

  8. Are there special decorations for this holiday? • Christmas lights • Heno decorations (hay) • Candles Home Las Posadas

  9. Are there special foods eaten for this holiday? • Piñatas are filled with peanuts, oranges, tangerines, sugar canes and hard candy • Tamales • Champurro • Arroz con leche • Bunelos Home Las Posadas

  10. Is there special clothing worn for this holiday? • Boys and girls dress in silver and gold robes • One little girl dresses as an angel • Older adults can dress in anything as long as the group think it is approiate for the holiday Home Las Posadas

  11. Part 2 Hanukkah Home

  12. Where is this holiday celebrated? • It can be celebrated any where in a Jewish persons home • The lights being lit can take place any where • The celebration takes place in a Jewish persons home Home Hanukkah

  13. Who celebrates this holiday? • Jewish people celebrate this holiday • All Jews around the world • Mostly Jews because it is for the victory of maccabees Home Hanukkah

  14. Why do people celebrate this holiday? • A small Jewish army defeated another army • The other army banned the Jewish religion so they had to fight for it • This whole war started in 165 BCE Home Hanukkah

  15. When does this holiday take place? • 25th day of December • And it lasts for eight days • its like Christmas to us but something different to them Home Hanukkah

  16. What are some traditions of this holiday? • Lighting candles each day for eight days • Playing with driedels • Prayers • Singing songs Home Hanukkah

  17. Are there special decorations for this holiday? • Menorah • Driedels • Candles • Lights Home Hanukkah

  18. Are there special foods eaten for this holiday? • It is traditional to eat foods fried in oil • The candles were lit with oil, so they expect god to eat foods the same way • Potato pancakes • Jelly filled donuts Home Hanukkah

  19. Is there special clothing worn for this holiday? • no special clothing • Boys were a Kippah, for a reminder of god • They wear it everyday but mostly for Hanukkah Home Hanukkah

  20. Part 3 Kwanzaa Home

  21. Where is this holiday celebrated? • This holiday is celebrated in the united states • Anywhere where people celebrate this holiday Home Kwanzaa

  22. Who celebrates this holiday? • African American people • just African Americans who want to • Not every African American Home Kwanzaa

  23. Why do people celebrate this holiday? • Focus on the traditional African values of family • Celebrate community • Responsibility • Commerce • Self-improvement Home Kwanzaa

  24. When does this holiday take place? • It starts on December 26th • It is for 7 days • Ends on January 1st Home Kwanzaa

  25. What are some traditions of this holiday? • Gather • Reverence • Commemoration • Recommitment • Celebration • Pour tambiko • Tell you they are thankful for • Meditate Home Kwanzaa

  26. Are there special decorations for this holiday? • Red, Black and Green are the official colors of this holiday • The seven candles • 3 green candles • 3 red candles • 1 black candle Home Kwanzaa

  27. Are there special foods eaten for this holiday? • Roast foods • Peanut soup • Sweet potatoes • Fruit salad • Green tea • Ginger beer Home Kwanzaa

  28. Is there special clothing worn for this holiday? • Woman wear Buba, or loose fitting gown • Robes with scarf's at the waist (Busuti) • Head wraps • Long shirts (Dashiki) • Long robe (Kanza) Home Kwanzaa

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