Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Kwanzaa is celebrated in the United States from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1.
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012
The seven-day festival of Kwanzaa, which celebrates African-American heritage and culture, starts Wednesday, Dec. 26 and ends Tuesday, Jan. 1. Here are some facts about the week-long holiday. Do you know of any Kwanzaa celebrations in Montgomery County or Washington, DC? Is your organzation or church hosting a celebration? Share them with neighbors in the comments. This list was compiled with information from City News Service.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
How will your finances affect your holiday spending?
Two-thirds of respondents to a recent poll by the NPD Group said they “plan to spend about the same” as last year, while 10 percent planned to “spend more.” With the economy and job situation still in flux for many families, we want to know what families in Montgomery County and Prince George’s County plan to do for Christmas, Hanukah, or Kwanzaa gifts in 2012. Will you be more creative with your gifting? Use sites like Groupon, Living Social, etc? Brave Black Friday sales? Cook or bake for familty and friends?
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Early Thanksgiving means more shopping time.
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Saturday, November 3, 2012
While you may just be putting the Halloween decorations away, retailers are already getting out the Christmas trees, Hanukkah menorahs and Kwanzaa candleholders, prepping for the longest holiday shopping season possible. For decades, now, Black Friday has heralded the start to the month-long holiday shopping season. Thanksgiving, celebrated the fourth Thursday in November since 1941 when Congress passed a law, falls on Nov. 22 this year, which means that there are a whopping 32 days of shopping, assuming you are not the type who buys gifts of lottery tickets and beef jerky from the convenience store on the way to your Christmas celebration. In that case, you have 32 days during which to procrastinate. According to the National Retail …
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Seven-day holiday honors African-American history and culture.
To those that celebrate, the seven-day festival of Kwanzaa means taking time to spend with family, honoring African-American culture, and focusing on the “seven principles” that are central to the holiday. What Kwanzaa isn’t, according to Germantown resident Michael Friend, is an alternative to Christmas. “I think the fear for a lot of Christians is, ‘Don’t take my Christmas away,’” said Friend, who founded the Rockville-based African performing arts group Soul in Motion Players, Inc. and has celebrated the holiday for decades. “It’s not about religion at all – it’s about a value system. It gives us seven days to kind of reevaluate and realign and think about how we want to go into the next year.” Launched by Dr. Maulana Karenga in 1966, …
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
The holiday is a 7-day celebration of African-American community.
After a stirring Sunday sermon, members of Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church recognized the first day of Kwanzaa by hosting a brief seminar on the holiday's significance and history. Kwanzaa is cultural holiday designed to celebrate African-American heritage, community and family, Connie Blake, an Allen Chapel evangelist explained to more than 40 people in attendance. The seven-day celebration focuses on seven values: unity, self-determination, collective works and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and faith. Each day, one of seven candles usually held in a Kinara, is lit to highlight one of the holiday's seven principles. "These principles are good to us as Christians and as human beings," Blake …
Jenni Pompi
2:33 pm on Monday, November 19, 2012
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