December%20Holidays%20Around%20the%20World

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December Holidays Around the World

• Holidays celebrated longer than one day

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Advent

• Advent is a Christian holiday that begins 4 weeks
  before Christmas on November 30 or the nearest
  Sunday to it.
• Advent is considered the New Years Day for the
  church year.
• Colors associated with Advent are purple,
  royal blue, white, and pink.
• Advent wreaths are used as decoration.

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Hanukkah

• Hanukkah is a celebrated by Jewish people in
  honor God saving the Jews from their enemies, the
  Syrian-Greeks in 165 B.C.
• The word Hanukkah comes from a Hebrew word that
  means and they rested.
• Hanukkah lasts for eight days.

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Ramadan

• Ramadan is a Muslim holiday that takes places
  during the 9th month of the Muslim calendar at
  the beginning of a full moon.
• It is a time for worship and contemplation.
• Muslims fast during daylight hours during the
  month of Ramadan.
• At the end of the month, there
  is a 3-day feast called
  Eid-al-Fitr.

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Las Posadas

• Las Posadas is a nine-day celebration from
  December 16-24th that takes place in Mexico.
• Posada means lodging or shelter.
• It is a religious and cultural celebration
  that acts out Mary Josephs search for
  shelter.

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Kwanzaa

• Kwanzaa is an African-American celebration that
  began in 1966.
• It begins on December 26th and last for seven
  days.
• During this time seven principles are honored.
• Red, black, and green are the official colors of
  Kwanzaa.

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Sources

• Lets Celebrate Christmas by Peter Connie Roop
• http//www.acadiawreath.com/t-advent-traditions.as
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• http//www.msichicago.org/scrapbook/scrapbook_exhi
  bits/catw2004/traditions/countries/ramadan.html
• http//www.archaeolink.com/kwanzaa_traditions.htm
• http//www.mexconnect.com/mex_/christmas.html