Winter Holiday
Celebrations
Created by: Mackenzie Nalley
PART ONE
Los Posadas
Las Posadas
Who celebrates this holiday?
• Catholic Mexicans
• Latin Americans
• Spanish descendents
Las Posadas
Why do people celebrate this holiday?
• Symbolizes the trials Mary and Joseph
endured before finding a place where Jesus
could be born.
• Latino version of Christmas
When does this holiday take place?
Las Posadas
• December 16th to December 24th
• Ends on Christmas Eve
Las Posadas
What are some traditions of this holiday?
• Have a dinner at a different house every
night.
• Children must request entrance, and be
refused until reaching the house of the
designated party spot.
• Sometimes, a expecting woman will be
placed on the back of a real donkey and led
to the party spot.
Las Posadas
Are there special decorations for this holiday?
• Piñatas are used for the children
• Decorate like a party when near the end of
Las Posadas.
• At a different house in the neighborhood
each night.
Las Posadas
Are there special foods eaten for this holiday?
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Sopa de Albóndigas
Festival Salad
Baked Mexican Lasagna
Vegetable Tamale Pie
Tijuana Chicken
Warm Apple Empanadas
Is there special clothing worn for this holiday?
Las Posadas
• The children will dress up like pilgrims.
• The woman dress in cloaks like Mary
• The men dress like Joseph
Where is this holiday celebrated?
Las Posadas
• All over the world were Spanish
descendants inhabit.
• For example
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Argentina
Latin America
Spain
Portugal
PART TWO
Hanukkah
Who celebrates this holiday?
Hanukkah
• Jewish people
• Hebrews
Hanukkah
Why do people celebrate this holiday?
• The Maccabees successfully rebelled
against Antiochus IV Epiphanies.
• The Temple was purified and the wicks of
the menorah miraculously burned for eight
days.
• There was only enough sacred oil for one
day's lighting.
Hanukkah
When does this holiday take place?
• Hanukkah begins at the 25th day of Kislev
• Ends on the 2nd or 3rd day of Tevet
• The first day of Hanukkah actually begins
at sunset of the day immediately before
the date noted on Gregorian calendars.
Hanukkah
What are some traditions of this holiday?
• light a single light each night for eight
nights
• lamps are set up at a prominent window or
near the door leading to the street
• Three blessings are recited during the
eight-day festival
Are there special decorations for this holiday?
Hanukkah
• Menorah
• Hanukkah lamps
• Lighted lamps near windows
Are there special foods eaten for this holiday?
Hanukkah
• Fried foods
• Potato Cakes
• Jam-filled doughnuts
Hanukkah
Is there special clothing worn for this holiday?
• Men wear typical clothing of the average
day
• Women wear customary typical clothing
• Children wear typical Jewish clothing
Hanukkah
Where is this holiday celebrated?
• All around the world
• Mostly commonly celebrated in the Middle
East
• Most popular in Jerusalem
PART THREE
Kwanzaa
Who celebrates this holiday?
Kwanzaa
• African Americans
• Africans
Kwanzaa
Why do people celebrate this holiday?
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To celebrate african culture
Also celebrates unity
self-determination
Purpose
creativity
faith
When does this holiday take place?
Kwanzaa
• It was created by Ron Karenga
• first celebrated from December 26, 1966,
to January 1, 1967
• Consists of 7 days of celebration
What are some traditions of this holiday?
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Kwanzaa
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Each of the days is dedicated to one principle:
Umoja (Unity) To strive for and to maintain unity in the family, community,
nation and race.
Kujichagulia (Self-Determination) To define ourselves, name ourselves,
create for ourselves and speak for ourselves.
Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility) To build and maintain our
community together and make our brothers' and sisters' problems our
problems and to solve them together.
Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics) To build and maintain our own stores,
shops and other businesses and to profit from them together.
Nia (Purpose) To make our collective vocation the building and developing
of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional
greatness.
Kuumba (Creativity) To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in
order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we
inherited it.
Imani (Faith) To believe with all our heart in our people, our parents, our
teachers, our leaders and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.
Are there special decorations for this holiday?
Kwanzaa
• Decorate house with objects of art
• Fresh fruit to represent African Idealism
• Use christmas trees and kinaras
Are there special clothes worn for this holiday?
Kwanzaa
• Colorful african cloth
• Women wear kaftans
• Men wear colorful clothing
Is there special food eaten for this holiday?
Kwanzaa
• On the sixth day of kwanzaa they feast
• Fresh fruit show african idealism
• Some have a typical christmas dinner
Where is this holiday celebrated?
Kwanzaa
• Most popular in Africa
• Well-known in American
• Celebrated among all African Americans
who chose to celebrate it