I think we’ve all heard of Kwanzaa, but how many of you all really know what its really all about?
I lifted this from a site:
“Kwanzaa is a unique African American celebration with focus on the traditional African values of family, community responsibility, commerce, and self-improvement. Kwanzaa is neither political nor religious and despite some misconceptions, is not a substitute for Christmas. It is simply a time of reaffirming African-American people, their ancestors and culture. Kwanzaa, which means “first fruits of the harvest” in the African language Kiswahili, has gained tremendous acceptance. Since its founding in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga, Kwanzaa has come to be observed by more than 18 million people worldwide, as reported by the New York Times.”
Well now I know, and now you know. So whatever you celebrate, Happy Holidays to you all and lets all finish this year out happy!
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Happy Holidays to you…
Have a very Merry x-mas …Love u always
cheers, you learn something new everyday =)
I had never heard of kwanzaa, not many immigrants from Africa here…
Happy Holidays Sung, I hope you and your loved ones are happy and safe!
Sung-May you have a great Christmas and a prosperous New Year.May 2009 be a great year! And to all on this blog have a great Christmas as well!!!
Like we say here, Maligayang Pasko!
Have a great end to the year Sung, and everyone else here :o). Well wishes and the best of thoughts as we leave this incredible year and hope for a better one ahead.
Here’s wishing everyone a happy and healthy holiday season. Let’s hope 2009 brings joy, prosperity and peace to the whole world.
niet dat iemand dit kan lezen maarre…..fijne kerstdagen en een super nieuwjaar dikke kus
Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year. ! you´re a great actor!! besoss desde argentina! meli! ?
ohhh!!! and happy Kwanzaa ! jajaja
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. MELANY! wuiii!! tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!! jajajaaja besoss!
Same to you Sung Kang. With love…Taylor. (^_^)
Have a happy Christmas for you and for his/her family and a New Year full of accomplishments..
Have very a lot of success in his/her career. Merry Christmas for all of the blog.. =)
Merry Christmas!!
What’s funny to me is that most of the Africa American people I know hate Kwanzaa, but I keep hearing about all these people who celebrate it in the news.
African taxi drivers think it’s silly in the U.S. to even have it. Oh well, can’t please everyone.
In my family we are first generation quadroons - Black, White, Mexican and Choctaw (I just say everything but Asian). We just celebrate Christmas and call it even. *hugs*
Merry Christmas. =D
**season’s greetings** all!
sending y’all in the northern hemisphere lots of sun from the southern! (i cannot really imagine experiencing a white xmas!) 
Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Happy Kwanzaa, coming from a fan of African descent. Growing up in my family were there were so many religions observed, I think we celebrated almost every holiday possible. I have two uncles who are Jewish, several demoninations of Christianity, Muslim, Buddist and Krishna. It didn’t matter what religion any of us followed because we all had a profound respect for all them because of our exposure. It also meant we got to see each other alot. So everyone have a wonderful holiday and look out for the North Star.
Jaine, Kwanzaa is actually an African-American holiday. I don’t think it’s celebrated in Africa so African immigrants may not know much about it, either. Oddly enough, I’ve found one of the difficult things about celebrating Kwanzaa is finding the right candles. It requires red and green candles (easy enought to find during the holiday season) and one black one. I’ve gone looking for black candles and had people look at me like I was a witch or something.
You have to stock up when you do find them.
I also hope everyone has a fun, prosperous, and happy new year. Here’s to hoping 2009 will be a good one!
I hope you & your family had a great Xmas celebration and soon with 2009 coming i wish you, your family & friends and everyone here a Happy Prosperous New Year 2009!!
Well shucks, I just had to throw my two cents in as well. Hope everyone had great holidays, and a great New Year’s celebration coming up. And let’s hope it’s a great year for films, and those who make them. Who knows? Maybe this will be the year I join their ranks
I come from a big old adopted Fam ( I am adopted to). My parents wanted us to learn about our cult. plus each others( my sibs) Well I have some African American sibs, So my parents found a group called the Kwanzaa group for them to learn about their cult. They did Kwanzaa, so I learn about it and cel. and it was fun and I learn alot.
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