 Kwanzaa seeks campus unity
Last year’s pre-Kwanzaa celebrations, two sophomores tell me, were emotional experiences. It wasn’t just the traditional ceremonies that students participated in, each of the College’s black student organizations representing one of the seven principles of Kwanzaa, or the free Caribbean, African and soul food, or even that students cared all that much about the 38-year old African American harvest festival -- few celebrate it at home or even know ... |
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Hanukkah finds niche amongst Christmas festivities
Christmas socks are pulled out of storage, dorm doors are decorated with fuzzy santas and silver tinsel, a cappella groups go a-caroling and even professors find it hard to resist the holiday spirit. The knowledge that Christmas is drawing near so in ... more |
Yule Log, Illumination celebrate Christmas, history
Williamsburg is all about history, and, true to form, its holiday festivities are filled with tradition, both new and old.
Sunday, Dec. 5 will mark the 70th annual Grand Illumination in Colonial Williamsburg. Most present day audiences know ... more
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