Traditions

Party with generosity

Party with generosity

Have a party with your family or friends, where you eat traditional Italian food and play games. Some also attend parades or performances.

Party with generosity

Have a party with your family or friends, where you eat traditional Italian food and play games. Some also attend parades or performances.

Decorate with greenery

Decorate with greenery

Decorate your home or your classroom with holiday decorations, such as Christmas trees and wreaths.

Decorate with greenery

Decorate your home or your classroom with holiday decorations, such as Christmas trees and wreaths.

Leave out a stocking

Leave out a stocking

Kids Leave out a stocking or a shoe for La Befana, so that she can fill them with treats and small presents.

Leave out a stocking

Kids Leave out a stocking or a shoe for La Befana, so that she can fill them with treats and small presents.

Giving homemade gifts

Giving homemade gifts

On the seventh day of Kwanzaa, families and friends exchange gifts. These gifts tend to be homemade or have an educational emphasis. Items like books, art, music are exchanged in...

Giving homemade gifts

On the seventh day of Kwanzaa, families and friends exchange gifts. These gifts tend to be homemade or have an educational emphasis. Items like books, art, music are exchanged in...

Celebrate the Karamu Feast

Celebrate the Karamu Feast

A feast is held on Dec 31st, includes traditional African dishes as well as those with ingredients brought to the US by Africans, such as sesame seeds, peanuts, sweet potatoes, collard...

Celebrate the Karamu Feast

A feast is held on Dec 31st, includes traditional African dishes as well as those with ingredients brought to the US by Africans, such as sesame seeds, peanuts, sweet potatoes, collard...

Light a Kinara for Seven Nights

Light a Kinara for Seven Nights

Seven coloured candles are placed in a kinara (candle holder). The candle in the center is black, symbolizing the people; the three to left are red, symbolizing the struggle; and...

Light a Kinara for Seven Nights

Seven coloured candles are placed in a kinara (candle holder). The candle in the center is black, symbolizing the people; the three to left are red, symbolizing the struggle; and...