Winter Holidays Around the World, Part 1

​Winter Holidays Around the World

​Part 1

Word Cloud

In 1-2 words, describe winter holidays.

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Match the following

• The day St. Lucia Day is celebrated

• What girls wear as they walk through town.

• What St. Lucia is said to bring to the Swedes

• The choir song sung by almost every Scandinavian on St. Lucia Day

• Why folklore says the night before St. Lucia Day is dangerous and people must feast to stay awake

December 13th

A white gown, red sash, & candle crown

Light and Food

"Sankta Lucia"

Evil spirits walk the streets

• December 13th

• A white gown, red sash, & candle crown

• Light and Food

• "Sankta Lucia"

• Evil spirits walk the streets

Drag and Drop

During the week of Kwanzaa, families and communities come together to share a feast, to honor the ​

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, affirm the bonds between them, and to celebrate African and African American culture. Each day they light a ​

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to highlight the principle of that day and to breathe meaning into the principles with various activities, such as reciting the sayings or writings of great black thinkers and ​

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, reciting original poetry, African drumming, and sharing a meal of African diaspora-inspired foods. The table is decorated with the essential symbols of ​

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, such as the Kinara (Candle Holder), Mkeka (Mat), Muhindi (corn to represent the children), Mazao (fruit to represent the harvest), and Zawadi (gifts). One might also see the colors of the ​

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flag, red (the struggle), black (the people), and green (the future), represented throughout the space and in the clothing worn by participants.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

candle

writers

Pan-African

ancestors

Kwanzaa

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Match the following

• The day Yalda Night is celebrated

• Why friends and family gather and stay awake all night

• When 1 person states a problem they have and the Elder finds a poem that solves the problem

• Food eaten during Yalda Night

• The country where Yalda Night originated

Winter Solstice (~December 21st)

To ward off evil / darkness

Divan e Hafiz (divination)

Pomegranates, walnuts, watermelon

Iran

• Winter Solstice (~December 21st)

• To ward off evil / darkness

• Divan e Hafiz (divination)

• Pomegranates, walnuts, watermelon

• Iran

Poll

Which holiday in this presentation was the most interesting to you?

• Kwanzaa

• Yalda Night

• St. Lucia Day

Word Cloud

What are some words you can associate with the holidays of St. Lucia Day, Kwanzaa, and Yalda Night? What are things they have in common?

Thank you for learning about winter holidays around the world.
To learn more, continue on to part 2!