Anyone celebrating Kwanza?

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They always have it in things my sister sends over from the US. Is it a big 'thing' then?

Kwanzaa is essentially an American holiday, since it was designed to be an African-American celebration.
It's only been going since the late 60's and isn't really done on a large scale.

oh and yabu, did you mean to put this in Chat?

Never heard of it!

I meant to put it here! 'Seasonable' and all that!

never heard of it. what's it for?

I am a bit suspicions of holidays that have only been around since the 60s.

why? every holiday had to start somewhere!

Yeah I know, it just feels wrong though . In a couple hundred years am sure my descendants will be all over it though

yeah but most festivals are organic, arising from local tradition, not invented by one man in a university. Just seems a bit artificial.

Is it Christmas for African Americans?

Originally it was intended to replace Christmas which was denounced as a white holiday, until the founder realised this was alienating huge numbers of Black christians. So then it was promoted as a separate festival with a different emphasis.

yes..it is celebrated at our nursery