Hanukkah Research Paper

May is Jewish American Heritage Month. CBP joins the rest of our Nation to proudly celebrate the achievements and contributions of Jewish Americans in the United States and abroad. In recognition of Jewish American Heritage Month, this year’s theme is “Sacrifice and Service: Yesterday, Today and Forever!”

Also, adults threatening children throughout the year saying that, “Santa is always watching.” Is it just be an easy way for them to have children be on their best behavior at all times? Additionally, another theory that I have heard is that Santa Claus is a way for Satan to take Christ out of Christmas. People say that he tries to make giving and receiving gifts more important than the birth of Christ, but I don’t feed into this assumption. I feel as though parents and large corporations are the ones behind the

1972 the true story of a family and different families later to become one big family, had to live for 2 years in an annex because of world war 2 and their names our Mr & Mrs van daan, Mr & Mrs Frank, miep, Anne, Margot and Peter last but not least Mr. Dussel. They all lived together for 2 years until 1945 where they were caught and taken to a concentration camp and were sadly killed.

Hanukkah is located in Israel. This year it starts on Tuesday, December 12 and ends on Wednesday, December 20. Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday, so it's a religious holiday. One tradition that people do to celebrate Hanukkah is to light up candles on the menorah. They also eat things like latkes, or potato pancakes which is a favorite food to eat. During Hanukkah in each of the eight nights, a candle is lit in a special menorah called a "hanukkiyah". There are nine candles lit during the hanukkiyah. Eight for every night and a special one called the shammish or servant candle to light the other candles. The shammish is often in the center of the candles and has a higher position. The eight candles symbolize the number of days that the temple latern

Holidays are meant to bring people together, celebrating ones that are divisive is wrong. In the United States, Kwanzaa is celebrated by about two percent of its citizens. Kwanzaa is a holiday based on seven African values which are unity, determination, responsibility, cooperative economics, faith, purpose, and creativity. Kwanzaa should not be recognised as a legitimate holiday because the creator, Ron Karenga, originally made the holiday to promote anti-white rhetoric, Ron Karenga is also a convicted felon, although others say anyone can celebrate what they wish.

Kwanzaa is a holiday that some African Americans celebrities, which bring family, community and culture together Karenga mean “first fruits” in Swahili. Kwanzaa is not considered as a religious holiday. Karenga holiday start bring to Americans by Dr.maulana during the 1960s civil rights movements. Karenga was a way for the African Americans to understand heritage that was lost from the slave trade.

“I mean ‘Jingle Bells.’ You know, Santa Claus and ho-ho-ho, and mistletoe and presents to pretty girls.” In A Charlie Brown Christmas, Lucy Van Pelt perfectly outlined the modern American Christmas. But Christmas hasn't always been about reindeer and boughs of holly and Mariah Carey. Before the 16th century, Christmas was not a particularly festive holiday; in fact it more of a holy time to pray. However, when the Tudor Dynasty was established in the late 1400s, the various monarchs over the years created and made popular new Christmas traditions, most of which are still present every December. The Tudor Dynasty truly evolved the path of Christmas by popularizing and developing traditions, specifically Father Christmas and the popular carol “The First Noel”.

Jewish tradition is wise in its understanding of human needs at the time of death. Customs and practices surrounding death and bereavement are a gift from the past to help guide them during a time when they may feel that they have lost their bearings. The central values expressed by in their tradition are:

Unlike previous years, my family did not use the remaining days of the year after Christmas as holiday recovery days. We had been invited to partake in the celebration of Kwanzaa for the first time, starting the Tuesday after Christmas. Although this was not the first time I had heard of Kwanzaa, I had never researched or read up on it before. As with most experiences during my trip to Africa, I went in totally blind. Naturally, I was prompted by the prospect of free food.

Christmas would be arriving shortly and I’m still not ready to board my sleigh and give presents. Even though the holidays have arrived, I, Santa, am stuck here in the ice, cold North Pole, not planning to leave anytime soon. My reindeer have been getting sick. All of them look like Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer now that they have colds. Frosty the Snowman constantly begs me to hold a secret santa at my place. Every time he asks, I look at him incredulously and tell him, “There will be no secret santa because I am Santa! Haven’t you heard the Christmas carol ‘Santa Clause is Coming to Town’? I see you when you’re sleeping. I know when you’re awake. I know who will get who if we play that game!” Mrs. Clause has been pestering me about bringing mistletoe into the house. She says I’m not romantic enough or any of that sappy junk I hate. Can you blame me? 364 days each year are spent looking over my reindeer, coaching the new elves, and fixing toys. On December 25th, I have to board my old wooden sleigh and have my bratty reindeer lead me all over the world. I just want some peace and quiet for one day in my life.

(REWORDING OF MA) Christmas is all about giving. The simplest way to describe Secret Santa is to say that it is a form of giving and celebrating the joy of Christmas with peers. (M1 FOR MA) Secret Santa could even be associated with Friendsgiving, which is the celebration of Thanksgiving with friends. More so Secret Santa is in the same sense by the fact you are secretly getting a good friend something they would enjoy. (M2 FOR MA) On the same hand, there are “dirty” Secret Santa celebrations, this is when the main goal is to get the best gift by stealing other participants gifts. It is more of a tricky type of game. (REWORDING OF MB) Taking a trip back in time, Secret Santa is said to have begun in the homes of the Scandinavians. (M1 FOR MB) Although many may not know, a plethora of the traditions and games we have Americanized started in other countries. Secret Santa, however, is influenced off the Scandinavian Santa Clause, known as “Julklapp.” This world means “Christmas knocking,” in Scandinavia the tradition explains when someone knocks loudly on a neighbor's door and then throws a gift into their living room without being seen. (M2 FOR MB) Dating back to German folklore, during the Christmas season the “Whictel” or

What do you think of when you hear the words: strings of lights, carolers, snow, cookies and milk? Most often Christmas right? More often Santa Claus. Every boy and girl has felt the joy of Christmas eve, having family time, putting out treats for Santa, and then tossing and turning unable to sleep growing evermore restless about Santa's arrival. Although most know what Santa

Once my mother finished with the “I told you so’s” concerning the unsweetened chocolate, I was able to mold the dough into cookies and roll it through a flurry of powdered sugar. This was probably my favorite part, because I could get creative with the shapes of the cookies, snowmen being my favorite. While making my snowmen, I came upon a dilemma; I thought about making a Santa Claus figurine out of my dough, but my mother was Jewish, so I wasn’t quite sure what man comes down the chimney on Hanukah. My father, being Catholic, had always talked about a plump guy with a rosy face that wriggled down the chimney at Christmas, but nobody had ever mentioned anything about chimneys and Hanukah. After voicing my predicament, my slightly senile and loopy grandmother, who was also in the room, cast a scornful look my way and boomed, “Santa Moses, of course!” I couldn’t picture what a Santa

Santa Claus is one of the most well-known characters. Santa Claus became more popular when Clement C. Moore wrote a story called “A visit from St. Nicholas”. He wrote a book about what Santa looked like and what he did. One tradition is people will go to a public place and sit on Santa’s lap. Many places have a person dressed like Santa where kids can go up and sit on their lap and tell them what they want for Christmas. Another tradition is people put up a Christmas tree so Santa can put presents under it. People put up pine trees with lights and ornaments on it and on Christmas Eve if you were good Santa puts gifts under it. The last tradition is Santa comes every year on Christmas Eve night and delivers presents to kids. If you were good Santa will fill your stockings and put gifts under your tree but if you were bad you get a lump of coal. This is why Santa Claus is a big hit across America.

Santa Claus has developed an American culture that will never change during the holidays. In a recent poll, it has been recorded that 86 percent of people believed in Santa as a child. Even though there is a multiethnic status that comes with living in America, over 60 percent of children actually consider Santa to be an important part of their celebration. It is evident that American culture is built around this mythical being during the holiday season. His creation has a lot to do with why Americans act the way they do when Christmas comes around. The creation of Santa Claus is something that has been engraved into the minds of the majority in American culture. His mythical presence encourages things like giving, niceness, being family oriented, gifts, shopping, but most of all putting a smile on your kids face.