Published on Nov 30, 2012 by TotallyBiasedFX
Let’s face it: Kwanzaa is nowhere near the most popular winter holiday and it probably never will be. A word to any well-intentioned whites who want to help by spreading the Kwanzaa joy: don’t.
Published on Nov 12, 2012 by NationalGeographic
In India, one of the most significant festivals is Diwali, or the Festival of Lights. It’s a five-day celebration that includes good food, fireworks, colored sand, and special candles and lamps.
This is the most important traditional Chinese holiday, and it is typified by dragon and lion dances, fireworks, food and family. http://www.WatchMojo.com takes a look at the cultural and historical significance of Chinese New year.
More than half of the priests who were ordained in the U.S. in 2011 were between the ages of 25 and 34. This according to a report released by the American Conference of Catholic Bishops. About 480 priests were ordained this year and roughly 20 percent of them attended World Youth Day at one time in their lives.
On the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day Israel has held a ceremony at the country’s official memorial site of Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.
Survivors lit six torches representing the 6 million Jews killed in the concentration camps.
In his address Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked if the lessons of the Holocaust had been learnt.
” Every civilised person in the world; all those who say they learned the lessons of the Holocaust need to condemn clearly and unequivocally those who call for the destruction of the Jewish state.”
You’ve heard that Jesus is the reason for the season, right? It’s easy to forget Him when confronted with what we like to call “Morally dubious holiday entertainments.” These are the seasonal greetings that dilute or ignore messages of hope and peace normally associated with the holidays. In other words, if your favorite holiday movie is Home Alone, you’re kind of a sicko.
Tuesday was China’s traditional Qingming festival, known as the ‘tomb-sweeping festival.’ But for some Chinese activists, the festival was overshadowed by house arrests and increased surveillance by the Chinese Communist Party.
