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December 2019
Pagan and Wiccan
Yule begins at sundown
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Commemorates the Jewish victory over Syrian Greeks in 165 B.C.E., restoring Jewish independence.
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Christian: Christmas Celebrates the birth of Jesus.
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Maulana Karenga wanted to come up with a way to unify the black community following this event. As a professor and chairman of black studies at California State University, Dr. Karena combined several elements of his teaching to create this new holiday. He came up with the name “Kwanzaa” from the Swahili phrase matunda ya kwanza which means “first fruits of the harvest.” Karenga chose a Swahili phrase because it’s a language that isn’t defined by a particular region or tribe in Africa.…
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