The Ohio Public Libray Information Network says Kwaanza is "December 26 to January 1st this year" Or I hope this is 2007...

More winter holiday info including Kwaanza from the Instructional Technology Services of Central Ohio, Inc.

WOSU shares more about the traditional symbols of this winter holiday and others,
Signs of the seasons: Hanukkah, Eid al-Adha, Christmas and Kwanzaa all have traditional holiday symbols talks about the "'kinara' with candles representing the seven principles of Kwanzaa." The article from Public Radio continues:

The holiday is rooted in African culture and celebrates positive life principles and harvest time. Kwanzaa, which is celebrated over seven days, will begin this year on Dec. 26.

Although Kwanzaa isn't a religious holiday, it is based on life principles that are tenets of many religions. "

Experience Columbus may have information about Central Ohio Kwaanza events. It has other years...

Copyright 2007 Discover Columbus and Maureen McCabe

I love Lucy ... St. Lucia... I know Scandinavian people ... below says the Swedish, celebrate this holiday. Like many winter holidays this one is about lights.

Ohio Public Library Information Network gives a link to SANTA LUCIA - THE Queen of Lights and says:

"Throughout Sweden the feast day of Lucia, or Lucy, is celebrated as a festival of lights. In the early hours of the morning of December 13 a young woman, dressed in a white gown, and wearing a red sash and a crown of lingonberry twigs and blazing candles, would go from one farm to the next carrying a torch to light her way, bringing baked goods, stopping to visit at each house and returning home by break of day. Every village had its own Lucia. The custom is thought to have begun in some of the richer farming districts of Sweden and still persists although the crowns are now electric lights."

I am not sure anyone in Central Ohio celebrates Santa Lucia but just in case... Discover Columbus will. Happy Santa Lucia Day...

Copyright 2007 Discover Columbus and Maureen McCabe

I was sure Buckeye Chuck would not see his shadow.  I was sure we would have an early spring... we have not had a winter... yet.

I should post a Groundhogs Day Greeting to my blog but I am so depressed.  Six weeks more of winter!  The trees are budding.  My daffodils are coming up.  Is it fixed?  Do "they"  just say he saw his shadow because it is six weeks to spring on the calendar?  Why do they get my hopes up? Did any of the US and Canadian groundhogs see their shadows?

I had such high hopes.

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