Comments on The Green Phone Booth: Merry Hanu-Christma-Kwanzaa-kah

Thank you for the summary! I spent some time looki...

2009-12-06T08:06:44.988-08:00

Thank you for the summary! I spent some time looking for kwanzaa books to bring to my classroom. It's such a beautiful holiday. My WASP-y students need to expand their horizons beyond Santa.

Interesting post. And kudos for exposing your chi...

2009-12-05T10:21:09.956-08:00

Interesting post. And kudos for exposing your children to this holiday.

We celebrate Christmas, mostly because our families celebrate it and we love the secular traditions. We carry on German, English, and in my husband's family, Italian traditions to celebrate our roots. While I consider myself to be without religion, I don't see a whole lot of religion being celebrated in Christmas anyway. For us, it's about family, loving and giving.

What a beautiful holiday! And Raven, your 9 year ...

2009-12-05T08:50:42.589-08:00

What a beautiful holiday!

And Raven, your 9 year old started crying over this and demanded to celebrate it!?! Who is doing a fantastic job raising a kid in this society!

My then-9yo son read a book about Kwanzaa last yea...

2009-12-05T00:31:54.861-08:00

My then-9yo son read a book about Kwanzaa last year and was so blown away by how thoughtful a holiday it could be that he started crying in the bookstore and insisted we start celebrating immediately. So we've combined much of Kwanzaa with our Hanukkah traditions. I am so glad you posted this!