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What Kwanzaa means for Black Americans

Kwanzaa celebration, family lighting the kinara candle together at home in spirit of unity - Getty Images stock photo by Frank Dobson, Vanderbilt University On Dec....

Guest Editorial: A Spiritual Marriage of Xmas and Kwanzaa

  We’ve arrived at that stage of the year where it is the best of times and/or the worst of times, depending on who you...

What Kwanzaa means for Black Americans

Kwanzaa celebration, family lighting the kinara candle together at home in spirit of unity - Getty Images stock photo by Frank Dobson, Vanderbilt University On Dec....

Tell a different story about Santa this holiday season

How can children develop multiple perspectives through stories? Santa image via www.shutterstock.com by Peggy Albers, Georgia State University It is that time of year again: People are...

What Kwanzaa means for Black Americans

by Frank Dobson, Vanderbilt University On Dec. 26, millions throughout the world’s African community will start weeklong celebrations of Kwanzaa. There will be daily ceremonies...

How Christmas became an American holiday tradition, with a Santa Claus, gifts and a tree

The pagan tradition of celebrating the winter solstice with bonfires on Dec. 21 inspired the early Christian celebrations of Christmas. Gpointstudio/ Image Source via Getty...

What Kwanzaa means for Black Americans

by Frank Dobson, Vanderbilt University On Dec. 26, millions throughout the world’s African community will start weeklong celebrations of Kwanzaa. There will be daily ceremonies with food,...

‘Twas the night before Christmas’ helped make the modern Santa

– and led to a literary whodunit   by Melissa Chim, General Theological Seminary The poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” better known by its opening line “‘Twas...

How Mrs. Claus embodied 19th-century debates about women’s rights

by Maura Ives, Texas A&M University Clement Clarke Moore’s 1823 poem “Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas” redefined Christmas in America. As historian Steven...

How Christmas became an American holiday tradition

by Thomas Adam, University of Arkansas Each season, the celebration of Christmas has religious leaders and conservatives publicly complaining about the commercialization of the holiday...

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