Geography - Middle School
Teacher Halley Yuriko Montoya Luna
Special activity: “December Holidays Around the World”
Name: Cristina Martínez Fernández
Holiday Where is it from & when is it
celebrated?
Hanukkah Is a Jewish festival that reaffirms
the ideals of Judaism and
commemorates in particular
the rededication of the Second
Temple of Jerusalem by the
lighting of candles on each day
of the festival.
Kwanzaa Kwanzaa is a festival of African
American culture celebrated
between December 26 and
January 1. This holiday is
celebrated almost exclusively by
African Americans in the United
States.
Group: 3.-A Date: December 13, 2021
How is it celebrated? Why do people Paste a picture of it
celebrate it? Or
What’s the
meaning of it?
Jews celebrate it by lighting By 164 BCE, the
the menorah, playing the game Jewish revolt
of dreidel and eating special against the Seleucid
holiday foods like latkes and monarchy was
sufganiyot. It is also one of the successful. The
most celebrated Jewish holidays. Temple was liberated
and rededicated.
It's a time that's been celebrated Though Kwanzaa
throughout the continent for became a
generations. During the week, mainstream holiday
families gather to give gifts, in the 1980s, its
share feasts, and light candles traditions have faded
in honor of their ancestors and in recent years.
their hopes for the future.
Krampusnacht The creature and St. Nicholas
are said to arrive on the evening
of December 5 (Krampusnacht;
“Krampus Night”). While St.
Nicholas rewards nice children
by leaving presents, Krampus
beats those who are naughty
with branches and sticks. In
some cases, he is said to eat
them or take them to hell.
Yule Yule festivals are celebrated for
twelve days, starting on the
Winter Solstice. This is a
celebration of the Nordic
peoples, related to Germanic
mythology and Nordic paganism.
The Yule originally lasted twelve
days and Christianity assimilated
it to Christmas.
It's a holiday that feels a lot more The legend of the
like Halloween than Christmas. Krampus dates back
On Krampusnacht, December centuries, originating
5th, men dressed as Krampus as a German
drink a bunch of alcohol, run Christmas tradition
through the streets, and during the 12th
frighten children. Often, they century.
chase delinquent children around
and hit them with sticks.
During the twelve days of Yule, A celebration to the
crops are harvested to make a Norse God, Odin
meal, trees are decorated with and a Pagan holiday
pinecones, foliage, and candles called Modraniht. It
and gifts are exchanged with love revolves around
ones. The Yule Log is also thanking the Gods
decorated with candles and and Goddesses for
berries which gets placed on an what you have as
altar. well as celebrating
nature and its
changes.