Originally Posted by flying_babyb:
We are!! this week is our "Hanukah" week. We are celebrating the way my family does (minus the religious element). We have been putting a candle on the menorah for each night, did latkes for breakfast, and playing the dreidel game. This week we will try matzo toast, a special kosher jam my aunt makes, and play with the dreidel some more. My coworker will do kwanza the week we come back from break and we will do Christmas around the world next week (who knew like 8 countries put out shoes for candy and prizes the night before Christmas?)
. We covered a December holiday each week too- focusing on the symbols, food and activities. Interesting how similar they are from those aspects. Children loved the dreidel game and latkes, decorating our felt Christmas tree and dancing to drumming etc for Kwanzaa. Our families are diverse and some celebrate one or more of these holidays. We also have a family that celebrates winter solstice so we squeezed in an activity for that too.
PS: I did not know about the putting out shoes/candy tradition...interesting!