By Claire Ciszewski As the temperature dips and frost replaces the leaf’s on trees, snow blankets the city and winter begins. It is in this frigid winter season that many communities come together and celebrate some heartwarming holidays which help in forgetting the bitter winds. While you may have heard of Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, or even St. Lucia Day, there are still many other traditions and cultures to be explored.
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By Jessica Brown The holiday season is coming up and when most people think of the holidays they picture Christmas trees, dreidels, or candles. I wanted to take some time to explore traditions and holidays that many people have not heard about. Although there are many holidays out there, I decided to focus in on three that are not commonly celebrated in the US today.
By Brina Whittier Around this time last year, I remember feeling a lump in my breast. I remember crying my eyes out and feeling like my world was collapsing around me. I was asking myself questions like: could it be cancer? Will I die? What should I do? These were questions I kept secret for about a month because I was too afraid to tell anyone. After telling my parents, my life changed forever. Meeting with different doctors, going into surgery, and dealing with the insurance company made up the worst couple months of my life. It created an immense amount stress for my family and I. Fortunately, it was only a benign tumor and I ended up with a few scars. Although I was extremely lucky, this isn’t always the case for everyone. Let’s talk about breast cancer.
By Claire Ciszewski
Although some are quick to say that many American Holidays were created to continue Card Companies, it is so much more than that. Holidays are a great way to pay tribute cultural norms. For instance, there are holidays that may be celebrated in one country, and never heard of in another. The Mother’s and Father’s Day in America is practically unheard of in Japan where Boy’s and Girl’s Day is more popular. Holidays are important aspects in cultures because they are respective of values held in different societies. This August a not so well heard of holiday was noticed, Sisters Day. A Day to celebrate the joys that come with being and having a Sister. For all of those moments that a sister has been there for you. Whether it have been the lifesaving moment of TP rescue when you are in the bathroom or to cheer you on in your volleyball game, having a sister is definitely worth celebrating. This past August 3rd was Sister’s Day, and it comes with a unique and not so well documented history as well. By Azalia Rosas Slave trading began with the Portuguese; it then spread, eventually reaching the New World. Those of us raised in the US will probably know this and will have studied it practically every year for most of our pre-collegiate education.
The Caribbean and South America received over 90 percent of those who survived the Middle Passage. Although what is now the US only received 6 percent of all kidnapped Africans who were brought to the Americas, a quarter of all Africans in the New World were in US plantations by 1825. Men, women, and children worked. Raised like livestock, they worked to the bone and even after that. This is a dark time in US history; and then, Abraham Lincoln. |
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