Posted on 12/26/2017 3:50:30 PM PST by SamAdams76
Serious question. I'm all for celebrating holidays. I like to celebrate. Better than sitting around all morose and angry at the world. I'd rather fill a pewter mug full of mead, turn up some upbeat music and celebrate. Whatever it is that needs celebrating.
Now the Old Farmer's Almanac has been a sturdy and steady influence on me over the years and they are telling me that Kwaanza starts today - Dec 26 - and runs straight through Jan 1. That's New Year's Day, which I also celebrate.
So that's a whole lot of celebrating, which is okay by me because I like to celebrate. Just got done with Christmas and Christmas Eve, which was pretty awesome. Now it's Kwaanza and I'm not sure quite what to do but I'm game to celebrate.
According to Old Farmer's Almanac, I should be decorating my home with straw mats, ears of corn and a candle called a kinara. Now I'm not sure about all that stuff but I do have mats about the house, usually in the bathrooms and at the front and back door when you come in, so that you can stamp your feet and remove your shoes. I believe there is straw in them so let's go ahead and check that box.
As for ears of corn, I do have Trader Joe's corn in cans and I will definitely be heating those up during dinner this week and putting in some Kerrygold butter and pepper on it. So check the box on that as well.
Also, I have plenty of candles. The wife likes to get those Yankee candles at state fairs, home parties and what not. So lots of those and they smell damn fine - even when they are not burning. But we are going to burn them for sure! We shall call them kinaras for purposes of celebrating Kwaanza so check on all the boxes!
Now the music. I do have some pretty awesome Curtis Mayfield records that I can burn to MP3 so I can play them on my stereo. I also downloaded The Kwaanza Song" off YouTube so I think I'm all set in the music department.
Does anybody else have tips for me to celebrate Kwaanza this week? Also, does anybody know of any Kwaanza parties in their neck of the woods? I did an Internet search for my area and got some hits for New York City area. I'm thinking this coming Friday and Saturday night, I've got some cool Kwaanza parties to attend.
As for costume, I'm getting some ideas on the Internet. Check out the below. I might just order up a suit of those clothes on Amazon as I'm quite sure I would make quite the splash in Brooklyn this coming Friday night. I even found an outfit for my wife to wear. Do you think I can get her to wear it to the Kwaanza party with me? It not quite as Kwaanza as my getup but I I think it would look good on her. Maybe I can get her to wear it. Think positive!
Anyway, I just want to wish everybody Happy Kwaanza and hope everybody had a Merry, merry Christmas. Also, we will be celebrating the New Year on Sunday night into Monday. All these holidays and that's okay by me. The more holidays this time of year, the better. That's how I see it. Thank you to the Old Farmer's Almanac for inspiring me.
You mean like: "Camp Town Lady"?
So, yes, I guess I celebrated Kwanza.
Kwaanza is just trying to steal the idea from Hanukkah except they are using a cheap imitation
Sorry, don’t get it.
Haven’t celebrated yet. Although i feel a Hussein swimming lesson starting soon.
As a matter of fact I did. I got a three piece meal at Colonel Sanders (original recipe, dark meat)and then went to Krogers and got some watermelon to finish up on.
No Kwanzaa here, but today is Boxing Day, in Canuckistan. While it was a tradition from the UK, it has now become the Canuckistanian version of your ‘Black Friday’.
“I did. I gave out presents of electrical cords and cigarettes to commemorate the honorable founder, Dr. Ron Karenga. Remember when he tied up those women and whipped them with electric cords and then burned cigarettes on their arms? Now that is something to celebrate!”
Hope someone put their cherries out on him.
Or perhaps the “Dark Town Strutter’s Ball”
They should amend it to mirror Ramadan with a few modifications. Practioners should stay inside during daylight hours every day for a month. And they can eat anything they want 24/7/31. This would make work much more pleasant. Shopping and eating out would be much better. And Walmart would cease to be no-go area. At least for a month.
Chicken and Watermelon is a popular restaurant in New Orleans. They have several locations.
This year’s Cocoa Cola holiday commercial (fa la la la ahhh commercial) ends with Kwanzaa colored coke bottles.
Thankfully, there’s no Kwanzaa celebrations at the WH this year.
That’s it.
Dare I say you have a pretty hot wife. Don’t let Laz near her.
Death tolls will rise tonight in Chicago.
Yea I took a two flusher today.
How about John Prine covering “Ubangi Stomp”?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUBBnINR-GM
Isn’t the First Day of Kwanzaa called Jumanji or something?
Lol
You don’t have conversations with your blanket?
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