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.
I ate a piece of fried chicken.
Kwanzaa is hate. Look it up.
ROTFLMAO
Yes. After an excess of Christmas food and cheer I awoke December 26 morning needing to expel said excess. That was my Kwazy Kwanza Kwap.
No, no one did!
Kwanzaa is hate.
Get seven soldering irons, clamp them in the vice in a row, plug them into a power strip, and VOILA!
I celebrated by exercising my White Privilege.
I love that show. It reminds me of when America was still America before Obama stirred up the racial hatred we have on our plates now.
Isn’t is cultural appropriation for a non African-Americans to celebrate a made-up African-American holiday?
You are culturally appropriating, Sam. Bad Sam!
Anybody know of any good Kwanza “holiday” songs? And which celebrity or known entertainer dared to sing it/them?
Obama failed to issue an EO to have Americans compose and sing Kwanza songs.
Wonder if Bing Crosby had any in mind. Like “I’m dreaming of a white Kwanza...”. (Sorry, politically incorrect; should have said “...black Kwanza”.
My Grandma told me that I’m “Black Norwegian”, so I felt honor-bound to celebrate Kansas today.
I made a big batch of creamed Herring and Norwegian soft tacos.
My son and I took the dogs out to hunt Zebras, but they are probably hibernating. The Zebras, not the dogs. The dogs might as well hibernate. They have to get at least 23 hours of sleep at night or they’re cranky the next day.
I bought them a Craftmatic adjustable dog bed but they broke it by playing some kind of space launch game with the neighbor’s cat.
But I digress.
We all played Hide The Herring and my wife got mad because I kept frisking her for it. I guess the honeymoon is over. Fortunately, she only winged me a little bit.
Well, all in all, I had a good Black Norwegian Kansas celebration even if I still didn’t get my BB gun.
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!
Yup - scooped the cat litter boxes. All three of them, one for each of the goofy "pillars" of Kwanza.
Kwanza was created by a deranged psychopath that tortured women... http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/24/kwanzaa-was-concocted-by-a-deranged-felon-who-tortured-naked-women/
“Also, does anybody know of any Kwaanza parties in their neck of the woods? “
They have them everyday on the south side of Chicago.
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