Candles, Culture, Faith and Family: A Light Look at Kwanzaa and Hanukkah
By Cindy Schuchardt, Reference Department A popular holiday song assures us that this is the “most wonderful time of the year” and the “hap-happiest season of all.”1 Many people feel that way because they celebrate Christmas, marking the historical and (Christians believe) blessed virgin birth of the Christ child. Two other seasonal celebrations, Hanukkah and […]

