Monday, 16 December 2019

Winter Celebrations

Iroquois Winter Celebration
Big Heads and Stirring Ashes
1.What is the stirring of the Ashes?

Saturnalia
2. How can the wearing of ugly Christmas sweaters be traced to the ancient Romans?


Winter Celebrations around the World

3.While eating food cooked in oil, what game might you play during Hanukah?

4.What festival is called first fruits?

The History of Christmas in Canada
5.Who is Santa Claus based from?
6.How did Christmas trees become a thing for English speaking countries?
7.What type of pie is  traditionally eaten in Quebec on Christmas Eve?

The History of Christmas
8.Who popularized gift giving on Christmas?
9.What day used to be gift giving?


Diwali-Festival of Lights
10.This popular festival is held during the Autumn in India. What is the key ingredient to this Festival to mark the victory of good over evil?


Using your knowledge
11.Why would many cultures from the Northern Hemisphere have winter festivals that feature light, greenery, and food?

12. Christmas hasn't always been popular among Christians. It is now a very popular celebration, but what remains as the big religious day for Christians?

13.Santa Clause has been accused of being a shill popularized by Coca-Cola and other retail cooperation. What is a shill?

14. If you owned a department store, would you go to the expense of popularizing Santa Clause, maybe even having a Santa Clause? Explain.

15. A hundred years from now, Christmas, or our major winter celebration will . . .  (give details)
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15 comments:

  1. justin16 December 2019 at 10:57

    1. stirring of the ashes is when they take mallets and stir up ashes in hte house hold fire because they consider it a symbolic gesture of gratitude.



    2.romans traded out their togas for more bright colored clothing and could have had very ugly colored clothing

    3. latkes

    4. kwanzaa

    5. he is based off a an that was a man that was a a pilgrim and went on a journey to egypt and palestine and became a bishop then arch bishop

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  2. Zuri16 December 2019 at 10:57

    1.They take their mallets and stir up the ashes in the fire. They consider it gesture of gratitude to The Creator.
    2. During saturnalia they "shed" their traditional togas for colorful clothes.
    3. Dreidel to win chocolate coins, nuts, or raisins.
    4.Kwanzaa.
    5.Saint Nicholas.

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  3. kass16 December 2019 at 10:58

    1. Where they show gratitude for all the blessing from the previous year
    2.
    3. You would spin the dreidel
    4. Kwanzaa
    5. saint Nichoals ?

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  4. Bailey16 December 2019 at 10:58

    1.They are doing that to thank the creator
    2.Ugly sweaters could relate to roman because someone was in charge of chaos, and to make it look better and more chaotic then they might wear ugly clothes.
    3.They play dreidel when eating their food.
    4.The festival is called kwanza.
    5.He is based off Saint Nicolas.

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  5. Kris GOAT16 December 2019 at 10:58

    1. Stirring of the Ashes is when at a house,they take their mallets and stir up the ashes in the households fire as a symbolic gesture of gratitude to the creator.
    2. People shed their traditional togas in favor of colorful clothes known as synthesis.
    3. They would play spin a top called a dreidel to win chocolate coins, nuts, or raisins.
    4. Kwanzaa, which means “First Fruits,” is based on ancient African harvest festivals and celebrates ideals such as family life and unity.
    5. Santa Clause was based from St. Nicholas.
    6.In 1848 the Illustrated London News published a drawing of the royal family celebrating around a decorated Christmas tree, a tradition that was reminiscent of Prince Albert's childhood in Germany. The custom spread to almost every home in Britain, where trees were decorated with candles, candy, fruit, homemade decorations and small gifts. Whatever its origin the custom gained wide popularity over the next 200 years.

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  6. Katrina16 December 2019 at 10:58

    1.They were thinking and honoring the creator. Stirring the ashes is when at a house, they take their mallets and stir up the ashes in the household's fire as a symbolic gesture of gratitude to the creator.
    2.During saturnalia, people wore colorful Christmas sweaters. Ugly Christmas sweaters came from when the household would pick one member and they would be in charge of chaos and that included wearing ugly clothes.
    3.They would play dreidel to win things like chocolate coins, nuts or raisins.
    4.Kwanzaa, which means “First Fruits,” is based on ancient African harvest festivals.
    5.Santa Claus is based from Saint Nicholas.
    6.Christmas trees first came a thing in english speaking countries when the baroness Riedesel hosted a party of British and German officers.













    raisins

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  7. Nika16 December 2019 at 10:58

    1. they are thanking and honoring the creator
    2. ugly sweaters came from when it was Christmas the household would pick one member and the would be in charge of chaos and that included wearing ugly clothes.
    3. they would play dreidel to win things like chocolate coins, nuts, and raisins
    4.kwanzaa
    5. he is based of St. Nicholas
    6. Christmas trees became a thing in English speaking countries when queen Victoria put one up in 1841

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  8. sofia16 December 2019 at 10:59

    1. Stirring the Ashes is when at a house, they take their mallets and stir up the ashes in the household's fire as a symbolic gesture of gratitude to the creator.
    2. During Saturnalia, people wore colourful clothing known as synthesis instead of wearing traditional togs.
    3.During Hanukah, people would play a dreidel while eating food cooked in oil.
    4.Kwanzza, which means " First Fruits", is based on a ancient African harvest festivals and celebrates ideals such as family life and unity.
    5.Santa Claus was based from Saint Nicholas.
    6. Christmas trees became a thing in English- speaking countries after a Baroness Reidesel decorated a tree for a party of British and German officers. The Baroness and her family moved to Canada when her husband was sent defending Canada. The tradition became popular after Prince Albert, decorated a tree in Windsor's Castle to celebrated their first-born son.
    7.

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  9. Tyler16 December 2019 at 10:59

    1. The stirring of the ashes is a thing that the big head messengers do. They will go around, house to house at the new year to announce the start of the festivities. When they get to a house they will stir the ashes in the fire. They consider it a gesture of gratitude to The Creator.
    2. They wore colourful clothes on saturnalia.
    3. Spin a dreidel to win chocolate, nuts, or raisins.
    4. Kwanzaa.
    5. Saint Nicholas.

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  10. Aryssa16 December 2019 at 11:00

    1. They consider it as a gestor to the creator.
    2. so in ancient roman they choose a mock king the would make mischief.
    3. they would play dreidel.
    4. It is called Kwanzaa.
    5. Saint Nicholas.
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  11. Griffin16 December 2019 at 11:00

    1. They hunt an harvest and they go to peoples houses and stir up ashes in the house holds fire.
    2. In a tempol they sewed a little feet on a statue but they also gave gifts just like Christmas.
    3. They would play with a toy that you spin called a dreidel.
    4. It is called kwannzaa.
    5. Jesus

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  12. liam16 December 2019 at 11:01

    1-They thought of it as a gesture towards the gods/creator, they also asked for advantages or different favours like that.
    2-Back then they had the lord of misrule. In the text it said that the lord of misrule wore crazy cloths.
    3-They played with a dreidel to win objects.
    4-Kwanzaa is also know as “First Fruits”
    5-He’s based of saint Nickolas.

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  13. Ayla16 December 2019 at 11:03

    1.They take their mallets and stir up the ashes in the household's fire. its gesture of gratitude to The Creator.
    2. Shed their traditional togas for colorful clothes.
    3. Dreidel
    4. Kwanzza
    5. saint Nickolas?

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  14. Zyra16 December 2019 at 11:03

    1. The stirring of ashes symbolizes the hunt and the harvest.
    2. Shed their traditional togas for colorful clothes
    3. While eating food cooked in oil you might spin a dreidel
    4 the festive that is call first fruits is Kwanzaa
    5. Saint Nicholas

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  15. Griffin16 December 2019 at 11:47

    5. saint nicholas?

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