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Celebrating Los Tres Reyes Magos in the U.S.A. This story first appeared on Discovering the World Through My Son’s Eyes. When our baby was six months old he visited Puerto Rico for the first time. We went during the festivities of the Three Kings also known as the Epiphany celebrated on January 6. The Epiphany is [...]
We’re Different, We’re the Same by Jen Marshall Duncan When my kids were littler, we read this book over and over again. Sometimes we turned the pages looking for noses that looked like the noses of each person in our family. Sometimes we tried to find skin colors that matched the multiple skin colors in [...]
Latino & Jewish: Why I chose Hanukkah over Christmas By Trina Hernandez “Somos judios sefarditas.” “Whaa… ¿En serio?” “Si, mira…” Hearing my Dad explain to me our ancestry was something that made my soul feel complete. I could literally hear a click within me. The questions I had for so long about who I was were [...]
Celebrate the Birth of Bahá’u’lláh {Holy Day Kids Craft} This story first appeared on All Done Monkey. Scroll to the end for a video of my father singing a special holiday song! Do you know what we remember, on the twelfth day of November? If you were a Baha’i child growing up in the US in the [...]
Day of the Dead Skull Craft for Kids Syndicated from Kid World Citizen. As you may know, Day of the Dead- Día de los Muertos- is a holiday celebrated in Mexico, some other countries in Latin America, a few countries in Europe, and the Philippines. In Mexico, skeletons are a big part of Day of the Dead [...]
Today we celebrate Juneteenth. What is Juneteenth? It is the oldest African-American holiday, celebrating freedom and honoring the memory of former slaves. You might know that President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863 and wonder–why do we celebrate on June 19th? The answer is that not all slaves knew they were [...]
Happy Birthday, Dr. King He had a dream. Before my husband and I were even born, this dream included our family. Before my mother knew that her descendants would have brown skin, he dreamed for my children. His voice rang out so passionately about a day when “the sons of former slaves and the sons of former [...]
Image credit: Flickr / alihf | Juárez We wanted to showcase some of the great stories and features about Three Kings Day (el Día de los Reyes Magos), so here are a few go-to articles! There are crafts, recipes, stories and more! Wishing you a great Three Kings Day! NickJr.com Dora’s Three Kings Day Party [...]
This article is part of our “Multicultural Holidays” series. You can submit your own story for publishing on Multicultural Familia via our submissions page here. Image: Flickr / cliff1066™ Fond Memories of Three Kings Day Thinking about my childhood and revisiting the home where I grew up always reminds me of how important is for a child to [...]
How to Celebrate Kwanzaa – December 26 – January 1 Today begins the week-long celebration of Kwanzaa! The cultural holiday, created in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga, was established as the first African American Holiday. The holiday has strong ties to the American Civil Rights Movement and relies on a set of principles, symbols and sentiments that [...]
This article is part of our “Multicultural Holidays” series. You can submit your own story for publishing on Multicultural Familia via our submissions page here. © Weather Anchor Mama This is part two of Stacy’s Multicultural Christmas story. Read part one, “Debating What to Do About Santa“. After my recent post, Debating What to Do About Santa, [...]
This article is part of our “Multicultural Holidays” series. You can submit your own story for publishing on Multicultural Familia via our submissions form here. “No hay nada mas espactacular que la inocencia y creencia en la magia que mi hijo me muestra. (There is nothing more spectacular than the innocence and belief in magic that my [...]
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