Tag: Kwanzaa
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Two Turtle Doves. Kwanzaa. Derilium Red
The second day of Christmas highlights that this is not the only holiday of the season. Traditionally Kwanzaa begins on the 27th and runs until the 1st of January. Kwanzaa’s founder Maulana Karenga created the holiday in 1966 and derived the name from a Swahili phrase “matunda ya kwanza.” This translates into “first fruits” which…
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The Twelve Beers of Christmas
Since 2011, when we lived near San Diego, my wife and I would get twelve Christmas Beers and celebrate the Twelve Beers of Christmas. In a place like Southern California it was not hard to find a dozen beers that were holiday related. Flash forward ten years and we have just arrived to Japan from…
Luke Pernotto 