Happy New Year!

Happy
New Year

All the
best in
2010!

Happy Kwanzaa!

Happy Kwanzaa to everybody!

Kwanzaa is a weeklong celebration held in the United States honoring universal African heritage and culture, marked by participants lighting a kinara (candle holder). It is observed from December 26 to January 1 each year, primarily in the United States.

Kwanzaa consists of seven days of celebration, featuring activities such as candle-lighting and libations, and culminating in a feast and gift giving. It was created by Ron Karenga and was first celebrated from December 26, 1966 to January 1, 1967 ... (continued @ Wikipedia)

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Merry Christmas

Merry
Christmas

Seinfeldian: Festivus

I got a lot of problems with you people! And now, you're gonna hear about it. We'll discuss it at dinner before the Feats of Strength ...

Happy Festivus! Why aren't there any Festivus songs? Shouldn't there be presents? Can I hang tinsel on my pole?

Festivus @ Wikipedia / Religious Tolerance / Amazon

Winter Solstice

Winter Solstice (aka Midwinter, Yalda, Soyal, Solar New Year, Longest Night and many, many other names), the shortest day and longest night of the year in the northern hemisphere occurs today @ 17:47 UTC / 12:47 pm EST. A great many celebrations, cultural and religious, occur at or around this event. So no matter what you celebrate or observe, may it be the best yet for you and yours.

Hindu: Happy Pancha Ganapati!

Happy Pancha Ganapati to all our Hindu friends.

Roman: Io, Saturnalia!

Io, Saturnalia! to all you ancient Romans

Judaism: (Belated) Happy Hanukkah!

I know Hanukkah has already begun but would like to wish all our Jewish friends a Happy Hanukkah!

And for some audio treats for the ears, head on over to these sites:

1. SoundRoots
   
2. BobFromBrockley
   
3. Da Vinci's Notebook -- The Dreidel Song
   
4. Sen. Orrin Hatch -- Eight Days of Hanukkah
   
5. The Pop View
   
6. Brooklyn Vegan
   
7. Menorah Mashups
   
8. Brooklyn Vegan (2008)
   

USA: Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to our American friends ... or, as the Yuletide Bloggers say ...

"Ladies & Gentlemen, start your turntables!"

And as the belts get loosened and the turkey digests, take a spin around to Ernie (Not Bert), Christmas Music Everyday and The Old Time Radio Flier 12 for some special audio treats.