Celebrate the 2022 Holiday Season with the LUC Libraries
As the months get colder and nights longer, many religious and cultural celebrations take place around the world during the final months of the year and the start of the year. We are recognizing and celebrating holidays and traditions from around the world and/or diverse cultures. This guide is meant to help people appreciate different traditions and stories, as well as those we have in common with each other.
Diwali 2022: Oct 24
Thanksgiving 2022: November 24
Hanukkah/Chanukah 2022: Dec 18-Dec 26
Christmas 2022: Dec 25 & 26
Kwanzaa 2022: Dec 26-Jan 1
Lunar New Year 2023: Jan 22
Web Resources
- Feliz Navidad from Smithsonian Folkways A playlist of 25 songs from the Smithsonian Folkways recordings.
- Traditional European Christmas Music from Smithsonian Folkways From a Polish state folk chorus to a classic French carol re-imagined by Pete Seeger, this playlist draws from European Christian beliefs as well as secular performances, such as traditional Irish reels recorded in the pubs of Cleveland.
- Turkey Research Guide (UChicago Libraries) n celebration of Thanksgiving, the University of Chicago Library has created this research guide to provide a lighthearted, yet informative look at some of the many resources available about turkeys.
- Thanksgiving: Topics in Chronicling America (Library of Congress) Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of November 1863 as Thanksgiving to create unity in a broken country. This guide provides access to material related to "Thanksgiving" in the Chronicling America digital collection of historic newspapers.
Streaming Films
