Celebrate the 2023 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 2023: Nov 12
Thanksgiving 2023: November 23
Hanukkah/Chanukah 2023: Dec 7-Dec 15
Christmas 2023: Dec 24 & 25
Kwanzaa 2023: Dec 26-Jan 1
Lunar New Year 2024: Feb 10
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
