{"id":1082,"date":"2011-12-04T10:54:18","date_gmt":"2011-12-04T15:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/fcw\/2011\/12\/04\/december-calendar\/"},"modified":"2011-12-04T10:54:18","modified_gmt":"2011-12-04T15:54:18","slug":"december-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/fcw\/2011\/12\/04\/december-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"December Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>December 21- Chanukah <\/strong><em>&#8211; Chanukah<\/em> is a Jewish celebration, also known as the Festival of Lights, Chanukah starts at sundown today and lasts for eight days. It is traditional to exchange gifts or gelt (Yiddish for money) in the form of real coins or chocolate wrapped in gold foil, to play a game of put-and-take with a four sided top called a dreidel, and to light candles each night.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>December 22 \u2013 First day of winter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>December 25 \u2013 Christmas &#8211; <\/strong>Every family and culture has their own Christmas traditions. Embrace those of your host family and share some of your own.<\/p>\n<p><strong>December 26 \u2013 Kwanzaa &#8211; <\/strong>This festive, non-religious African-American celebration was started in 1966. It lasts for seven days. On each day a candle is lit and the day focuses on one of seven principles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>December 31 \u2013 New Year\u2019s Eve- <\/strong>Chances are you have to work tonight, so after the kids go to bed, sit down and watch Dick Clark\u2019s Rockin\u2019 Eve and think about how to make 2012 better.\u00a0 Before they go to bed,\u00a0 the children and you can choose simple \u201cNew Year Resolutions.\u201d Or create a keepsake of the year that is ending by making a time capsule or a scrapbook of memories. Include what are cool, slang words, popular activities, clothes, games, names of popular songs or games, and a picture of the hottest toy. If you are making a time capsule, put a date on it and decide when they will open it \u2013 in a year, 5 or even 10. Don\u2019t forget to include a photo of you and the children! Tomorrow, the first day of the New Year, is a federal holiday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 21- Chanukah &#8211; Chanukah is a Jewish celebration, also known as the Festival of Lights, Chanukah starts at sundown today and lasts for eight days. 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