Winter Holidays of Light Slideshow
December is full of light: menorahs, twinkling trees, lanterns, and candles from many traditions — one warm, inclusive slideshow.
- Best time
- December
- Format
- Walk through a series of captioned images together
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Winter Holidays of Light Slideshow
December is full of light: menorahs, twinkling trees, lanterns, and candles from many traditions — one warm, inclusive slideshow.
What's inside this slideshow
- 1
Hanukkah: one new candle each night for eight nights.
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Christmas: evergreen trees stay green all winter — a symbol of life in the cold.
- 3
Kwanzaa: seven candles for seven principles, celebrated December 26 to January 1.
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Festivals of light around the world push back against the darkest weeks of the year.
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Why light? In the darkest season, nearly every culture finds a way to make some.
5 captioned slides. You control the pace — or turn on autoplay.
Teacher tips
Close by asking students what traditions of light their own families keep in winter — answers always surprise.
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