Commence 1. Begin; start On January 1, the new year commences.

People around the world celebrate the start of a year on New Year’s Day. It is one of the oldest holidays. In the Western cultures of Europe, North America, South America, and Australia, most people celebrate New Year’s Day on January 1. People of other places and cultures observe the new year at other times […]

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heritage The traditions, achievements, and beliefs that are part of the history of a group of people. Celebrating our heritage is an important way of remembering where we came from.

Kwanzaa is a week long celebration held in the United States to honor universal African heritage and culture. People light a kinara (candle holder with seven black, red and green candles) and give each other gifts. It takes place from December 26 to January 1 every year. It was created by Maulana Karenga and was […]

Christmas December 25 celebrated in honor of the birth of Jesus Christ. My family goes to midnight mass on Christmas.

Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus. The story of how this happened is told in part of the Bible known as the Gospels. There are four Gospels telling the life of Jesus. The Gospel of Luke tells the most about his birth, and the Gospel of Matthew tells another part of the story. The Gospel […]

Variant One of two or more things that show slight differences. Omicron and Delta are variants of the coronavirus.

Omicron, a variant of the coronavirus or COVID-19, has been in the news a lot the past two weeks. That is because it is spreading around the world, much like the Delta variant has done. But what exactly is a variant? It is a slightly different version of the same virus. Viruses are continuously making […]