There was once a time where the nationally celebrated holiday, Kwanzaa, dominated the winter holiday season. Kwanzaa was predicted to become even bigger than the commercialized and glamorized holiday, Christmas. But nowadays, this once popular festival has been largely forgotten from the public’s...

Today, more than 2 billion people celebrate Christmas each year. 160 countries consider Christmas to be a major holiday.   Christmas, for all its popularity today, was not celebrated until a couple centuries after the birth of Christ. Traditionally, Christmas is the celebration of the birth...

It’s that time of year, the time of hats and gloves, candy canes and hot chocolate, and best of all Christmas carols! In most cases, the repeated cycle of Christmas songs will soon be hitting the radio waves, and with this comes the inevitable question of... “What the heck are the songs talking about?” It...

A painter who used her emotions to make incredible displays of artwork, Frida Kahlo was a strong Mexican independent woman, a feminist who wasn’t afraid to make a statement.  She was born on January 6th, 1907 in Cocoyán Mexico City. During her life, Kahlo produced almost 200 paintings. An experience...