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Thread #28402   Message #352742
Posted By: rabbitrunning
06-Dec-00 - 09:13 PM
Thread Name: BS: Decorating for Yuletide?
Subject: RE: BS: Decorating for Yuletide?
I work in a library, and we, at least, try to call each of the holidays that are celebrated in our area by their correct names. It is a problem though, because we tend to do lots of Christmas decorations (all three of our LAs are Catholic, and the branch has been decorated for the past 40 years.) We always try to also have a menorah, and in the past decade have added a kinara for Kwanzaa and at least a display. This year, I've got books out for Diwali and Ramadan/Id-el-Fitr, but haven't yet acquired appropriate decorations (if there are any for Ramadan, please let me know!)

I'd love to have books on the pagan Solstice Celebrations for children, but haven't seen any come through our purchasing order that didn't look dead cheesy. (Well, alright, it was only one, and the binding fell apart in my hands...) So if any of you are willing to write one, go for it! Suggestions also would be good.

The trickiest part of the whole thing for me is my population of Jehovah's Witnesses. I'd love to have a display that acknowledges them, too.

Oh, well. I'll just keep trying.