Is it offensive to ask someone if they celebrate it?

I have never met anyone who celebrates it.

I've only met one family who celebrated Kwanzaa at home and that was almost 20 years ago. I see it in public celebrations fairly often, though.

OP here - Wikipedia will tell you millions of Americans celebrate the holiday. That's great; however, I would just like to hear from maybe one or two people who actually do celebrate it here in the DC area and what kind of things they do to celebrate, etc.

It is an American invented holiday that primarily was geared towards African Americans but I don't think they have a lock on celebrating it. At least I hope not because I am Caucasian.

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Anonymous wrote:Kwanzaa is not a european tradition. Does anyone know if it is a native american holiday?

I never understand why people don't just check Wikipedia for questions that obviously have very simple, straightforward answers.

Does anyone actually celebrate Kwanzaa? Wikipedia will tell you.

Does Kwanzaa have Native American origins? Wikipedia will tell you.

Anonymous wrote:Political correct police has decided that it is being celebrated

The grammatically correct police need to make you rewrite this sentence so that readers can actually understand whatever it is you're trying to convey.

I checked it out on wikipedia, they give a more logical explanation.

Anonymous wrote:Kwanzaa is not a european tradition. Does anyone know if it is a native american holiday?

Kwanzaa is not a european tradition. Does anyone know if it is a native american holiday?

Anonymous wrote:I also wonder. I think it is a newly invented holiday. I would really like to know who celebrates it. I have heard that is celebrated by the african americans, but even though I know some of them, I do not think any of them celebrate it.

Christmas instead is the winter solstice holiday that has always been celebrated one way or another in northern regions

"Celebrated by the African Americans"? What an interesting way to phrase this. You would think you were talking about a foreign species or something.

"but even though I know some of them, I do not think any of them celebrate it." I'm not sure why you think this means anything.

And to answer OP, yes, someone actually celebrates Kwanzaa. There are all sorts of different people out there in the world doing and celebrating things that are not familiar with the majority. If you are genuinely interested in Kwanzaa, then this is probably a good place to start. http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/index.shtml

Political correct police has decided that it is being celebrated

No.

I thought it was dying out as something to celebrate among AAs.

I also wonder. I think it is a newly invented holiday. I would really like to know who celebrates it. I have heard that is celebrated by the african americans, but even though I know some of them, I do not think any of them celebrate it.

Christmas instead is the winter solstice holiday that has always been celebrated one way or another in northern regions

So does anyone actually celebrate Kwanzaa? Is it the only holiday you celebrate or do you celebrate Christmas and/or Hanukkah also?

I admit that I pretty much wrote it off as a rip-off of Hanukkah but then I had to actually read up on it because my child learned about it at school and it does kind of have an appeal to it.