Mummers quiz; Hanukkah with an anti-arena twist; Unemployment at low mark

Vacation celebrations continued all through town over the previous week. Christmas Day was the primary day of Hanukkah, and anti-arena advocates sang a group of vacation songs with revised lyrics to make them protest songs. The gathering of Asian American and Jewish Philadelphians was a present of solidarity and peaceable protest.

At a Kwanzaa occasion held Friday on the African American Museum in Outdated Metropolis, company from throughout Philly-area faculties and schools joined common museum-goers in celebrating Kujichagulia, or self-determination, the precept related to the second day of the seven-day vacation. Friends additionally met HBCU faculty reps, explored profession pathway displays, and toured the galleries on Black historical past and tradition. 

Feeling like you realize every part there’s to find out about certainly one of Philly’s signature occasions, the New Yr’s Day Mummers’ Parade? Take our brief quiz and also you’ll be all set with when and the place to look at it, what to anticipate, and a way of historical past. Proceed studying …

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• Gov. Shapiro ordered U.S. and Commonwealth flags to fly at half-staff for the subsequent month in honor of former President Carter. [NBC10]