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We are in that time of year where people are celebrating around the world! Did you know that the ORC can help you learn more about world celebrations? Find a few suggestions below!
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__**Diwali **__ Celebrated from November 13-17 this year, Diwali is popularly known as the "festival of lights." This five day Hindu festival is an official holiday in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mauritius, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, Malaysia, Singapore and Fiji. Learn where to search for more information about this wonderful festival below!

**Culturegrams** Use the search bar on the top right hand corner of the world edition to find out more about the countries that celebrate Diwali. Alternately, search for a specific country like India to find out more about this celebration.

Find newspaper articles, pictures, magazines, audio/video, websites and more when you do a search "Diwali" in eLibrary.
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**World Book Student/World Book Advanced** Search "Diwali" in these World Book databases to find articles about Diwali, as well as Feasts & Festivals. In addition, find pictures that show the Diwali celebrations.

__**Hanukkah **__ Also known as the"Festival of Lights," Hanukkah is an eight day Jewish celebration from December 8-16 this year. Find information and resources about this celebration below.

**Culturegrams** Use the search bar on the top right hand corner of the world edition to find our more about this celebration, and how people in Israel celebrate Hanukkah.

Search "Hanukkah" in eLibrary to find links to newspapers articles, pictures, magazines, audio/video resources, websites and transcripts related to this celebration.
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<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Learn more about the history of Hanukkah by searching the "Find it Fast" bar at the top of the Grolier Multimedia webpage.
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<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**TeachingBooks.net** <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Search "Hanukkah" by subject in TeachingBooks to gain access to lesson plans, meet the author, author websites, author interviews and more for 46 different Hanukkah books. Limit your search to grades 4-8 along the left-hand side of the screen to get a listing of resources for your students. Grade 8 seems to be the highest grade for resources in this area.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Find numerous articles related to Hanukkah when you search these databases, including articles on Judaism, Feasts & Festivals around the world, as well as celebrations in the month December.
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__**<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Christmas **__ <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">A civic holiday in many of the world's nations, Christmas celebrates the birth of Christ on from December 24-25 each year. Find information and resources about how Christmas is celebrated both locally and worldwide below.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Canadian Encyclopedia** <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Search "Christmas" in this database and get a truly Canadian perspective on Christmas throughout history! From articles on Christmas in Canada, to Christmas music, to Christmas and the recession, this database will provide you with a truly Canadian Christmas experience. Click HERE to read an article entitled //Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, Your Branches Green Delight Us// to learn about how soldiers from The Loyal Edmonton Regiment celebrated Christmas in the barricades of Ortona, Italy on December 25, 1943.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Culturegrams** <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Use the search bar on the top right hand corner of the world edition to find out more about Christmas around the world.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Get a plethora of resources related to Christmas, including lyrics for more than 100 Christmas songs when you search this term in eLibrary. Check out the Literature tab along the top to access Christmas literature links.
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<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Search "Christmas" in Grolier Multimedia to get a listing of articles related to all things Christmas, from Scrooge to Advent.
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<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**TeachingBooks.net** <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Search "Christmas" by subject, and then limit your search to grade 7-12 along the left-hand side of the screen to find 16 matching books with meet the author, lesson plans, author interviews and more. This listing includes two versions of Charles Dickins' //A Christmas Carol//!

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">When you search "Christmas" in either of these databases you will get over 200 articles related to the topic from Yule, to Nutcracker, to Christmas during war time. In addition, this search will garner 16 pictures, and 2 music clips.
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__**<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Kwanzaa **__ <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Kwanzaa is a week long celebration that honours African heritage from December 26-January 1 each year. Find information and resources about this celebration below.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Search "Kwanzaa" in eLibrary to find links to newspapers articles, pictures, magazines, audio/video resources, websites and transcripts related to this celebration.
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<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Find and article and related picture that describes Kwanzaa celebrations when you search these databases.
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__**<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Chinese New Year **__ <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Known as the "Spring Festival" in China, this celebration is the start of the Chinese calendar year. Celebrated on February 10 this year, 2012 is the year of the snake. Find information and resources about this celebration below.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Search "Chinese New Year" in eLibrary to find links to newspapers articles, pictures, magazines, audio/video resources, websites and transcripts related to this celebration.`Check out the Literature tab along the top to access a poem about Chinese New Year.
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<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Find out about the history of the Chinese calendar and more when you search "Chinese New Year" in Grolier Multimedia.
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<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Search "Chinese New Year" by subject in TeachingBooks to gain access to lesson plans, meet the author, author websites, author interviews and more for 19 different Chinese New Year books. Limit your search to grades 4-8 along the left-hand side of the screen to get a listing of resources for your students. Grade 8 seems to be the highest grade for resources in this area.
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<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Gain access to an article about Chinese New Year, a picture of the celebrations as well as a table of important dates in the Chinese calendar when you search "Chinese New Year" in these databases.
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