Christmas is here and despite the devastating pandemic, people are still obsessed with commercializing the holiday. Although many believers recite, “Jesus is the reason for the season,” they also are among the crowds flocking to the stores and overspending on gifts instead of rejoicing about the coming of Christ and what it means to the world.
Here are some tips to help your through this holiday season.
Public health officials urge everyone to stay home for Christmas as a second vaccine comes to battle COVID-19.
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Wendy’s Window
On Friday, millions of people across the world will celebrate Christmas. Here and abroad, safety — staying home, social distancing, wearing masks, being sensible — requires limits on the gatherings and parties. Yet the bells still ring, music is in the air, lights on homes and lampposts shine, blessings are shared.
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Now more than ever, representation is important and having a Black Santa Claus proves it.
To help uplift spirits during the Christmas season, PVJOBS partnered with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) on Saturday to give away toys and food to about 1,000 community members in need. Co-sponsored by PVJOBS, the toy and food drive took place at the South Park Recreation Center in South Los Angeles and was coordinated by the LAPD’s nearby Newton Division.
David G. Brown Cartoon: December 17, 2020
Kwanzaa was conceived as a special time and space for celebrating, discussing and meditating on the rich and varied ways of being and becoming African in the world. It invites us all to study continuously its origins, principles and practices and it teaches us, in all modesty, never to claim we know all that is to be known about it or that our explanations are only for those who do not know much about its message and meaning.
We caught up via Zoom to discuss his hosting duties for the new HGTV’s “Biggest Little Christmas Showdown”
As the year comes to a close, it is imperative that we use our collective economic power to transform systems and make Black Lives Matter.
When 22-year-old Los Angeles rapper Blueface posted a video of himself on Christmas Eve standing on a car parked on a street in the middle of the homeless capital of America throwing money with the caption “season of giving”–I thought good for him.
OK, Christmas is over. So what do you do with that Christmas tree?
The Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation and Environment’s Christmas Tree Recycling Program is ready to help.