In the interest of economy I am not wrapping any of the presents that I am giving this year.
All presents that I am giving are being presented in a lovely reusable Christmas gift bag as I hate taking my time wrapping presents and then seeing the gift paper being ripped to shreds in a few seconds without any appreciation for my gift-wrapping work.
So am I the only one who is making this decision not to wrap any of the presents I give this year?
Just wondering out loud!
Anyway enjoy your Christmas Day and Happy Kwanzaa everyone!!
Here are the seven principles of Kwanzaa that we can start celebrating from Boxing Day until New Year's Day.
Kwanzaa celebrates what its founder called the seven principles of Kwanzaa, or Nguzo Saba (originally Nguzu Saba—the seven principles of African Heritage), which Karenga said "is a communitarian African philosophy," consisting of what Karenga called "the best of African thought and practice in constant exchange with the world." These seven principles comprise *Kawaida, a Swahili term for tradition and reason. Each of the seven days of Kwanzaa is dedicated to one of the following principles, as follows:
1. Umoja (Unity): To strive for and to maintain unity in the family, community, nation, and race. Practice this principle on 26th Dec, Boxing Day.
2. Kujichagulia (Self-Determination): To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves, and speak for ourselves. Practice this principle on 27th Dec, this Saturday.
3. Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility): To build and maintain our community together and make our brothers' and sisters' problems our problems, and to solve them together. Practice this principle on 28th Dec, this Sunday.
4. Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics): To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together. Practice this principle on 29th Dec, next Monday.
5. Nia (Purpose): To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness. Practice this principle on 30th Dec, next Tuesday.
6. Kuumba (Creativity): To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it. Practice this principle on 31st Dec, next Wednesday.
7. Imani (Faith): To believe with all our hearts in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders, and the righteousness and victory of our struggle. Practice this principle on 1st Jan, New Year's Day.
Once you get a hang of these principles in your mind they can be practiced Monday to Sunday (7 days a week) throughout the new year and be used to help improve the prosperity of your family and folks in your wider community.
