What winter holiday does Barack Obama celebrate?

Whatever Christians do. Since that is what he is.

It’s not the colour of his skin that determines this so much as religion. If he is a Christian, which is what I have been led to believe, he is probably going to celebrate Christmas.

@johnpowell: So he is Christian? Well then, that answers my question.

On an unrelated note, in which religion do people celebrate Kwanzaa?
EDIT: Nevermind. From the Kwanzaa Wikipedia article, it looks like Kwanzaa is unaffiliated with religion, but African-American culture. Which strikes a new question, is it possible to celebrate both Christmas and Kwanzaa? Christmas is on the 25th, and Kwanzaa runs from the 26th to the 1st of January, which would make it possible to celebrate both.

The other day I was thinking of asking which Jellies celebrate Kwanzaa. I’ve never met anyone who actually celebrates it, although I live in midstate MA, and to be honest there aren’t a lot of black people here. Maybe it’s more popular in more heavily African-American communities?

@aanuszek1 Kwanzaa’s not affiliated with any religion. It just celebrates African heritage and culture, as far as I know. The Obamas are christian, so I assume they celebrate Christmas – whether or not they celebrate Kwanzaa.

I’m an atheist and I still celebrate Christmas.
Even if I prefer to call it Winter Solstice.

Most black people I know celebrate both Christmas and Kwanzaa.

I believe that the gentleman who designed it picked the dates to run concurrently rather than to conflict with one another.

He belongs to the United Church of Christ. Kwanzaa is an American holiday, first celebrated in 1966, celebrating African heritage.

Okay our work is done here. NEXT!

well he passes himself off as christian to the public…. and his grandmother (who is living in the whitehouse ) is really into voodoo and old world witchcraft…
so he may share an interest there also . but eitherway . he will only show us either what he wants .... or what we want to see . so we will probably never know .for sure .
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@The_Anonymous_Witch Oy vey!

@The_Anonymous_Witch
And what is that Beckensian politics with an O’Reillyesque spin?

@AW

His grandmother (who was affectionately nicknamed Toot) died sometime during the last weeks of the campaign and he had traveled to Ha. to be at her bedside shortly before she passed. Unless her ashes are in an urn on the mantel, she is not at the White House with them.

His Mother-in-Law ( Michelles mother, not Grandmother) is living in the White House with them and helping out with the girls. Never heard anything about witchcraft or voodoo there. Both her parents are well educated people.

@The_Anonymous_Witch

President Obama’s grandmother does not live in the White House. His mother-in-law, First Lady Michelle Obama’s mother, does. Her name is Marian Robinson, and she was born in 1937 in Chicago, IL. Her mother was born in 1909, also in Chicago. If you want to learn more about the First Lady’s family, you can go here.

The President’s maternal grandmother was born in Kansas in 1922 and passed away just before election day. His paternal grandmother was not a part of Barack’s life, and the woman he called “Granny” was his grandfather’s third wife. Her name is Sarah, she lives in Kenya (not in the White House), and is Muslim (which has nothing to do with “voodoo and old world witchcraft”).

@AW

A little word to the wise here:

If one is going to attempt to slander someone with inuendo, one would look less foolish if they had verifiable facts straight beforehand.

Hard to appear credible whilst wiping egg off one’s face and trying to extract foot from mouth.

Just a helpful little hint :)

sorry , i was mistaken it was the mother in law i read about , not the grandmother .. there are many articals on it , just google witchcraft white house here is one http://www.therightperspective.org/2009/08/18/obama-mom-in-law-practising-witchcraft/

@Buttonstc

A little word to the wise here: i
f one is going to attempt to kiss ass and try to look good infront of others by putting someone down .

one would look less foolish if they had verifiable facts straight beforehand.

Hard to appear credible whilst wiping egg off one’s face and trying to extract MY foot from YOUR ass.

Consider the source – therightperspective.org ? Hint: don’t believe everything you read on the internet unless it confirms your pre-conceived notions.~

@The_Anonymous_Witch That article you posted has no citations, and links to no reputable news sources. In fact, if you click the one link in that article, all you get is a “page you requested cannot be found.”

Not to mention the fact that therightpersective.org is hardly a serious news gathering organization.

hey ,,, im just sharing what i read .. google it , explore it yourself . there are many links on it .. im not saying it is law .. im just answering a q with what i heard .. there is nothing wrong with that . relax people .

I imagine a web site like The Right perspective would be less than objective in their perspective..

Christmas. He’s a Christian.

There’s nothing wrong with answering a question with what you “heard,” but at least for me I like to build trust by giving fairly well researched answers, and try to use reputable sources when providing links. That’s why I use Wikipedia as a last resort, only.

Yes, people can give all kinds of answers – right, wrong, anecdotal, hearsay, researched, or pulled out of their arse. On the whole, though, the best ones are the most correct ones – and those are what make this site valuable.

@laureth. there is nothin wrong in commenting . on the whole though , the best ones are the most correct ones , ie : using @laureth etc… to address someone, is what makes this site valuable . ;-)

@The_Anonymous_Witch, sorry, but if you’re going to repeat something you “googled” on the Internet without bothering to check if it’s remotely true—and it’s not—people have a right to be kind of pissed. You’re spreading falsehood through carelessness.

I think Rodney King said it best: “Can’t we all just get along?”

@The_Anonymous_Witch, I’m sorry if you took my comment personally. The reason I made such a forceful post is because this is one of many examples of right-wingers trying to smear Obama as an “other.” It’s similar to the reports—also widely “reported” on the Internet—that Obama is a Muslim, or that he was born in Kenya.

There’s simply nothing to support these rumors other than the fact that someone typed it up and posted it on the Internet. And when discussing something like that, yes, I do think we have a responsibility to ensure what we’re repeating is true. But I’m sorry that you took my comments personally and I hope you’ll stick around.

@The_Anonymous_Witch i think the person on AB telling everyone about fluther is crap was a exfluther person, wish i had lisson to them now. HUGYS Witchy!

@The_Anonymous_Witch – Thank you for reminding me about proper Fluther etiquette. I’m glad you were able to realize that my post should have been directed at you, though!

Why do all questions on fluther end up like this?

All questions? Hardly.

Maybe 5 percent or even less.

@The_Anonymous_Witch
but it seems this site has a mob mentality that is catchy .. and everybody wants to fit in and kiss ass , and try to look good to their ” buddies ” and play the ” im better than you are ” bs game . and live their fake ,, know it all lives to try and impress themselves while hiding behind their computers ..
And this is exactly what people take issue with. Fluther has some of the most intelligent people on the web. Cliques not withstanding if information holds water I among many others will not fail to recognize and cross party lines. You’ve taken a slanderous slant and elevated it, twisted it and turned it around to appear as if you are a righteous martyr suffering for a noble cause. The cause being that which makes you the real deal and everyone else a phony. Phonies of course who actually base decisions and opinions on sound information. The basis of the voodoo accusation is to undermine and demonize the President plain and simple, not unlike the baseless attacks on his citizenship, and racist cartoons. I am proud that you will find no quarter here for this type of nonsense.

Christmas, I’m sure (see article).

I’m glad you recognize you may be stereotyping with Kwanzaa. (Quite understandable if you don’t know or associate with Black people). For the record, most Black Americans celebrate Christmas.

Kudos for having the courage to ask.

Whew.

Christmas certainly, and Kwanzaa maybe.

We tried to celebrate Kwanzaa in our family but it kept feeling like earning a Girl Scout badge so we stopped. However, we like to go to various Kwanzaa-related fashion shows and musical presentations. We generally celebrate Christmas still.