Hyperlinks To Pancocojams Posts About Christmas, Kwanzaa, And Junkanoo (from 2012 through 2020)

Compiled by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post provides links to posts that were published on this blog about the holidays of Christmas, Kwanzaa, and Junkanoo. One of the posts about Christmas also includes information about the antebellum African American custom of "kunering".  

Publishing these links in one post makes it easier for me- and hopefully you - to enjoy these posts again. Publishing these links also provide opportunities for you to check out some posts that you might have missed.

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PANCOCOJAMS LINKS ABOUT CHRISTMAS [with other posts added on Jan 3, 2021] 

2012

African American Christmas Songs About Naming Jesus (videos & lyrics)

http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/12/black-christmas-songs-about-naming.html

Dec. 20, 2012
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2013
Ma Ma, Bake That Johnny Cake, Christmas Comin’ (examples & lyrics)

http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/12/mama-bake-that-johnny-cake-christmas.html

Dec. 20, 2013

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2016
How Black Americans Celebrated Christmas In The Antebellum South

http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/12/how-black-americans-celebrated.html

December 21, 2016
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This post also includes information about the antebellum custom of "kunering" which is related to Caribbean Jonkanoo customs.

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2017
Singing Extra Lyrics For "Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/12/documenting-when-people-sung-extra.html

Dec. 20, 2017

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2018 
Examples Of The "Batman's In The Kitchen" Verse In "Jingle Bells Batman Smells" Rhymes

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/12/examples-of-questions-about-batmans-in.html

Dec. 1, 2018

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Non-Racist Examples Of The Children's Parody Song "Jingle Bells Shotgun Shells"

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/12/non-racist-examples-of-childrens-parody.html

Dec. 5, 2018

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Racist Examples Of The Children's Parody Song "Jingle Bells Shotgun Shells"

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/12/racist-examples-of-childrens-parody.html

Dec. 5, 2018

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Mavis Staples - Christmas Vacation (from the movie "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation")

http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/12/mavis-staples-christmas-vacation-from.html

December 8, 2018

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Christmas Traditions In Ethiopia & Four Videos Of Christmas In Ethiopia

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/12/christmas-traditions-in-ethiopia-four.html

Dec. 18. 2018

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2019 
Two Article Reprints About Some Ways That Enslaved Black People Experienced The Christmas Holidays In The United States South

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/12/two-article-excerpts-how-enslaved-black.html

December 11, 2019

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Starrkeisha's Christmas Carols" Videos 2016, 2017, & 2018 (with information about Cameron J. Henderson's Starrkeisha character)

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/12/starrkeishas-christmas-carols-videos.html

December 14, 2019

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Starrkeisha's Christmas Carols, 2019 (Video & Selected Comments)

http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/12/starrkeishas-christmas-carols-2019.html

December 19, 2019

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2020
Sizalelwe Indodana - A South African Christmas Song (with lyrics and links to additional examples)

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/12/sizalelwe-indodana-south-african.html

Dec. 9, 2020

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Donny Hathaway - This Christmas (Official Audio) And Chris Brown - This Christmas (video) with information & lyrics

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/12/donny-hathaway-this-christmas-official.html

Dec. 9, 2020

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"While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks"/"Sweet Chiming Christmas Bells" (YouTube Examples, Information, Lyrics, & Comments)

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/12/examples-of-lyrics-for-christmas-carol.html

December 19, 2020

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Daystar's The Healing Streams of God Choir - "E Lu Agogo" (Nigerian Choir Singing "Ring Bells" & Two Other Christmas Songs)

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/12/daystars-healing-streams-of-god-choir-e_51.html

Dec. 19, 2020

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Leslie Odom Jr. featuring Mzansi Youth Choir -" Little Drummer Boy" (video, information, & comments)

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/12/leslie-odom-jr-featuring-mzansi-youth.html

Dec. 20, 2020

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Ntokozo Mbambo - Yi Naye (A Ghanaian Worship Song Sung By A South African Gospel Singer During A Christmas Program)

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/12/ntokozo-mbambo-yi-naye-ghanaian-worship.html

Dec. 22, 2020

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PANCOCOJAMS LINKS ABOUT KWANZAA

2012
Teddy Pendergrass - Happy Kwanzaa (video & lyrics)

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/12/teddy-pendergrass-happy-kwanzaa-video.html

December 22, 2012

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2015
Why Swahili Terms Are Used For The African American Originated Holiday "Kwanzaa"
December 26, 2015 

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/12/why-swahili-terms-are-used-for-african.html

re-posted on December 17, 2018

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2016

Sesame Street's Elmo Performing A Kwanzaa Dance Featuring A Musical Bow Instrument"

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/12/sesame-streets-elmo-performing-kwanzaa.html

December 17, 2016

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2017
Kwanzaa Children's Song "O Kwanzaa" (information, lyrics, videos, & instrumental song file)

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/12/kwanzaa-childrens-song-o-kwanzaa.html

December 17, 2017

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Excerpts From & Comments About The 2012 Washington Post Article "Confessions of a Kwanzaa drop-out: Why I don’t celebrate the holiday"

http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/12/excerpts-from-comments-about-2012.html

December 18, 2017

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Videos Of Kwanzaa Celebrations In The United States & In Canada

 https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/12/videos-of-kwanzaa-celebrations-in.html

December 18, 2017

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2018
1998 Chicago Tribune Reprint: "Kwanzaa: It's Not About Christmas" (with Pancocojams editor's response to that article)

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/12/1998-chicago-tribune-reprint-kwanzaa.html

December 9, 2018

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2019

Videos Of Two Kwanzaa Songs & A Hyperlinked List Of Pancocojams Posts About Kwanzaa

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/12/videos-of-two-kwanzaa-songs-hyperlinked.html

December 26, 2019

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PANCOCOJAMS LINKS ABOUT JUNKANOO 
2012

Jonkanoo, Gombey, New Orleans Indians, & The Philadelphia Mummers Costume Traditions (videos)

http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/02/jonkanoo-gombey-new-orleans-indians.html

February 18, 2012

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2013

A Traditional Caribbean Jonkonoo Song & Three Contemporary Jonkanoo Videos From The Bahama

http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-traditional-caribbean-jonkunnu-song.html

December 20, 2013

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2019
Kunering (John Canoe) Traditions Among Enslaved Black People In North Carolina & Information About Jonkanoo In The Bahamas

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/12/kunering-john-canoe-traditions-among.html

December 11, 2019

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