A guide to read · 4 sections · about 11 minutes
The Holidays Next Door
What your neighbors are celebrating, and what to say
A year of holidays on one American street, season by season: what each one is, what people do, what to say, and the one thing not to do.
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- 1. How to wish anyone well You don't need the perfect phrase. You need the name of the day and a kind face. 2 min
- 2. Spring: Easter, Passover, Holi, Vaisakhi, and sometimes Ramadan The season of new things, plenty of food, and a calendar that won't sit still. 3 min
- 3. Summer and fall: Juneteenth, Eid al-Adha, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Diwali, Día de los Muertos Freedom, sacrifice, a new year, a hard fast, a row of lamps, and a table set for the people we miss. 3 min
- 4. Winter: Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Lunar New Year Four sets of lights in the dark months, and none of them is a knockoff of another. 3 min