Kids Ring in the Holidays With a Caribbean Beat
Next week, dozens of San Francisco kids will perform traditional West Indian music and dance to mark the first night of Kwanzaa. The seven-day holiday celebrates the history and culture of the African diaspora. The kids have spent six weeks rehearsing with Dance Kaiso, a group which works with young people to preserve Caribbean cultural traditions.
Over the Holidays, Teachers Must Walk a Fine Line
Most public school kids in California are officially on winter break after a week capping a month of festive activities. But it can be a tricky time for teachers to navigate the fine line between teaching about religious holidays and celebrating holidays. And even teachers are at odds over how to deal with it in the classroom. We find out how this is playing out at one school in Santa Rosa.
Santa's Helpers Lend a Hand in L.A. Post Office
Every year, millions of children write letters to Santa. When he can't get to everything on a kid's wish list, Santa sometimes forwards the requests to helpers at the U.S. Post Office through its Operation Santa program. One of the largest receiving areas in the nation for these letters is in South Los Angeles, where we pick up the story.
California Songs: 'White Christmas'
The most popular and most-recorded Christmas song of all time is really about California -- but many people have never even heard the part of it that refers to the Golden State. We listen back to a favorite installment in our "California Songs" series.
Holiday Wreaths the Old-Fashioned Way
This holiday season, so much of what we buy is mass-produced, from ornaments to gingerbread houses to wreaths that you can find at most Christmas tree lots. We visit a farm in the Santa Cruz Mountains that makes Christmas wreaths the old-fashioned way.