12/27/25 - Kwanzaa Continues and The Weirdest Movies of 2025
- bribriny
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Saturday 12/27/25
I’m at my Moms and today’s will be a short report!
Kwanzaa continues.
The annual celebration of African-American culture from December 26 to January 1, culminating in a communal feast called Karamu, usually on the sixth day. It was created by activist Maulana Karenga based on African harvest festival traditions from various parts of West, East, as well as Southeast Africa. Kwanzaa was first celebrated in 1966.
Kwanzaa celebrates what its founder called the seven principles of Kwanzaa, or Nguzo Saba (originally Nguzu Saba – the seven principles of African Heritage). They were developed in 1965, a year before Kwanzaa itself. These seven principles are all Swahili words, and together comprise the Kawaida or "common" philosophy, a synthesis of nationalist, pan-Africanist, and socialist values.
Each of the seven days of Kwanzaa is dedicated to one of the principles.
Umoja (Unity): To strive for and to maintain unity in the family, community, nation, and race.
Kujichagulia (Self-determination): To define and name ourselves, as well as to create and speak for ourselves.
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.
Ujamaa (Cooperative economics): To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together.
Nia (Purpose): To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.
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.
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.
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Celebrate:
Saturday
Make Cut-Out Snowflakes Day
National Fruitcake Day
Visit the Zoo Day
Sunday
Call a Friend Day
Holy Innocents' Day
National Card Playing Day
National Chocolate Candy Day
National Download Day
National Short Film Day
Pledge of Allegiance Day
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Being a weird year in 2025, no surprise that there were some weird movies. Ranker.com is having you rank the Weirdest Movies of 2025.
1. Together - a supernatural body horror film marking Michael Shanks’ debut as a feature director.
2. Bugonia - a darkly funny, unsettling ride from director Yorgos Lanthimos, who’s never been one to shy away from the bizarre. It stars Emma Stone.
3. Ick - a sci-fi horror comedy that follows Hank Wallace, a washed-up high school football star now working as a science teacher, whose life takes a wild turn when his sleepy hometown is invaded by a bizarre, plant-like parasite.
4. Weapons - a mystery horror film where kids disappear. I've seen this one and it's off the hook fun nuts!!!! Aunt Gladys is all I have to say!
5. Death of a Unicorn - a dark fantasy comedy horror film starring Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega.
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Have a great weekend!!
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