An African American Christmas theme is becoming part of the American culture. Many of the Christmas traditions have come from mid-winter conditions in Europe, and don't fit comfortably with celebrating Christmas in warmer climates. All those dominant Christmas images of snow and snowmen, warm clothing, heavy Christmas dinners, decorated Christmas trees and opening Christmas gifts by the fire are very northern European in origin. They owe much to German Christmas traditions that later became popular in Victorian England.
There is no reason why a homely Christmas celebration from an African American perspective can't take a different point of view.
An African American Christmas celebration need not be radically different. It's mostly a question of modifying the style and taste to make it easier for African Americans to identify with the Christmas traditions and decorations.
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African American Christmas cards, for example can use designs that reflect a distant African background, or more recent African American history and culture.
Christmas tree decorations can also reflect this background. African American Christmas tree ornaments often include charms shaped like giraffes, gazelle, lions, elephants and stylized African masks.
Other African American Christmas ornaments can celebrate African American literature, music, sport, education, farming, and all of the other areas in which African Americans have made a contribution to American culture. It's an opportunity to create designs with a distinctly African American style. Philadelphia Eagles NFL Glass African American Football Player Christmas Tree Ornament 4"
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