# The Kwanzaa Thread (minus ChristmaRamaHannukah)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kwanzaa-thread-minus-christmaramahannukah/281184>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 22, 2004, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kwanzaa-thread-minus-christmaramahannukah/281184 "2004-12-22T17:27:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kwanzaa-thread-minus-christmaramahannukah/281184/21 "2004-12-23T05:59:07Z")

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> [@monstro](#):
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> It also takes dedication. The celebration lasts seven days, and the principals are quite serious in nature. (Let’s have a party for cooperative economics! Whoo hoo!)

So, the real reason Kwanzaa didn’t catch on is the same as why communism didn’t catch on? For all their good qualities the commies I’ve know were the LAST people I’d want to party with. 😉

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kwanzaa-thread-minus-christmaramahannukah/281184/22 "2004-12-23T06:14:53Z")

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> [@monstro](#):
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> At the parties I’ve attended, the participants were predominately black. But some \*\*whities \*\*have shown up too and they seem to enjoy themselves just fine.

My bolding. I assume that was a typo. 🙂

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**Author:** ![bizzwire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/958977/32.png) [@bizzwire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizzwire)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kwanzaa-thread-minus-christmaramahannukah/281184/23 "2004-12-23T16:20:33Z")

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> [@monstro](#):
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> At the parties I’ve attended, the participants were predominately black. But some whities have shown up too and they seem to enjoy themselves just fine.

Ahem.

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