Holiday Guide Introduction
Merry Whatever
City Paper's Annual Holiday Guide
Holiday Guide 2003
Merry Whatever City Paper's Annual Holiday Guide
Home for the Holidays Finding My Way to Kwanzaa | By Waris Banks
Instant Kwanzaa A Quickie Guide to Celebrating the Holiday | By Waris Banks
Thanksgiving Click for a larger, Adobe Acrobat version.... | By Smell of Steve, Inc
Fir Sale Bagworms and Buck Antlers--a Look at Life in the Local Christmas-Tree Trade | By Brennen Jensen
Happiest Happy Apoco-Holidays Click for a larger, Adobe Acrobat version.... | By Emily Flake
On the List A Little Shopping Help From Us Here at City Paper (As If We Know What We're Getting Everyone)
New Year's Eve Click for a larger, Adobe Acrobat version.... | By Tom Chalkley
Merry Whatever City Paper's Annual Holiday Guide
Home for the Holidays Finding My Way to Kwanzaa | By Waris Banks
Instant Kwanzaa A Quickie Guide to Celebrating the Holiday | By Waris Banks
Thanksgiving Click for a larger, Adobe Acrobat version.... | By Smell of Steve, Inc
Fir Sale Bagworms and Buck Antlers--a Look at Life in the Local Christmas-Tree Trade | By Brennen Jensen
Happiest Happy Apoco-Holidays Click for a larger, Adobe Acrobat version.... | By Emily Flake
On the List A Little Shopping Help From Us Here at City Paper (As If We Know What We're Getting Everyone)
New Year's Eve Click for a larger, Adobe Acrobat version.... | By Tom Chalkley
Posted 11/19/2003
But that's the thing. It's the holidays, plural. And while the months of November and December seem to have been converted into some kind of weird Holiday Zone wherein all citizens in good standing are required to drop a bundle to support America's economy, wear reindeer sweaters, and gain five pounds, we're talking about a chunk of calendar devoted to all sorts of holidays, celebrating all sorts of things. And, if you're lucky enough, you've got things to celebrate: family, friends, faith, cultural pride, the passing of time, or even just a few days off. We know there isn't a winter holiday for everyone and everything, but we like to think almost anyone can find something to be merry about. And in the following pages, we do our best to put the Thanksgiving/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/New Year's/whatever back in Christmas.
Holiday Guide 2003 was written by Waris Banks, Blake de Pastino, Anna Ditkoff, Lee Gardner, Tim Hill, Brennen Jensen, Joe MacLeod, Bret McCabe, Christopher Skokna, Van Smith, Erin Sullivan, and Wendy Ward. Our holiday comics were inked by Tom Chalkley, Emily Flake, and Smell of Steve Inc. Dawn Mercurio helped make the Holiday Guide events calendar list and check it twice. Interns Ali Fenwick, Jazmin Gardsz, Maha Jafri, Mariam Rahman, Michelle Ruddle, and Zachary Saxanoff helped wrap the package. Christopher Myers and Uli Loskot took the photos, with help from the CP Digi-Cam. Deanna Staffo and M. Wartella illustrated the fine illustrations.
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