CULTURES

HOW THE WORST LYNCHING IN AMERICA LED TO COLUMBUS DAY
People are willing to leave everything familiar behind to seek a better life. Coming to America potentially offered opportunities unknown at home. The reality is people will always be faced with unexpected challenges. One of the biggest challenges is finding out your new fellow countrymen hate you for being different from them.

WAS SANTA CLAUS INSPIRED BY A HALLUCINOGENIC MUSHROOM?
On Christmas Eve, Santa Claus leaves his home at the North Pole and flies across the night sky on his sleigh. He is pulled by eight reindeer led by a ninth reindeer with a shiny red nose lighting up with winter sky, delivering toys and goodies to children. As his loyal reindeer land on each rooftop, he enters the homes of good girls and boys by descending through the chimney where milk and cookies await him. A wonderful story but as children come of age they learn there is no Santa Claus. So, where did the story of St. Nicholas originate from?