afRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE

CHRISTMAS

• On Christmas my mother wakes us up early in the morning and we open gifts and give gifts.
• We also go to my grandmas house and open gifts there.
• My mother cooks and family comes over and we eat , and exchange more gifts.
• My mother and father lets us open one gift on December 24th .
• We go to our grandmas house on December 24th and stay up until 12:00 pm and then start opening gifts.

FOOD

• Sometimes my granny cooks soul food on Sundays.
• Soul food is greens,macaroni,fried chicken,cornbread,cabbage and etc . . .
• My family likes to taste different foods from all over , like on Tuesdays we eat tacos and enchiladas.
• We also eat a lot of common foods like hamburgers , frenchfries, pizza and etc. . .
• Most African Americans eat okra with their food , but my family chooses not to.

RELIGION

• A lot of my family goes to church every Sunday.
• I've been to church at least 20 times.
• The church I go to , they worship an African American Jesus
• They also gives us circle bread with crosses in the middle and grape juice (Jesus Christ blood)
• Our church ours are 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

MUSIC

• African Americans listened to a lot of music like soul,jazz,blues etc. . .
• They also listened to a lot of rock and roll , and gospel.
• Today a lot of African Americans listen to hip hop , gospel , R&B , soul etc. . .
• We still are listening to music that the elders listened to back then.
• I listen to a variety of music like pop , country , soul , R&B ,gospel and etc. . .