Holidays and festivals

Striving to maintain normal lives, Japanese Americans held holiday celebrations and festivals inside the concentration camps. Whether decorating mess halls during the Christmas holiday as part of a camp-wide competition or participating in parades to celebrate the harvest of crops from their own gardens, the Japanese Americans demonstrated their resourcefulness and resilience.

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doc Letter from Amy Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-39)

Amy Morooka writes to Violet Sell about the Christmas holiday, issues with Midori, a visit from Martha, upcoming wedding plans, and more.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-39/

doc Letter from Martha Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-23)

Martha Morooka writes to Violet Sell about Christmas gifts, her job in the tuberculosis ward, a murder that took place in camp, and a request for clothes.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-23/

doc Letter from Martha Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-32)

Martha Morooka writes to Violet Sell about Violet's health, a visit from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Easter celebrations, school plans, and more.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-32/

doc Letter from Amy Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-21)

Amy Morooka writes to Violet Sell about Christmas celebrations and discusses money owed for items Violet and her father sent to Amy.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-21/

doc Letter from Amy Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-22)

Amy Morooka writes to Violet Sell about the recent holidays, feeling sick with Valley Fever, her new job, being encouraged to leave camp, and encloses a Christmas program.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-22/