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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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Christmas Exercise (ddr-hmwf-1-474)
img Christmas Exercise (ddr-hmwf-1-474)
"Christmas Exercise 22-25 Rec Hall, Dec 22-1943" as described on back, children performing
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-hmwf-1-474/
Children with Santa (ddr-fom-1-412)
img Children with Santa (ddr-fom-1-412)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-412/
Men and women dancing (ddr-hmwf-1-55)
img Men and women dancing (ddr-hmwf-1-55)
"Men and women in traditional dress in front of barracks"
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-hmwf-1-55/
Women dancing (ddr-hmwf-1-56)
img Women dancing (ddr-hmwf-1-56)
"Women in traditional dress dancing around float structure"
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-hmwf-1-56/
Christmas Party (ddr-hmwf-1-463)
img Christmas Party (ddr-hmwf-1-463)
"Christmas Party 29-30 Mess Hall, Dec 25-1943, Bud Aoyama Project Photographer" as described on back
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-hmwf-1-463/
Girls Dancing (ddr-hmwf-1-271)
img Girls Dancing (ddr-hmwf-1-271)
"Emi Matsumoto, Banto-Mikaru Odori 21-30 Mess, Aug 27 1944" as described on back, SuperXX SuperIkontaB-Flash f12 1/100
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-hmwf-1-271/
Christmas Party (ddr-hmwf-1-464)
img Christmas Party (ddr-hmwf-1-464)
"Christmas Party 29-30 Mess Hall, Dec 25-1943" as described on back
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-hmwf-1-464/
Christmas decorations in a mess hall (ddr-fom-1-57)
img Christmas decorations in a mess hall (ddr-fom-1-57)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-57/
Office Christmas party (ddr-fom-1-426)
img Office Christmas party (ddr-fom-1-426)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-426/
Christmas decorations in a mess hall (ddr-fom-1-59)
img Christmas decorations in a mess hall (ddr-fom-1-59)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-59/
Christmas decorations in a mess hall (ddr-fom-1-60)
img Christmas decorations in a mess hall (ddr-fom-1-60)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-60/
Five women inside a building at Minidoka (ddr-fom-1-63)
img Five women inside a building at Minidoka (ddr-fom-1-63)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-63/
Parade (ddr-hmwf-1-600)
img Parade (ddr-hmwf-1-600)
Boy Scout Parade
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-hmwf-1-600/
Christmas Exercise (ddr-hmwf-1-473)
img Christmas Exercise (ddr-hmwf-1-473)
"Christmas Exercise 22-25 Rec Hall, Dec 22-1943" as described on back, children performing
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-hmwf-1-473/
Christmas Exercise (ddr-hmwf-1-461)
img Christmas Exercise (ddr-hmwf-1-461)
"Christmas Exercise 22-25, Rec Hall, Dec 22 1943, Project Photographer- Bud Aoyama" as described on back, group of kids practicing for a Christmas Exercise
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-hmwf-1-461/
Girl dancing (ddr-hmwf-1-280)
img Girl dancing (ddr-hmwf-1-280)
"Emi Matsumoto, Banto-Mikaru Odori 21-30 Mess, Aug 27 1944" as described on back, SuperXX SuperIkontaB-Flash f12 1/100
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-hmwf-1-280/
Parade (ddr-hmwf-1-612)
img Parade (ddr-hmwf-1-612)
Boy Scout Parade
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-hmwf-1-612/
Christmas Exercise (ddr-hmwf-1-475)
img Christmas Exercise (ddr-hmwf-1-475)
"Christmas Exercise 22-25 Rec Hall, Dec 22-1943" as described on back, children performing
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-hmwf-1-475/
Parade (ddr-hmwf-1-601)
img Parade (ddr-hmwf-1-601)
Boy Scout Parade
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-hmwf-1-601/
Girl dancing (ddr-hmwf-1-284)
img Girl dancing (ddr-hmwf-1-284)
"Emi Matsumoto, Banto-Mikaru Odori 21-30 Mess, Aug 27 1944" as described on back, SuperXX SuperIkontaB-Stage Light f12 1/100
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-hmwf-1-284/
Group Picture (ddr-hmwf-1-476)
img Group Picture (ddr-hmwf-1-476)
Group picture of children with Christmas decorations
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-hmwf-1-476/
Christmas Party (ddr-hmwf-1-462)
img Christmas Party (ddr-hmwf-1-462)
"Christmas Party 29-30 Mess Hall, Dec 25-1943" as described on back, children's Christmas party
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-hmwf-1-462/
Girl dancing (ddr-hmwf-1-285)
img Girl dancing (ddr-hmwf-1-285)
"Emi Matsumoto, Banto-Mikaru Odori, 21-30 Mess, Aug 27 1944" as described on back, SuperXX SuperIkontaB- Flash f12 1/100
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-hmwf-1-285/
Letter (with envelope) to Mollie Wilson from Mary Murakami (December 25, 1942) (ddr-janm-1-32)
doc Letter (with envelope) to Mollie Wilson from Mary Murakami (December 25, 1942) (ddr-janm-1-32)
Handwritten letter to Mollie Wilson from Mary Murakami (December 25, 1942). Envelope is postmarked December 20, 1942 from the Poston (Colorado River) Incarceration Camp in Parker, Arizona.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-32/
Christmas card (with envelope) to Mollie Wilson from Miyeko Imamura (c. 1944) (ddr-janm-1-68)
doc Christmas card (with envelope) to Mollie Wilson from Miyeko Imamura (c. 1944) (ddr-janm-1-68)
Christmas card to Mollie Wilson from Miyeko Imamura (c. 1944). Black card, red border with illustration in red/green/blue of a woman in a Christmas dress holding a yellow handkerchief in one hand and a basket of holly in the other. "Yoo Hoo!" is on the front of card. Envelope is postmarked but does not give a …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-68/
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