Today is the birthday of the most important person in my life, the one who has been with me since I was born. My life wouldn’t be possible without this most amazing, caring, and loving person: my mom, Brenda Childers Sullivan! My dearest, and loving mommy, I hope that you have a good birthday today, however that may turn out, you always deserve a lot more than that because you deserve beyond everything every day and every night! You have no idea how much you mean to me; even the saying “you are my world” doesn’t come close to explaining how much you mean to me. There are no words for how much you mean to me, because it is beyond any dictionary’s words, online or otherwise. You are the best mother, I emphasize, the best, not one of the best, the best mom in the world, at least my world, and I am beyond blessed and thankful for having you as my mom. A mom who always makes sure that I am taken care of, always makes sure that I don’t suffer, making sure that I get what I need, never gives up, even if it’s hard, on making sure that I am taken care of one way or another, and happy, even if I don’t show it, but…
This is the owner of JoshiesWorld, Joshua “Joshie” Sullivan, and I want to personally wish every one of you a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and Happy Holidays, such as Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, and others I may have forgotten to mention! As for Hanukkah, I am somewhat late, as it is celebrated from December 14 to 22. But I still want to recognize that, as other holidays besides Christmas and New Year are important as well. Some know what these holidays are, where they come from, and how they are celebrated. The celebration of Christmas started in Rome around 336, but it was not a major Christian festival until the 19th century, which began on January 1 in 1801 and ended on December 31 in 1900. The original reason for Christmas was to celebrate Jesus Christ’s birthday on December 25, a tradition established by Pope Julius I, combining religious observances with influences from winter solstice festivals such as Yule and Saturnalia. As for Hanukkah, it is a holiday for the Jewish people, the word Hanukkah means dedication due to purifying the Temple after the Jewish resistance against the Greek occuptation by Seleucid Empire after they outlawed the Jewish practices and defiled their Temple in 168 B.C.E. Hanukkah holiday also marks Jewish resists having their culture destroyed, and the fight…