  | | | Welcome to our final newsletter of 2023. In this edition, you’ll find stories of community and kindness, and a few ideas for this holiday season.
Thank you for subscribing. Thank you also to the contributors who shared their perspectives and experiences, and to the creators who shared their art.
We appreciate you all and look forward to celebrating all the ways we’re different on the East Coast into 2024 and beyond.
Sincerely, Your CBC East Coast team | | | | | | | |  | The Lennox Island First Nation has hosted holiday gatherings before, but last Saturday it launched what will become a new tradition: the Christmas Mawi'omi.
The new gathering is about blending Mi'kmaw culture into Christmas traditions as part of a movement to reclaim the community's customs and teach them to the younger generation. | | | | | | | |  | Check out CBC Gem for holiday classics such as Merry Christmas Mr. Bean, Frosty the Snowman and many more. Get nostalgic with old favourites and find new ones with the Let’s Get Festive! collection, streaming free on CBC Gem.
And if holiday classics aren’t your thing, there’s so much more to discover. Find CBC Gem online or download the app. | | | | | | | |  | Nestled in the corner of the Battery Café in downtown St. John's, Darragh Scollard calmly knits the first stitch of what will become a warm purple scarf with an interesting story. It's a scarf that will make its way to any person that Scollard has appreciated for their kindness and friendship. | | | | | | | |  | Thanks to the kindness and generosity of Atlantic Canadian communities, the Make the Season Kind campaign has raised close to $1.2 million, plus hundreds of kilograms of food and 1,629 turkeys across the region.
There's still time to give! Visit cbc.ca/bekind until Dec. 31 to show your support.
The number of people relying on food banks is higher than ever, and the need is even greater during the holidays. No matter how big or small, every donation makes a difference. | | | | |  | | | How to set some personal boundaries at your next holiday gathering. From Information Morning Moncton | |  | | | You better watch out, Santa Claus is coming to town — and it's for a good cause. From CBC Nova Scotia. | | | | | | |  | Looking for some last-minute stocking stuffers? CBC Music presents Road to the JUNOS, a concert series celebrating local talent leading up to the JUNO Awards Broadcast on March 24th.
Shows take place Feb. 5-9 at the Marquee Ballroom in Halifax and tickets are just $10 ($12.81 with taxes and fees). Check out CBC Music for more information on this exciting concert series and how you can get tickets. | | | | | Holiday Helpers | | |  | We’re spreading some kindness, positivity and joy this holiday season by highlighting special people who go above and beyond to support those around them. - Ceddy the Barber is a Holiday Helper. This marks the fourth year of Legends Barbershop collecting toys to help make the holiday brighter for children in need.
- A class of Grade 12 students at Tantramar Regional High School in Sackville, N.B., was hard at work these last few weeks spreading positivity throughout the school.
- For more than 30 years, Sabrina Hum has been doing meaningful work in Mulgrave Park, N.S., the community where she was raised. She was inspired by role models who brought the community together when she was growing up.
| | | | | |  | A Philippine tradition is being celebrated in two P.E.I. communities for the first time this year. Simbang Gabi is a nine-day celebration of the harvest that's observed by Catholics in the Philippines. | | | | | | | |  | What’s your favourite holiday song? Tell us at cbceastcoast@cbc.ca for a chance to win a pair of CBC toques. One winner will be chosen at random and contacted the week of January 1, 2024. Thanks to our friends The Hypochondriacs for helping us get hyped for the holidays.
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