

In the December issue, we described how the dreidel game is played. Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate! Today is the last day of Hanukkah, the Jewish “festival of lights” that is celebrated for eight days with menorah lighting, special prayers and fried foods. Give gifts of sugarcane and sesame snacks to friends and family.Help decorate the house with kolam, a traditional piece of art drawn with rice flour or chalk.Visit a farmer’s market and learn about farming.Pick out new outfits and then clean out closets and donate old clothing.Here are some activities kids often do to celebrate. It is a very important holiday so families gather to share their joy and show appreciation for the harvest. Pongal also makes the beginning of the new month called Thai, which is considered to be a very special month. January marks the Tamil holiday of Pongal, a four-day harvest festival, that is celebrated with food, new clothing, house decorating and cleaning, and prayers to the Sun. Thanks so much to The Wiggles for answering our questions! And be sure to check out the Chirp blog later this month for a special Wiggles Tour Ticket Giveaway with our friends at Treehouse!ĭid you know that January is Tamil Heritage Month? There are about 200,000 Tamil people living in Canada and this month is a great time to appreciate and honour Tamil achievements and traditions. I love to dance!ĭoes Captain Feathersword actually live on a pirate ship? – FallonĪnthony: He lives on land but he spends so much time on the SS Feathersword that when he comes off it he has sea legs! So he gets a bit wobbly sometimes. Tsehay: The wiggles have different talents so it’s also about showcasing what each Wiggle can do.

We can write about fruit salad, yummy, yummy! Or we will write about a hot potato getting in the car, chug, chug! How do you come up with your songs? – Kayla and EmilyĪnthony: When you write for children, you can choose from a whole world of ideas because children are so open and curious. So we thought we’d make our name The Wiggles! Why are you called The Wiggles? – Lennon and ReganĪnthony: When we first made our music, we saw that young children kind of wiggled more than they danced. And I love to dance and sing with kids and have a great time. It matches my name, which means “the sun”. Tsehay: I get to wear my favourite colour which is yellow. And my favourite colour is blue! And I get to sing and dance and play songs for children. What is the best part about being a Wiggle? – MatildaĪnthony: You get to dress up every day in your favourite colour.

