This holiday season, let's be intentional about celebrating with friends, neighbors, and family who are from different faith, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. I think it's too easy during the holiday season to only focus on just the holiday traditions and celebrations that we've grown up celebrating in America. When we dig deep into our history, how American values and traditions have changed and expanded over time with successive waves of new Americans, we'll find that our ways of celebrating, finding warmth, and creating opportunities to be together during the winter months are not the same - and that's a good thing!