What’s the true meaning of the holidays? Red and Green and Blue and White (Trailer)

THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY:
“Red and Green are Christmas colors. And Blue and White are Chanukah colors.
The picture book, Red and Green and Blue and White, was inspired by a true story that happened in 1993 in Billings, Montana. A town where pretty much everyone’s house was decorated for Christmas, except for the home of a little boy, Isaac, whose window was decorated for Chanukah.
When someone throws a rock through Isaac’s window, Isaac’s family has to make a choice. Should they hide being Jewish, or put up their Chanukah decorations again in the new window? Isaac lights their decorative menorah. Isaac’s friend Teresa sees Isaac standing up for himself, and decides to do something to help. She draws a picture of a menorah, and puts it up in her window, next to all of her family’s Christmas decorations.
The idea catches on, and in less than three weeks, over 10,000 homes and stores and schools and libraries and congregations put up menorahs in their windows as signs of solidarity. And when the whole community came together, the haters backed down. And in this little town, love won.
As the final lines of the book say,
Christmas Tree and Menorah Light
Red and Green and Blue and White
Stronger together
Shining bright!
I’m so excited to have this picture book go out into the world, and empower young kids to know they can stand up for themselves, and they can stand up for the people they care about - right now, while they’re kids. And we adults can help share the true meaning of the holidays, and the true meaning of community.”
- Lee Wind, author
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Animation: Paul O. Zelinsky
Music: Valses Nobles et Sentimentales by Ravel, played by Donna Loewy
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RED AND GREEN AND BLUE AND WHITE
by Lee Wind
Illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky
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