Christmas characters

Thomas S. Monson speaks of the happiness and soul within Christmas. He establishes the way Christmas affects us - spiritually. Not only does Mr. Monson’s quote remind readers of the joy within Christmas, Washington Irving’s short story, “Old Christmas,” sets the scene of Christmas and creates the heartwarming feeling of Christmas within the readers. “Old Christmas” is a story in which Washington Irving experiences Christmas in the old days and the modern days. He captures his grand, memories of old Christmas - the loving hearts and joyous smiles, and he awakens readers to the problem within their modern society and how they have forgotten cheerful traditions of the past. Irving exposes readers to the problem in which the new generation has lost and forgotten the character within old Christmas. Washington Irving uses personification, imagery, and description to set up the problem. Personification is a tool used to…

You’ve got to hand it to Lucy van Pelt. She called it as she saw it. “Look, Charlie, let’s face it,” she barked in “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” “We all know that Christmas is a big commercial racket. It’s run by a big eastern syndicate, you know.” Christmas, an important and happy holiday, now used mostly to gain large amounts of money. Retail businesses make it readily apparent that Christmas has become too commercialized when stores start putting out Christmas decorations in October. Retailers…

Scrooge almost always hated Christmas and because of 4 certain visitors he had a change of heart. He was given a chance of being happy at Christmas and took the chance and in the end he had the best Christmas. The ghosts gave him a chance to see what he had done to the people he loved and gave him a chance at having a lovely time and a future with people he loves. The first ghost that came was marley who was then followed, but the Spirit of Christmas Past and then the Present then the Future and…

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens shows Scrooge learning the spirit of Christmas, changing himself, and becoming a more compassionate person. In the story, Scrooge meets three ghosts, past, present, and future. The first ghost shows him that he used to be a happier person. The second ghost shows him that his behavior causes trouble for other people. The third and final ghost shows him what could happen if he refuses to change his ways. After meeting each of these ghosts, the reader begins to…

thing he cares is money. At first when he was poor then he met a girl, and they loved each other very much, and Scrooge treated Sweetheart like a jewel, but when Scrooge got more rich, the only girlfriend he had was swatted off like flies. All of the Christmas Spirits showed him all of his memories, things that are happening right now, and things yet to come to show and make him rethink and change his ways for the better. On the other hand, the spirits came to the rescue and transformed him…

his name in his room. Scrooge’s room had an undergone surprising transformation, his walls and ceiling were so hung with living green that considers related to a perfect grove from every part, which bright gleaming berries glistened. The noise that Scrooge heard was the Ghost of Christmas Present, the Ghost of Christmas Present spoke, “Look upon me.” Scrooge peered upon the ghost, he explained to him as if he was clothed in a simple green robe, and bordered with white fur, it was hung so closely…

“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” Greediness and bitterness. Angry and Unhappy. These personalities and emotions are experienced by this dynamic character. But, how will this bitter old man change into a man who is kind and happy from the man he is? Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”, a novel full of morals in which the protagonist experiences and learns from his actions and those around him. Ebenezer Scrooge, the main…

The Snowman ran too fast. The Snowman ran through a playground and past a skier. The skier had been on the slopes all day long and he was hungry. That giant ice cream snowman looked like a good treat. “Stop! yelled the skier. I want to eat you!” The skier ran after the Snowman. The Snowman was faster. He ran yelling, “Run, run as fast as you can. You can’t catch me I’m the Snowman. I’ve run from Santa, I’ve run from an elf, Ive run from a reindeer with jungle bells. I can run from…

Do you think The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween or Christmas movie? I think this movie is a Halloween movie. This essay with persuade the reader that The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween movie because most characters are Halloween based, the main setting is in Halloweentown, and Christmas gets ruined. First, I will discuss how majority of the characters are Halloween. The main characters are Halloween based, along with the protagonist, and the antagonist. They are all like…

many dramatic scenes describing the tale of, "A Christmas Carol," in the Patrick Stewart version. The Patrick Stewart version of the story "A Christmas Carol" was clearly the most effective out of the Muppet, the Novella, the play, and the Patrick Stewart versions because in the Patrick Stewart version, Ebenezer Scrooge, a heartless man of business who thrives of the despair of others, was more convincing than in the Muppet version, that he really disliked Christmas. The Patrick Stewart version…