Christmas music

instruments can be traced back to the indigenous, Europeans and African cultures. All three have greatly influenced popular music. Before the arrival of the Spaniards, the Indians used carved bones flutes, clay whistles, seashell trumpets and maracas. During the Spanish colonization and the arrival of the African slaves, several instruments were incorporated into the popular music tradition such as cuatro (a four-string small guitar), violin, guitar and drums. The Joropo: The Joropo is the…

Wow An Adventure Written and Illustrated by Kathy Leypoldt Dedication My Grandchildren: Annabeth Swayze, Merritt Swayze, Hadley Schultheis, Haid Schultheis, Nola Schultheis, “New Baby” Schultheis Merry Christmas 2014 It’s so fun to be your Grandmom This is the story of a fluffy little dog by the name of Bow Wow. He lives in a nice house, in a nice town with a nice family of four : Mommy, Daddy and two young children.…

We start celebrating Christmas Eve by going to Church and having the last posada, as a family. When we come back from church we gather at a family members house. There we eat our traditional food, pozole, tamales, and drink ponche. As the night goes on we joke around, play games, dance, and even sing. When midnight approaches we gather everyone to get ready to open presents and welcome baby Jesus. To conclude this is how Latin America celebrates Christmas. With our traditional pozadas, and…

celebrate Christmas. Although some people remember that Jesus came into the world on that day, most people have lost the true meaning. Thousands of Americans just look at Christmas as an opportunity to receive presents, or various other selfish reasons. Retailers just look at it as a way to make extra money. Few see the real meaning. Our culture has gone so far as to say “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Holidays” just to take Christ out of Christmas and avoid offending anyone. The way Christmas has…

is Valery Gergiev and the stage and costumes are made by Benjamin Tyrrell. The source of the music was astonishing to listen throughout the concert. The music helps the dancers to flow within each stride of the beat is brought out. There is about thirty to forties dancers on stage. Some of the dancers, are young children’s of boys and girls, and others are adults’ dancers too. On the stage, during Christmas, they seem to be delivering a court party in a fancy house. The magician was there as…

Gibson’s The War on Christmas. Among the several claims he make, I considered that quote the most contradictory and interesting one of all. Gibson uses it to explain how he, a Christian, does not feel excluded while differing religious observe their own practices, but the idea of Christmas not having the “prowess” as before is threatening. Although the erasure of specific titles to Christmas artifacts (ex. Holiday/Friendship tree to replace Christmas tree, not teaching Christmas in schools,…

with my close friends and family; we have nice traditions for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve/Day. Yum! I can smell the Cajun flavored turkey baking in the oven; see the cheese bubble on the fresh hot baked macaroni and cheese, the lovely smells of the pumpkin pies. Thanksgiving is here, cars pulling in the drive way, dishes clingy, chaotic noise from the children running wild and free, such…

was time to dig him up. When children mysteriously begin to disappear and reindeer by the dozen are found dead, everyone starts to come to terms this isn't the Santa and his elves that we've always pictured. Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale was a honorable film to the Christmas Horror genre, unlike most that involve a psychopath murder going after naughty people. Rare Exports had a genuine story that leads to marvelous things yet in the ending had me jaw dropped. Amusing scares that had me…

The Influence on The Christmas Carol on How the Grinch Stole Christmas A strong story can become many others. The traditional work of A Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens is based in the 1800’s, in a town of England. The main Character Ebenezer Scrooge is an old miser who hates the Christmas celebration in the town. Scrooge is haunted by 3 ghosts, The Ghost of Christmas Past, The Ghost of Christmas Present, and The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. The three ghosts haunt Scrooge because…

traditions is to go out and get the Christmas tree the Monday after Thanksgiving. We all go and pick out the tree that we want. It cannot be too big or too small, too fat or too skinny, it must be just right. After we find the tree, me and my brother always try to find a Charlie Brown Christmas tree. These are the twigs that have been cut off of the trees that have been sawed down. After we get our tree put on the top of our car, we go to the Dunkin’ Doughnuts by Edwards Music, and Little…