Christmas Essay

During Christmas break, I did some fun lit stuff. I went to the stock show in Fort Worth and saw some really smelly animals. I also went to a family reunion and saw everyone in my family. I also talked with Weaver, but he was being a bum so I stopped talking to him. My Christmas was also really good. I got a lot of stuff and talked with all of Overall the first part of the winter break was lit, until some stuff happened. During the middle of Christmas break I watched Christmas movies and ate…

The article “Eating Christmas in the Kalahari” by Richard Borshay Lee is investigating how the Kung Bushmen’s annual tradition of killing an ox for the community during the Christmas season. Lee begins the article by giving a brief history of how Christmas was introduced to the Bushmen, their basic interpretations of the Christmas story, and why the tradition of killing the ox for the community started. Lee then explains why he decided to study this tradition and how the people view him…

In Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol stave 1, Ebenezer Scrooge is a grumpy old man that is isolated from the rest of the world and he cares only for money. “The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shriveled his cheek, stiffened his gait, made his eyes red, his thin lips blue, and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice” (3). Since his sole partner in life, Bob Marley, has died Scrooge has gone into a recession of loving money more than anything. While in the office…

Christmas break came right before my eyes. I was excited for it because I was going to my mom’s house for Christmas. I can’t even remember the last time I stayed there for Christmas. I couldn’t wait to go, the day was going by so slow. I needed to figure out what would pass my time. I tried playing on my phone, I went outside, and I even tried watching TV. Nothing was working. After a long day it was finally time to go. When I showed up there and it was a madhouse. My siblings were jumping off…

How are Christmas carols celebrated in many different ways? Well,according to research, in the Roman pagan festivals for the early Christians to avoid precautions they would deck their homes with Saturnalia holly or otherwise known as a mistletoe. The early church did not actually celebrate the birth of Christ in December until Telesphorus, who was the second Bishop of Rome had declared that Church services shall be held during the time of Christ being born to celebrate. However, no one…

December 11, 2015, I attended the Granite Hills Acting Workshop production of the play “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens. The play was directed by the phenomenal Sherri Allen, and was performed in The Little Theater at Granite hills High School. The play “A Christmas Carol” is about a tight-fisted old man named Ebenezer Scrooge who is cruel to those around him. Especially to his clerk, Bob Cratchit. On Christmas Eve, Scrooge is haunted by several ghosts that tell him he must change his ways…

My artifact is a small Christmas tree my mother and father bought when they were first married. This tree is something I have always cherished because it reminds me of joyful times spent with my family when I was a child. Although the Christmas tree has become a symbol for the Christian celebration of Christ’s birth, for this essay the Christmas tree represents family and childhood memories. One of my earliest childhood memories was of laying on my living room floor with only the light of the…

I wish I could explain to you just what's going on inside me around Christmas time. Something that deals with the heart. It may make you laugh or it might deeply resonate with you. It usually starts when I hear music. Christmas music of course. The songs play with sounds of bells in the background, and they begin to stir feelings of excitement. Everything within me jumps for joy and dances around uncontrollably. There's a warmth that stretches to my toes and makes me downright giddy: Like a…

as a parasite. The reason of the Mistletoe for Christmas is to remember its effect on the Christmas season. It has so much history from the Romans to Victoria, England, the Mistletoe has a lot of history from many different countries. Mistletoe is a very popular Christmas tradition from what a Mistletoe plant is, how kissing was involved with this plant, and how it has changed from its original cultures. Mistletoe is a plant that is used in Christmas Traditions. Mistletoe is a parasitic plant…

2nd Quarter Book Analysis Character Sketch A Christmas Carol In the book A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, is about how one night changed the life of Ebenezer Scrooge. The story begins in December, 1843 in London, England, when Scrooge is a middle-aged gentleman, who is a bad man at the start and becomes a good man by the end. In the beginning story Ebenezer Scrooge is a greedy man and a mean person who does not care to if, what he does with his money hurts other people. In between the…