Christmas Essay

I decorated our house for the Advent Season. No big deal? Maybe for you. For me, this means a lot because I haven’t put Christmas trimmings in our house for a long, long time. Maybe because I was so immersed in my troubles that I had forgotten how to celebrate Christmas. Or maybe, I felt so miserable that I failed to see the hope Christmas brings to our hearts... One day, my eldest son told me that he is not going to mass anymore. Stunned, I demanded for an explanation. He retorted,…

curiously stirred, as if by breath or hot air.” (Dickens 14) The ghosts in Charles Dickens novel A Christmas Carol were portrayed creatively and the director of one of the many film interpretations recreated the ghosts almost exactly like Dickens. Three of the ghosts in the film seemed to the most tantamount to the ghosts interpreted in the movies. They were: the ghost of Jacob Marley, the ghost of Christmas past, and the ghost of Christmases yet to come. David Jones has an accurate depiction…

Charles Dickens novel, A Christmas Carol left a powerful imprint on the world, eternalized as its growing list of adaptations only continues. One notable adaptation, A Christmas Carol (2009), features acclaimed actor Jim Carrey, as the famous misanthrope Scrooge. In this variation, fidelity is found in the use of animation to its full extent, to depict the characters and world with greater freedom than live-action or written word. By analyzing three scenes, and Beyond Fidelity: The Dialogics of…

The theme of “A Christmas Carol” is be careful about how you act in your lifetime because it will affect how people feel abut you later on in life. The three passages that I have chosen to help me relate to the three sprits is STAVE II, STAVE III, STAVE IV. The first of the three sprits met by scrooge is the ghost of Christmas past, and this spirit symbolizes truth. Scrooge’s family brings him home from boarding school, but suddenly send him off to apprentice as an accountant. (S.2 P.53)…

I will analyze How the Grinch Stole Christmas through Marxist criticism, which is based on economic class, wealth, and social systems. This poem was written in third person by Dr. Seuss, and it describes the Who’s in Who-ville celebrating Christmas. In this poem, it was evident that Who-ville lived under communism because they all celebrate similarly, treated one another equally, and it was evident that in Who-ville no one was left out. “Then the Whos, young and old, would sit down to a feast…

On December 9th at 7 p.m. in the Little Theatre, my sister and I went to go see San Juan College’s production of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. The interpretation of this play was directed by Dallas Padoven, a guest artist. The plot of A Christmas Carol is that Ebenezer Scrooge thinks it's all humbug, criticizing his faithful clerk, Bob Cratchet, and his cheerful nephew, Fred, for their views. Later, Scrooge encounters the ghost of his late business partner, Jacob Marley, who warns that…

My Favorite Meal of the Year For thousands of families around the world, Christmas is one of the most special holidays of the year. For some it is a religious holiday to celebrate the coming of Christ and for others it is a special day to celebrate life, family, friends and their company. For me personally; my favorite part of Christmas is the food. Being able to feast on some of the most delicious dishes that my family and friends so gratefully bring to the table so we can all celebrate not…

go see the Singing Christmas Trees at First Baptist Church of Orlando. Seeing this production is one of my favorite things to do around Christmas, because it is the perfect mixture of singing, dancing, and acting to get me into the holiday spirit. The show had a strong opening number as the orchestra and chorus started playing and singing ‘Joy to the World’ at strongly at forte with many harmonies. Throughout the rest of the show the orchestra played countless other Christmas songs and hymns,…

For as long as I can remember a tradition in the Janowitz household was making Christmas cookies. My mom and I made cookies as basic as sugar cookies to double chocolate chip peanut butter. The house would smell like chocolate for days and it would take weeks to remove all of the sugar from the counter and floors. However, it was all worth it. The childhood fantasies within me were content and I even became creative with the cookies. Sadly the fantasies and excitement eventually faded and the…

Christmas verses Halloween Holidays come once a year, but there are two holidays in particular where everyone for sure remembers the dates and is most get excited for. Christmas and Halloween and the two most widely recognized holidays in the United States as well as around the world. Both holidays are unique in their own ways but both are similar in many ways as well. Although different, they share many of the same qualities. Such as happiness, laughter, and treats. Many children go back to…