Christmas Essay

believe it! My family had started Christmas without me. According to my clock, I still had minutes left before I could get out of bed and yet I could hear my sister chattering and laughing with my parents. Quickly slipping from my room and down the hallway, I passed my little brother 's bedroom, noticing his door was still closed. It seemed he was missing out too. Still pitch-black outside, Santa had left the tree lights on, transforming the front room into a Christmas wonderland. We…

Christmas spirit, are you born with it, is it something you develop, or is it something you have to learn based on your own experiences? There is a large variety of people with or without Christmas spirit in Patrick Barlow’s version of “A Christmas Carol.” This particular production of a Christmas Carol was performed at the Orpheum theater by the Magic Valley Repertory Theatre in december. The specific dates being December 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th. I attended on the 18th. This play, aimed…

holiday season is full with joy. It’s a time of magic and rising excitement. The traditions of Christmas evoke many feelings in people, and Christmas has a feeling all its own. The cold crisp air, the warm glow of the fireplace, and the smells of freshly baked molasses and cinnamon gingerbread cookies permeate the house. Sounds of Bing Crosby crooning, “White Christmas” and the brightly lit Christmas trees with shiny glass bulbs, satin ribbons are a feast for our eyes. The holiday season…

the pursuit of wealth!” (Dickens, Charles.) From the words of Ebenezer Scrooge, we see that society in England during Charles Dickens’s life despises the poor and harshly judges the rich who seek more fortune. Set in the Hungry Forties, A Christmas Carol portrays a time of famine, hunger, workhouses, and innocent people thrown into jails. Dickens uses his characters’ difficult lives to create awareness of the struggles of the less fortunate and the lack of useful assistance to help them.…

“A Christmas Memory” In “A Christmas Memory”, the time is almost Christmas. One of the characters is nicknamed Buddy, and the other a forty year old. They are friends and they are excited that it is finally the time of the season to bake their fruitcakes. It is the story of two friends that enjoy each other’s company greatly. This story has imagery and mood that sets the feeling for it. Imagery makes ordinary things that are described more interesting to imagine. One that really appealed to…

A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol is a wonderful play. It was worth doing, because it had amazing characters that made the play real. A Christmas Carol play was directed by Henry Wishcamper. The directed had worked hard to make this play so perfect and interesting to watch. I understood everything that director wanted to say. This play is old, but every new director wants to make it classical, and also add something unique to it. This director didn’t change the play, but he made it so…

home, Prince Albert had popularised the Christmas tree (Midgley) (Johnson). Previous to the 19th century, Christmas was not adored and cherished as it is today or in the Victorian era (Liebenson). In 1848, there was an infamous drawing depicting the Royal Family surrounding a decorated tree with ornaments and toys under the tree (Midgley). Not only did Prince Albert help to start the tradition of a tree in the house, he also would have decorated Christmas trees to schools in Windsor and to local…

The movie, A Christmas Carol (2009) animated-version (also a novel written by Charles Dickens) illustrates the story of the cold-hearted, greedy, and bitter character of Ebenezer Scrooge. Who cares only about money and has a narrow perspective of Christmas. However, he gets visited by the following ghosts of Jacob Marley (Scrooge’s business partner), Christmas past, present, and future (also known as “yet to come.”) Throughout, this journey…

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 was…

The “Christmas Carol” is very-well known around the world. Both the movie and book is loved by most people, but they have many differences. All families with children usually watch it, or read it around the christmas season. Yes, some people think it’s dumb, but it shows a lot of potential to what Christmas is truely about.It’s not about spending money, or who has the most Christmas lights and decorations up, it’s about a special time of year when god had showed his great love for us. It’s a…