A Christmas Story

The dumb brother After a long day at boxing practice, I was exhausted because it was a training day. Were in late December snow is falling and Christmas is around the corner.I packed my bags and got ready to go but I didn't see my dad there. Usually, after practice my dad comes to pick me up most of the time. If he wasn't able to come he always gave me a future notice when he dropped me off. This was the first time this had ever happened so I wasn't mad even though I could barely stand. I gave…

On Sunday with my wife and kids I will keep the tradition of eating family dinners on that day. I will always ask my kids how their day went at school. Also I will keep the family tradition of inviting family and friends over for Thanksgiving. On Christmas I will keep the tradition of convincing my kids that Santa Claus is real. I will explain to them that Santa Claus spends the whole year making gifts for kids. Santa Claus knows if you been naughty or not. I will keep the family tradition of…

festival(Valdez). Yes, we did have this tradition, but we do not do it a lot now. It is more like a symbol for it, we only do it for some TV shows now. Just like I did not know anything about Christmas before I come to America, People here have…

The Protagonists: Holden Caulfield and Jonas “I'm not going to tell you my whole goddam autobiography or anything. I'll just tell you about this madman stuff that happened to me around last Christmas just before I got pretty run-down . . .” From then onwards, we start to notice Holden’s habit of contradicting himself. Lying was something he had not trouble admitting. He even told us outright that he was ‘the most terrific liar you ever saw’ (Salinger, pg. 17) only he sometimes ends his…

watch it. We were in the very front, which was awesome. Even after being pushed into other people and the loudness of the city, I was just happy to be able to witness that in person. People that lived in New York would sit on their balconies many stories up and watch it; some people were even on the roofs of their buildings. The balloons that they use are not actually that big. That was the depressing moment on the trip. From watching it on TV, you would assume that they are huge, but they are…

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. Every morning as the sun…

Similarities and Differences A cold Christmas, 1843, Ebenezer Scrooge never saw what being a roadkill had in store for his lifetime. A Merry Christmas can have its pros and cons in a story. Reading two different things, a script and a play can mean many different things. They can have similarities and differences. They can be completely different, and they can still have a great turnout. The good point in having similarities and differences is the outcome. The knowledge of learning something…

Charles Dickens in his work, "A Christmas Carol" discusses about the true meaning of giving, receiving and sharing. The reason is that the narrator seems to be interested in telling the story since rich people did not appreciate poor people especially during the industrial Revolution whereby the gap was widened for both rich and poor people in which poor people were totally forgotten. After watching the Christmas Carol I understand that it is an allegory which delivers messages concerning the…

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 middle and the end of the story…

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…