An Oak Tree

Are you excited about the upcoming holidays? Snow, decorations, cookies, time with family –all the things that make the Christmas season so wonderful. Despite all of these delightful aspects of Christmas, I’m having trouble getting excited. Why, you ask? I was lying in bed one evening after my Philosophy class, pondering what we had discussed that day. Images from Plato’s Republic about the Allegory of the Cave and the Sun and the Line kept rushing through my head. Then, I had an epiphany.…

is so simple that even children can do it. The first thing that you need to do is go Pine cone hunting. Pine cones come in all shapes and sizes. Pick a place and day and go after them. Most times you can find them just laying on the ground next to a tree. For this project, pick up about a dozen. Take them home and clean them. Your kitchen sink sprayer is good for this. Then just set them on a paper towel to dry overnight. There are three ways to add scent to them. Lets go through each way.…

September 25, 1942 marks the day that four thousand children marched through Washington D.C. to kick off “Schools at War”. Moreover, this was a federal program that enlisted the school-age population to join the war effort on the home front. In an effort by both the Department of the Treasury and the Office of Education, the program gave children the opportunity to “save, serve, and conserve.” Moreover, the children saved their money in the form of war bonds and stamps while serving their…

“You must be tired,” he said. “Being a warrior is an awfully fine and noble profession, but I’m sure it’s wearisome. Now boys, go straight down the hall, grab a chair, and put your feet up. Relax.” Two seconds later, we were wedged deep in a lumpy sofa in his sitting room. The only light was a roaring hearth fire that threw our quivering shadows against the wall. Tattered tales were piled high in corners. There was a clock hanging over the mantel, boxes of knickknacks stacked on shelves, and…

`Imagine waking up to the sweet smell of caramelized apples in magnificent combination with gravy ingredients being baked, broiled, or even fried. You see your mom and grandmother in the kitchen. Thanksgiving is the only holiday be sides Christmas that allows you to see all of your family, the food has to be good.. When you arrive to the destination, which in this case is your aunt's house, is when the magic happens. All the food you bought disappears, like you are at a magic show, out of sight…

said before the Greeks do this to end their Advent Fast. In conclusion, Christmas in Greece have many different traditions. The Greeks go to Midnight Mass every Christmas Eve then come home for dinner. They also don’t always have just a Christmas tree in their homes. Greeks also go Kalanda, just like us in America but, we call it caroling. They do all these traditions during Christmas to keep the spirit of Christmas alive. Many countries around the World have different celebrations around this…

Christmas in Cuba is one of the most joyous occasions in the country and observed with great fun and festivity. Following the declaration of Cuba as an atheist nation in 1962, the festival was removed from list of holidays of Cuban calendar in the year 1969 when Fidel Castro decided it was interfering with the sugar harvest festival. Cuban authorities banned the public display of Christmas trees and nativity scenes, other than in places frequented by tourists, such as hotels. But in 1997,…

chocolate. One of our family 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…

Richard Lee was an anthropologist studying the !Kung Bushmen. The !Kung Bushmen celebrates their version Christmas differently by having activities that include December Congregation at the cattle post for trading, marriage brokering, and several days of trance dance feasting at which the local Tswana headman is host (Lee 1). Instead of the essential Christmas story of “praise the birth of white man’s god-chief” (Lee 1). The !King Bushmen rarely had days supply of food on hand, (Lee 2) so Lee…

This is a photo of my good friend and me on her wedding day. She is Indian and I am Hispanic, both two completely different cultures. I selected this photo because of the amount of culture diversity it represents. As shown in our faces, it does not matter to us what we are as a nationality we both care and love each other very well. She is standing next to me in her wedding attire, which it is not your regular “wedding gown” but in her tradition brides must wear red or pink and it’s a suit not a…