Boojum tree

just a boy and a tree.Did you ever stop to think about how the tree and the boy bond? The tree and the boy have a beautiful relationship, but really what type of relationship do they have? In “The Giving Tree”, Shel Silverstein shows the relationship of a parent and child through the characterization of the boy and the tree. First the boy was only little, and would play on the tree. Yet as he got older he stopped playing on the tree. This is just like when a teenagers behavior towards their…

Page 1 Once upon a time in Gingerbread Elementary School, two best friends, Izabella and Mairead, were counting down the seconds until the school bell rang for Christmas Break! Page 2 “Three, two, one,” the best friends exclaimed in unison as the bell rang. “I can’t wait for you to sleep over tomorrow Izzie!” Mairead emphasized as they were walking out of school. Page 3 Izabella could not wait to get presents and be with her best friend on Christmas! Page 4 The next morning, Christmas Eve,…

One of my favorite traditions of the holiday season is the classic Charles Dickens story, “A Christmas Carol”. It’s been a ritual for us to see this play each year and as such, we make a special trip to San Francisco to attend this show at the American Conservatory Theater on Geary. However, this cultural critique assignment gave us the ideal reason to attend this performance locally. Although we have lived in the neighborhood directly behind campus for over eighteen years, we have never…

Salute Your Shorts: Tim Sullivan's A Christmas Treat (1985) It's Christmas Eve, and as Jason is being tucked into bed, his parents warn him that if he doesn't get to sleep soon, Santa will not be bringing him any gifts. It isn’t long before Jason does finally fall asleep, however, only to excitedly wake up in the middle of the night and rush downstairs to see if Santa has brought him all he wished for. Much to his surprise, Jason finds Santa himself, as he's leaving behind a plethora of joy…

I miss them already. Despite the freezing cold snow and the nipping air, we had a lovely Christmas break. As I inspect my child, now grown with children of her own, holding tickets back to their home, longing envelopes me. Hoards of people push past, unaware of my pain, on their own schedules and heading toward different trains, talking and texting on their cell phones. My family boards, time as if in slow-motion, and waves goodbye until I see them again. I can't do anything but wave, a…

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The Land of Believe “The snow was high, the sky was blue, the Christmas decorations were set, and I was ready too.” They applauded for ‘Joyful Jamie,’ a second grader with a big heart and imagination. It was Christmas Eve and they were all at the fire sharing poems, stories, and -- only Grandpa -- Greek myths. All unaware that something, sooner or later, was going to come out of the chimney with a cacophonous sound. “Ok,” Grandpa says. “It is time for a holiday tradition,” he says, resting…

Christmas is known for many things – feasts, gifts and presents, Santa Claus, decorating the Christmas tree with tinsel and ornate ornaments, but where did all of these traditions come from? America isn’t the only country that has trees or feasts in the winter months, so where did all of this Christmas fun originate, if not from here, and how did it get here to be celebrated in the first place? Well, to find out, you can start with the gifts that you get on Christmas day, and the cards that you…

OUR reporter discovers some true and surprising stories behind our Christmas customs. We as a whole have our most loved happy past-times – hymns by candlelight, opening presents around the tree and lights hanging by the mantelpiece. Be that as it may, have you ever considered welcoming your neighbors over for a bubble battle on the road? That last one won't have gotten on here, but rather it isn't as unrealistic as it sounds. As indicated by Christmas recorder Mark Forsyth, it's precisely…

nice chair for Santa. Friends like Nikki brought inside and outside decorations. A friend allowed me to use 20 red bows (but they won’t be available this year). Holly Jackson let me borrow about 50 Christmas flowers that we used on the Christmas tree. I will ask her if we can use her Christmas flowers…