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Everyone remembers the overwhelming excitement of waking up on christmas morning to find that Santa Clause has visited and left the empty plate of cookies and glass of milk, along with a mound of presents sitting under a perfectly lit tree. The legend of Santa Claus is meant to inspire a spirit of joy and giving. It is a tradition among families that has long been upheld, but many are starting to question the deception behind Jolly ole Saint Nick. Parents across the world are struggling with…

Who has not heard the song “It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year”? The song “It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” is a popular and joyful song wrote in 1963, this song represents Christmas, “The most wonderful time of the year”. Now day this song is a traditional song, heard in Christmas. The use of poetic device impacts the song makes you imagine every word Andy Williams it’s singing. Onomatopoeia, imagery, and repetition are some of the poetic devices that are used on this…

Santa’s Coming To Town Christmas time, a time usually in connotation with joy, family, milk and cookies, and Christmas classics such as A Charlie Brown’s Christmas and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. As a young boy or girl, everyone has their stories of Santa Claus, from wanting to touch his beard or telling him what you want for Christmas. Christmas has grown into not just celebrating Jesus’ birthday (if that’s what you believe in), but instead as a holiday for lots of gifts. The idea for…

Skate, ride, play, shop, dine and be prepared to be wowed this holiday season at Global Winter Wonderland. Now in its third year at the Cal Expo Center in Sacramento, the magical world of light and cheer spans 17 acres and certainly promises fun for kids of all ages. Sneak a peak into Santa’s Village to catch a glimpse of the elves hard at work and visit Toy Land where larger than life teddy bears, toy soldiers and building blocks make you feel like you’ve climbed inside a giant toy box. Skip…

Rachel Carson, the author, starts off the passage with an anecdote about her twenty-month old nephew, Roger, in which the two of them go for a relaxing late night walk on the beach. She compares Roger’s bubbly facial expressions and amazement at his first time experiencing the beautiful moonlit ocean to her many years of “sea-love”. Despite the difference in age and experience, she goes on to say that they appeared to sense the same awe and wonder in regards to the roaring and moonlit ocean.…

I am going to tell you about the history of Thanksgiving and what is Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is on November 26.Thanksgiving is where your family makes food or buys food and cooks it so they can eat the food. For Thanksgiving everybody bes nice because it is a nice holiday. People have their Thanksgiving in a house or a park but they mostly do it in a house. The history is On the fourth Thursday of November, Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, a national holiday honoring the early settlers and…

Sami religion is a collective term about the myths, beliefs and ritual practice that traditionally have been widespread among Sami people in Scandinavia, Finland and Russia. From the late 1600s it was started an intense missionary activity among the Sami population, which led to the traditional Sami religion largely disappeared during the 1700s. Some myths, beliefs and practices have nevertheless survived until our days, in many cases parallel to the Christian worldview. In recent years, there…

Family had trees in the 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…

"Why are you in LASO?" and "Isn't that club for Mexicans?" are the two questions I get asked frequently. At my school, Leo and Key service clubs have always been very popular with many prospects each year. Due to my school consisting of fifty-one percent Hispanics, I was particularly interested in the Hispanic and Latino culture. Thus, instead of trying out for the popular clubs, I decided to join the Latin American Student Organization (LASO). Being a Chinese male, I had trouble fitting in with…

Through the years, Christmas has changed from family gathering, fun, joyful religious holiday to a day focused on who receives what and how great the value of the gift is. In the short story “Noel” we see this theory come into play. This short story shows how this holiday is not what it used to be. Christmas has changed from a traditional celebration to a modernized day in which is focused around money and receiving. Several patterns are recognized in this story and can provide evidence to prove…