Christmas Eve

Teri-Ann Walls Mrs. Kearns SHE 10 Assignment: Fictional Narrative The Christmas Eve Enigma “My bike has been stolen; and on Christmas Eve, for that matter!” Cat cried into her cellphone. “Also, I am presently trapped in Barney’s Christmas Shoppe.” She glimpsed out the grand windows lining the painted walls of the warehouse. The sky was becoming dim as the sun submerged under the skyline. On the other end of the receiver, her siblings, Jordan and Serena Fontecchier exchanged apprehensive glances. “Are you sure about that?” Serena inquired worriedly. “Yes, I am positive,” Cat replied despondently. “When I realized that I left my bicycle in the shop, I returned furtively, just to retrieve it! However, when I shut the window it jammed…

This was a very tragic event that occurred to the very big Sodder family during the Eve of Christmas in 1945. Now there is a shrine in West Virginia (WV) to pay tribute to the middle children of this family. In summation, the deceased children in order of oldest - Maurice 14; Martha 12; Louis 9; Jennie 8; Betty 5 all perished in a fire seemingly due to faulty wiring, as said by many reports. So here it is. Twas the night before Christmas in 1945 and George and his wife Jennie Sodder with their…

Christmas Eve of 1809, Kit Carson was born in Kentucky. At the age of nine, his father died and he helped his mother with some of the younger children in his family of ten. At the age fourteen he began to apprentice for a saddle maker, because this was a job he was qualified for since he never learned to read. After his apprentice-ship that lasted about three years, he ran away to join a trading caravan on their way to Santa Fe. Once in Santa Fe Kit learned enough Spanish to serve as a Spanish…

Christian Justices’ Christmas Baby Dewayne was sleeping in his crib on Christmas Eve. Dewayne’s mom, Alesha, and his dad, Darrell, had to attend a Christmas party. Because Dewayne would be all alone on Christmas Eve in an empty, lonely house, they asked their Germen shepherd named Justice to keep an eye on him. Justice was lying down on Dewayne’s blue and orange carpet. Dewayne was waking up and crawling out of his crib and then Justice grabs Dewayne with his teeth softly and easy. Then…

accomplish everything on your own. You must involve your family in everyday accomplishments. To reach the community and give back to the community, the group put together community service projects. The community projects included the Junction City Senior Citizens Home, the Junction City Pregnant Women shelter and visits to the elderly at their homes. The group conducted monthly visits to the Junction City Senior Citizen home. We will pray, sing and spend time talking with the elderly. During…

illustrator and children’s book writer, Chris Van Allsburg, circa 1985. This rather serene and classical Christmas tale tailgates the abridged story of a young boy (whose name remains unidentified) who is awakened in the middle of the night on Christmas Eve by the sound of a mighty passenger train entitled “The Polar Express”, which ultimately journeys to the North Pole every year on Christmas Eve. Throughout the story, the young boy relentlessly ponders…

holidays with my brother that I will remember the most. Growing up, our family wasn’t the richest, and Christmas wasn’t the best for me, yet every year I was determined to make it the best for my brother. One thing my brother full asked was if the fabled Santa Claus would appear each year. My mom and dad ruined the Santa experience for me by plainly telling me he wasn’t real, and remembering the feeling of an empty heart every Christmas, I was eager to make sure my brother didn’t feel the same.…

likely to speak English, their successful access to and achievement within the U.S. education system is greater than that of Mexican American’s. Important Traditions Filipino American traditions. Many Filipino American traditions center on family and Catholicism such as Misa de Gallo (series of nine Christmas mass) and Noche Buena (grand family Christmas Eve dinner after midnight mass). Other traditions and cultural themes include weddings in white, caution about supernatural beings and…

Challenges in the American Dream The American Dream has different levels of reach. The American Dream is an ideal that every U.S citizen should be able to have an equal opportunity to achieve success through hard labor and determination. Challenges are always seen throughout any individual when wanting to achieve the American Dream. A dream would not be a dream if it was easy to obtain, that 's what makes the American Dream too special. Challenges portray themselves in the American dream by…

lives, one of our tires blew. Talk about going from one hundred to zero, real quick. I found myself at twenty years of age headed back home with no money, no job, no band, no idea what I was going to do with my life and to top it all off, I had broken up with my girlfriend on the same night the band broke up. Flash forward roughly 6 months still broke and still not sure what I’m going to do with my life. At the time I was working at Guitar Center and just making ends meet. Christmas comes…