Christmas Eve

are the traditions of Spain on Christmas Eve, tiny oil lamps are lit in every house, as the stars start to come out and after Midnight Mass and Christmas Dinner, streets fill with dancers and onlookers. Christmas in Spain is a time of decorations, joy, Christmas carols, and festive street lights. "Hogueras" (bonfires), this tradition originated long before Christmas. It is the observance of the shortest day of the year. The true mark of the beginning of Christmas in Spain is the Spanish…

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…

celebrating Christmas. Here in America, everyone seems to celebrate in different ways, but we all have our own way that is different from other countries like Ecuador and Nicaragua. In America we love celebrating Christmas practically as soon as Thanksgiving is over. We kick off the Christmas season with Black Friday. Some even start celebrating as early as the day after Halloween. You hear Christmas music throughout the stores and in public places. Everyone usually has a big dinner fest on…

If you’re looking for a Christmas love song then “All i want for Christmas is you” is the best song to hear. The song was co-written and co-produced by Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff. This was one of the most successful Christmas song. The author of the song use the literary devices without knowing. The three literary devices in the song are dialogue, repetition and Repetition there’s some repetition in the song, this is one of them “All I want for Christmas is you” because during the song…

Christmas is certainly a popular celebration in terms of cultural and social significance. For Christian, Christmas is a sacred religious holiday as they celebrated the birth of Jesus Christ. People around the world have been observing the traditions and practices in both religious and secular. Common Christmas customs includes exchanging gifts, decorating Christmas tree, attending mass, sharing meals with family and friends and of course waiting for Santa Claus to give out gifts. How do you…

with my siblings Nate, Zach, and Rachel. Being the oldest, Rachel organized us all together to start making breakfast. I started to realize that it was the best day of the year, Christmas, 2009. We all helped make coffee and toast to later give to our parents. While we waited for the water to heat up we practice our Christmas Carols we would sing to our parents. Once we finished making breakfast we gathered everything together and headed towards our parents room. We brought the breakfast in and…

It all started when Stephen woke up on christmas Day like any other kid. He was so excited, but when he got down to check and see if Santa had come, sadly there where only two crying elfs. He goes to see what was wrong. They said that their names were Andrew and Callie. They went on to explain that Santa had been kidnapped. So instantly acting on pure instinct he stole his mother's car keys and “drove” to the airport. He managed to get into a airplane. As they tried to take off the guard…

were not at home. I was in charge of keeping the presents in my closet till it was time to open presents. When we were talking about it in class, it made me realize how tough it actually is to continue with this lie. My family and I love watching christmas movies over the holiday, so I would always tell my little brother Santa must be real, we see him…

Believe The sound of feet pattering down the stairs fills a warm house. It is seven o’clock in the morning, but not just any morning...Christmas Day. The children rush to the living room to find that under their Christmas tree sits a collection of presents with matching paper. Santa has come. The parents joyfully observe as their children happily tear open their gifts from Santa, reflecting on how they had placed them in just the right spots under the tree the previous night. Unaware of this…

4/4/2017 Is There Really a Santa Claus? Is there really a Santa? The age old debate between parents and kids. Santa Claus is a massive staple in today’s modern holiday experience and has been talked about for over hundreds of years. In almost every Christmas movie, parent’s endeavor to convince their children there isn’t a Santa Claus. A classic example was in the movie The Polar Express. The main character traveled to the North Pole and got a bell from Santa’s sleigh. Foolishly his parents…