Christmas food

is often called a masterpiece when it is usually off of a traditional piece of art. A Christmas Carol from around 1800s in England and How the Grinch Stole Christmas in an imaginary land called Whoville are two stories that are very alike mostly by the two main characters. The Grinch from How the Grinch Stole Christmas who hates Christmas, and Scrooge who needs to redeem himself from A Christmas Carol. A Christmas Carol has become such an influential work that modern authors still draw upon the…

celebration is Christmas, Most of the people are catholic and they start going to the church each morning at five from December 16 to December 25. Venezuelan celebrate Christmas on December 24 in midnight gathering in a house with family in a big meal listening to Gaita music, and exchanging presents. Children believe Jesus brings gifts on December 25 instead of Santa Claus. Also Venezuelan has food Traditions, Arepa; a corn pancake fried, baked or grilled. Hallacas is a typical plate in…

Introduction. Human life is drenched nowadays with ritual and traditions and Christmas Day comes under that very heavily, it is a greatly celebrated event, especially in our Western society. Naturally, we will adopt restored behaviour and focus into our ‘second reality’. Schechner’s ‘Performance Studies: An Introduction’ gives an insight to the various concepts and terms that could be connected with Christmas Day. Christmas Day is a performance in the sense that it follows basic Schechnerian…

It’s the time of year where holiday music becomes apart of the variety of music we, as consumers, are exposed to. Ranging from radio, Christmas carollers, malls, and coffee shops. Christmas songs originate from Christian and religious traditions celebrating the birth of Jesus and bringing feelings of rejoice to those around them. The purpose of most holiday music is to positively affect the listener at all three levels of listening. The place I decided to focus on this type of music…

bubbly smile to my face, like always, because I know this means the official start of Christmas, and Christmas means I get to be with my family and Santa is going to bring me presents! My mom says that she heard that I’m on Santa’s nice list for the 5th year in a row! I always look forward to tamale making because I get to be around all my cousins and aunts and uncles and watch them make yummy food for our Christmas Eve feast while I make gingerbread houses! And every year when I ask if I can…

their lives. Christmas and Thanksgiving are the two most commonly celebrated holidays in North America. These two holidays are set apart by many differences. Traditions, purpose of the holidays, and the decorations are three points of contrast. Some of the differences exhibited in Christmas and Thanksgiving begin with the traditions they carry. The time period that these two holidays are celebrated over differ. Thanksgiving is celebrated over a much shorter time period than Christmas is. It…

CHRISTMAS DAYs IN KANNUR D ecember is a month of at most importance for me. The pleasant cold weather, end of the year, my birthday ……there are indeed many reasons .The season has always offered energy, hope and a lot for me. But what makes this season most auspicious is nothing but Christmas! These are the days that everyone would love to be at home. These are the days that offer you a lot, especially when you are in Kannur. The day marks the birth of Lord Jesus. The season is characterised by…

During Christmas especially for the Evangelical Christians, it is time to spend and a lot of money goes on consumption materials rather than investment. The people engage in festive mood that requires consumption of various foods as well as services that may be limited during other seasons. For instance the roses may not do well during Christmas Eve however the decorations would work. People purchase a variety of decorating material and equipment. Some people have been seen to use the balloons,…

“All I Want for Christmas” plays on the radio while you drive through the neighborhood seeing bright lights outlining the roofs of houses and decorations scattered about the yards. This is a typical scene during the Christmas holiday, which begins the day after Thanksgiving and ends well into the new year. It is considered the most wonderful time of the year – a time filled with decorating houses inside and out, rushing around for the “perfect” gifts, attending parties, spending time with your…

Benevolence It is Christmas morning, so you wake up and your is heart pumping with excitement to look under the Christmas tree for your presents. When you arrive your heart fills with much despair because you find nothing there. Unfortunately, this happens to kids all around the world, some of these kids may go to your school. Consequently, every year, as a tradition my grandmother gathers up all of her grandkids and we volunteer at the Salvation Army Intake Center encompassed with her church.…