Christmas food

Marks and Spencer’s advertisements depict Christmas as a magical and fairytale-like season. According to Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne, who is the executive director of marketing, these magical advertisements aim to represent a “moment to escape the realities of every day life” (Bousquet-Chavanne). Thus, rather than creating a sentimental advertisement that leaves a heavy thought, Marks and Spencer desires to capture the enchantment and joy during Christmas time by creating “fun and light-hearted”…

For many people Christmas is an important holiday. By the time it hits September angel decorations start filling the store aisles and “Jingle Bells” plays on repeat but it is not the only one filling up the store. Ghouls, candy, and spiders all crouch on the side waiting for Halloween; a holiday that some look over when it does get to September, although they should not. Halloween is a major holiday that is more exciting than Christmas in terms of history, traditions, and in lower expenses.…

start of the Christmas season and the town and market areas were beautiful. As it turned out, my trip that year was a wonderful experience because of the food, culture as well as the shopping experience. As I walked around the beautiful Christmas market area or the Christkindlmarkt, I realized that despite cultural differences, there were also many similarities in the way we celebrate Christmas in the US vs Germany. Because of this, I thought it would be a good idea to choose Christmas as my…

breaking-the-fourth-wall film adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Scrooged is an interesting adaptation, compared to the usual animated family-friendly films that pay homage to the Christmas spirit. This film is not only different than the run of the mill film that copies the novel word for word, it also carries the darker tones of the classic Charles Dickens story that is unusual in contemporary Christmas films. The movie is interesting because the plot involves a live show of A Christmas Carol,…

“Why the Grinch is so Grinchy” The book “How the Grinch stole Christmas” is a children's book written by Theodore Geisel A.K.A Dr Seuss.The book is about a grumpy hermit hatches a plan to steal Christmas from the Whos( the townsfolk) of Whovill ( the town).The story on first glance shows the ideas of misunderstandings. Dr Suess is a beloved children's writer who has written stories that have brought joy to the minds and hearts of children all around the world since 1937.Although Dr Seuss has…

Food in the Middle East The Middle East has many traditional foods. They also have many foods that people eat on a daily basis. Some of the everyday foods include: Manakeesh, grilled halloumi, foul meddamas, and fattdush. Manakesh is known to be similar to pizza in the Arabian world. Grilled halloumi are mini-slabs of goat and sheep milk. Foul meddamas, made of fava beans, olive oil, parsley, onion, garlic and lemon, is not your typical grilled cheese. Fattoush, a tangy salad, is known as the…

to have 5 days off of school! Thanksgiving is always great because you get to spend time with family, and enjoy being with one another. The food is also a plus. This year Thanksgiving will be at my house. I would prefer it to be somewhere else because my mom wants me to clean my room, but I guess it is ok that we are having it. My mom is making all the food and some people may bring some dessert. I don’t always help her cook, but I might this year. If my mom doesn’t have time to do something…

Have you ever wondered how miraculously every Christmas morning children from all over the world wake up to find toys and treasures under their Christmas tree? This fantastic happening began long, long ago in a little town in New Amsterdam, where lived a respected young man named Claas Schlaschenschlinger. He was the town cobbler, and had fallen in love with a young women named Anitje. However, Class wasn’t the only man that loved her; the town magistrate did as well. He was a crafty, hard…

“A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens is a detailed rich story about a stingy old man that is visited by three ghosts whose visitations provide the old sour man with individualized life changing lessons. The story itself holds a deeper meaning engraved between the lines. As the reader one must think deeper about what the ghosts represented in the story and the value they hold. Each ghost has something symbolic on them. The Ghost of Christmas Past carries a cap that if placed upon his brow will…

for more. The latter can be seen in the character Ebenezer Scrooge in the play A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. The play of this title as well as the movie A Diva’s Christmas Carol by Richard Schenkman both show how being content…