child who celebrates Christmas during the winter anticipates one event above all others: the opening of presents. I remember staying up all night the day before Christmas shaking with eagerness, wondering what type of toys I would be bestowed in the morning. As a general overview, Christmas is a winter holiday celebrated in late December in many American cultures. During Christmas, gifts are given through a variety of means such as an overnight visit from an impersonated Santa, a secret admirer, and many more. Gifts also vary from cheap clothing all the way to expensive jewelry. According to Merriam Webster’s dictionary, a gift is “something voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation.” With such a mysterious range of gifts, it is no wonder…
TOP 10 CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR SON It is the wish of every parent to present a special gift on the occasion of Christmas to their children, especially for son. As far as the selection of gift is concern, it is a very difficult matter. The reason behind this is gifts are given frequently on different functions so selecting the one for Christmas really matters. Picking a wonderful and attractive gift for your son on Christmas is a hard job. I am trying to help you regarding this task. This article is…
Every Christmas morning, we wake up before the sun has even risen, by choice, and full speed sprint to the Christmas tree. The magic of opening the gifts floods the air. Not only were we getting gifts, but how did Santa know what I wanted? How did he get into the house? Why didn’t the alarm go off? This magic of Christmas has been preserved thanks to Justin. As an eighteen-year-old girl, I can say I still wake up eager just to see his joy in opening presents. The high pitched, “Yay” after…
The Christmas Gift Mousy the Mouse was simply not the most usual. He was always forgetting something that was important two seconds after he thought of it. Now his friend Torty the Tortoise, was always trying his hardest to keep Mousy going. Christmas was always the worst time of year for that. Mousy always got so caught up in the Christmas cheer that he always forgot everything. Torty wanted to make sure that Mousy got everybody a gift, that he…
In William Sydney Porter’s (pen name O. Henry) novel The Gift of the Magi, (1906), the young married couple, Jim and Della, the setting takes place during Christmas. The force that makes it difficult for the couple is having one dollar and eighty seven between the two of them and trying to find more money and of buying gifts for each other. The setting takes place during Christmas holiday. Jim and Della both admire what they possess already and want to enhance their worldly possessions (Jim’s…
important meaning. In “Lather or Nothing Else” and “The Gift of the Magi,” Tellez and O’Henry use symbols to express a deeper significance. Using the fob and combs that Della and Jim both give each other for Christmas, O’Henry demonstrates that love is truly what gift giving is about in “The Gift of the Magi.” The very sharp razor that the barber possesses in “Lather or Nothing Else” represents the choice the barber has to make. Both of these symbols play an extremely important role in the…
A gift can have different and multiple meanings based on your relationships, the setting, and that person’s status. You can receive gifts a many different times in your life: birthdays, holidays, graduations, or any other major event in your life. The gifts can come from your family, friends, or acquaintances. The gift can signify the status of a person. A person to demonstrate their high social status might donate money to TCU to construct a building with their name on it. This would indicate…
of immigration, people are separated from their loved ones during truly special times of the year. Hallmark’s 1980 “Freddie & Sam” Christmas commercial feeds from this, and employs Hallmark cards as the most appropriate gate of communication during holidays. It narrates the story of a couple, Freddie and Sam, as they progress from children to adults, although separated by distance. They stay close to each other by exchanging Hallmark cards throughout the years. Sam, for example, includes details…
for Love I. Introduction. Introduce thesis: “The Gift of the Magi”, a short story written by O. Henry in which love is more important than any material item and the value of a gift lies in the sacrifice behind it, rather than its material value. Thesis: Love prevails over material value since the main characters show the love for each other by giving up their most valued material possessions to buy Christmas presents for each other. II. Plot. A. Della and Jim are a married young couple living…
Once upon there lies A gingerbread man, It came to be known as the gingerbread man that had escaped from the grinches. The gingerbread tried warning everyone that the grinches were capturing all of those who were involved in supporting the Christmas holiday however; all the other elves didn’t believe the gingerbread man. One day while the elves continued to make presents for the kids, there came a green figure knocking onto the door, “all elves are reported to be sent to another place to work…