Christmas Gift

Christmas is a time to rejoice, a time to love, and a time to give thanks. With all the advertisements and black friday deals for presents, the true meaning of Christmas has drifted away from many people’s mind. Receiving presents is something to look forward to and be grateful for, however not everyone gets this experience. Not everyone wakes up to beautifully wrapped presents topped with string and a shiny bow. DEcember is one of the best months to give back to the community and spend…

Christmas, the 25th of December, is the most important festival of the year. Celebrated by most countries in the world, Christmas is a time of shopping, taking a break from work, connecting with friends and family, and reflecting on the year. Though most Christians view it is a day in honor of God to remember and celebrate the birth of His Son, taking a closer look and an investigative perspective draws parallels with pagan customs practiced long before Christ was born. In this essay, I will…

inside for you two.” Jonas looked at him weird. Jonas did not have a family outside of the community. The only family he has ever had he left inside the community. “Jonas, your mother is worried sick about you. Let's get inside and give you some Christmas food.” His father said. Without hesitation Jonas got off the sled and followed the man inside the…

It 's a Hispanic tradition to have two Christmases. However, my parents ' Christmas was totally different compared to mine. Usually, what they asked Santa what they wanted (which was an Uncle on both sides who often dressed up as Santa), but usually they were gifted an item they needed. For example, my father would ask for legos…

108). I have numerous rituals in my family that bring us closer together. Christmas is a very special time in my house. In October, we begin putting up our massive Snow Village. This is a family tradition that has been going on since before I was born. We have special areas of Snow Village set up throughout our house. Some of these…

C Is For Christmas C is for Christmas. I love Christmas because I get to see all my family, I love spending time with my family because there so awesome. Every year they get something different from me and I get something different from them. I can't lie I love the surprise of opening the gifts. I also like what's inside the gifts. Every year we get a real tree, we like the full taller ones. I don't know why just one year we saw one and just have got one ever since. The tree has the best…

LITERARY ANALYSIS O. Henry’s short story “The gift of the Magi” takes us on a journey through a few days of the life of a poor young couple. The setting here is Christmas in the 1905 while the conflict is in buying gifts for each other. O. Henry exposes the emotions pertaining to the whole ideal of gift giving at Christmas with the help of these two in love. The abstract emotion of love is elevated in the story through the pain inflicted in sacrifice. The sacrifices the two of them make for each…

Halloween versus Christmas in the United States Holidays in the United States have been adapted from cultures all over the world. Each one is a unique from its original form in other countries. For example; in other countries a fox, chicken, or goose delivers eggs on Easter which is different from Americas’ version of “The Easter Bunny”. However there are two holidays that while they seem very different, they share a lot of the same traditions. These are Halloween and Christmas. The history…

As the holidays draw near, the feelings of warmth and security an individual gets when surrounded by those closest to them are noticeably fainter than they have been in previous years. It seems that as time goes on, the familial aspect of the holidays, especially Thanksgiving, has been watered down in order to make it more marketable to consumers. Also, the day itself is now practically ignored in order to make room for more profitable traditions such as Black Friday. Capitalism, commercialism,…

What if you woke up on Christmas Day, excited for all the gifts you expect to receive, to find out Santa might not be able to deliver gifts to all the good children? In “Hurry Up, Santa!” The Musical, by Bob Kempf and Andy Philpot, people find out Santa has overslept, and news reporters are only making the situation worse, causing kids around the entire globe to fall into sadness. “Hurry Up, Santa!” The Musical performed by the actors of The Empty Space Theater is well written because actors’…