Christmas lights

Christmas carols, bargain deals, peppermints and gumdrops, shining lights hanging from house to house, snow and canceled school days, and food that could last as leftovers until Valentine’s day: the most wonderful time of year for millions across our nation. Christmas has evolved over many of years and the traditions have remained in and out of time for families and passed down from generation to generation. Families celebrating and expressing beliefs, personal “meanings” or thoughts that come…

The Yule Log This is a holiday cake called the Yule Log also known as the Christmas Log or Buche de Noel. This cake that is made at Christmastime dates back to the 19th century. At this time rolled sponge cakes filled with jam or cream and covered with butter cream icing began to be mentioned in European cookbooks. They were usually decorated with marzipan or meringue. The rolled shape of the cake was to remind one of a log and was typically covered with chocolate butter cream to look like the…

The Christmas tree tradition started 1000 years ago in Northern Europe. The trees were used for decoration, a reminder of spring, festivals, and a symbol of everlasting life with God. Throughout the years things would change about the tree. They went from small parts of trees for decoration to being full trees hung upside down for decoration then after they were hung upside down it became more of a tradition to put them in cities and have dances then set them on fire, they would then parade…

gathered into the primary living room, bodies pressed up against one another due to the lack of room, nonetheless we compromised. The perfectly decorated, towering evergreen stood shining, motionless. Delicately wrapped offerings were placed around the light, their glimmering ribbons mirrored against the golden ornaments. If I focus with such persistency, the aroma from the chaotic kitchen becomes genuine. The authentic taste of homemade raviolis prance along my taste buds, I can see my great…

How to make cut out cookies Baking at a early age. Christmas time my family would always get together 2 days prior to Christmas bake cookies. I always like to bake but cookies were my specialties. My favorite cookies to make are sugar cookie cut outs. My family loves them because they are soft and fluffy. To start the ingredient off you will need the following. 1 cup unsalted butter, slightly softened to room temperature 1 cup sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon almond…

They had a lot of props including a Christmas tree, which gave off a vibe that was most likely Christmas time. The actors costumes were all so fun and different too. I liked that because they always wore something new for almost each scene, so it never got boring. You could also tell the difference in status when looking…

Christmas in that town was fun, we would have multiple posadas at different friends houses. Posadas are parties done in December in which there is singing and breaking piñatas, and dinner is eaten. One particular December we went to three different posadas, one was with our neighborhood where all the people and kids gathered around the street and we all played and broke the piñata, the kids going crazy when it broke, the sound of falling coins and scrambling kids ringing in the chilly night air.…

Christmas in North America and South America have has been celebrating Christmas in many was throughout the years, that now it haves went all over the globe . After all Christmas is still not as common in some countries though like for example China only haves had a small number of Christians call Sheng Dan Jieh, which means Holy Birth Festival. Either way people in China celebrate Christmas there way even if they are Christians or not. As usual they decorate there homes just like we do…

be worked on. One of the aspects of the production that could have used a little work was the lighting. For the majority of the play the lights stayed the…

and question the science behind my surroundings. As I passed a house adorned with Christmas colored lights, I noticed a strand of lights had burned out. The question of why it only had a strand and not all the lights burned out lingered in my mind. It took me a few minutes before I had the aha moment when I remembered being taught about circuits in Honors Physics. I concluded that the house owners must have used lights that were in a series circuit instead of a parallel circuit. When I view the…