Christmas music

I am of course old enough to remember when festivals still retain a whiff of their alternative roots. How far have we travelled from those calm, peaceful tranquil and lens flared days. The meaning of carnival has changed dramatically over the period of time. Carnival has always been and would continue to be the show for the elite in society. In many parts of the world where Catholic Europeans set up colonies and entered into the slave trade carnival took root. Carnival, an annual…

Happy Valentines Day Quotes 2016 Valentines Day is celebrated on 14th of Feb every year. It is truly the most romantic and wonderful time of the year, where people from all over the world celebrate it with their love. We have the perfect top best quotes for this happy Valentines Day 2016 to say that “I love you”. Many authors, poets have been trying for thousands of years to capture the true meaning of love in words. If you are in love and want to express it in a poetic way, then you should…

Candy Day, a time of connection and joy, can be one of the quintessentially fun days of the lead up to Christmas. The uttermost specific case of this excitement is when we rented out a school for a warm Saturday afternoon, nonetheless in December, and made as much candy as we could physically muster. At the time I was around 5 or 6 so the playground outside…

In the early Christian church, Halloween was a day for remembrance of martyrs, which is also called All Saints Day. All Hallows Eve, was the day before All Saints Day which began that time of remembrance. Presently, Halloween had become mostly a secular holiday. A time when kids dress up in a costume of their favorite fantasy character or a hero, and go door to door collecting candy. Although that might not sound so bad, kids now sometimes dress up as devils, vampires, and other evil characters…

For Martyna. My best friend and biggest fan. Back Track Traveling through the mountains that are pregnant with a winter breeze, a light grey haze slowly forces itself into my line of sight. As we travel at this remarkable speed, the haze becomes brighter and brighter, slowly engulfing more and more of my surroundings. With each passing second, everything that I see forms one image. They become the spectacle that is my future. I’m still young and have no way to interpret what I have seen.…

What is Maundy Thursday and why is it called that? Maundy Thursday will soon be celebrated in the UK and by Christians all around the world. Queen Elizabeth II will take part in a special service at Leicester Cathedral to mark the occasion. The service itself dates all the way back to the medieval period and has undergone a number of changes over the centuries, though its core traditions have remained remarkably intact after all these years. But just what exactly is Maundy Thursday? Here’s all…

The snow day It was a cold winter's morning, I can see the white fluffy snow that was falling last night. And me my brother and sister were ready to go sledding.(There's a park behind my house so that's where we usually go.) While we were outside getting the sleds from the garage. Mom was doing the dishes and dad was watching a basketball game. We were all bundled up in warm clothes and hats/gloves. We go over to the park and start sledding we raced to see who could go down and up first, we…

step. Another popular dance is the beseda, a collection of mazurkas, polkas, and waltzes arranged accordingly to local tradition and performed at festivals. And melodies like the koledy, dudy and tamburash, sung at Christmas, New Year, and Eastern. Czech Americans celebrate Christmas on December 24 with a ceremonial dinner. Domestic culture revolves around the family and this takes precedence over social life. Roles are clearly defined, men as the breadwinner and practical tasks, while…

Birthdays in Different Societies In the dystopian novel The Giver, by Lois Lowry, Jonas’s society celebrates birthdays both similarly and differently from the current American society. First, both societies acknowledge birthdays, but the way they are acknowledged is different. In Jonas’s society, birthdays are done in one mass celebration. Until age twelve, the celebrations are done over two days in December. Also, in The Giver, birthdays are only celebrated for twelve years. After the Ceremony…

Black Friday is an excellent time to save money and have an excuse to spend! While it’s a joyous and exciting time for the consumers, it can be a stressful hectic time for the employees. Unfortunately employees sometimes have to come to work on Thanksgiving day. Thanksgiving day is a very profitable day of the year for stores. In fact in 2010 November/December retailers made around 50% of their years profits (CNN Money). With that being said, it’s a great time for retailers to make money and…