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Joyeux Noël, Feliz Navidad, Frohe Weihnachten, Buon Natale; so many ways in so many languages just to say Merry Christmas. Oftentimes, during the holiday season, we say this without really thinking about it. We intend it as a friendly greeting. We are wishing them well and hope that they are happy. We want people to be happy during this holiday celebrating family and love. But, are we really merry during the holidays, or are we collectively as a whole unhappy as some songs and research suggest?…

Thanksgiving. What comes to mind? Delicious turkey, family, and the beautiful colors of the fall. Those may be the images to some. As a little kid, I remember reading a short story of the First Thanksgiving. The pages depicted a story of pilgrims who traveled from a far away land and voyaged to America, in which they called home. They were met with a man named Squanto, a Native American man indigenous to the area, who helps them survive in their new environment by showing them how to build…

Sasquatch Q&A: Choosing New Year's Champagne New Year's Eve is a special time when people get together to reflect upon the past year and toast the upcoming one so be ready with lots of fizzy drinks that are kept perfectly icy cold. So be prepared with lots of ice in your 75-Quart Avenger Cooler, because nobody likes luke warm Champagne. What to drink? Champagne Paws down my drink of choice on New year's Eve is Champagne. The bubbly wine has been associated with aristocracy and Holywood…

Across the world, Jews will celebrate the holiday of Purim this year from the eve of March 11 through March 12 with much fanfare and excitement. Families will go from door to door sporting costumes while delivering candy and other foods, and sit down to a lavish meal with friends and relatives later in the day to celebrate the holiday. But far beyond the food and costumes, Purim has a much deeper purpose to it, a lesson applicable to each and every one of our lives. Purim, one of the most…

Little Traumatized Girl What started off as an ordinary muggy summer morning would soon turn into a cruel and lurid day that I would never obliterate. I was discombobulated that approximately a catastrophic altercation would break out in the house while I played outside, I didn’t know that the cops would be showing up, I didn’t know that soon my consolidated life would change permanently. That proleptical morning, I tumbled out of bed and took a solid yellow cup of aqua outside to place on my…

The Fall Fall can be a lot of fun and games for people. Kids get to play in the leaves. Thanksgiving happens in the fall as well. A lot of boys like to play football. Most people think that apple orchards are the bomb. Fall is my favorite season. Fall is my favorite because my family and I go to Grand Rapids. We leave to go there on Friday. When we get to Grand Rapids we stay at our friend’s house. On Saturday, we normally go to the apple orchard. At the apple orchard we go to the bobbing…

S Subject: Winter wildlife. T Theme: The seclusion in the wilderness, especially during winter, can enhance aspects of the environment’s wildlife an individual may have absentmindedly ignored. However, when an individual pays attention, the winter wildlife appeals to the human senses, primarily the auditory sense. A Audience: Individuals curious with the Walden wildlife. A Attitude: Calm, meditative, informative. RS Rhetorical Strategy: Onomatopoeia “ One had her form under my house all winter,…

by Walmart’s choice to play Christmas carols as muzak. Second, the range of the prices of the confections is significant because it lends insight into the economic variance of consumers at Walmart. To the average, middle-class consumer, 4$ wouldn’t mean much. However, to the consumer earning a minimum wage of 12$ an hour in Maine, 4$ is a sizeable amount of their income to pay for cookies. Hence, by labelling both 0.50$ and 4$ as steeply discounted prices for Christmas confections, Walmart hails…

holidays. The FFA, swim team, and lots of other clubs/sports teams have big plans for Christmas. Will your club or team do anything special this Christmas? This Wednesday the FFA had their annual Christmas party at 6:00pm they had a gift exchange and potluck dinner, and the swim teams Christmas party/gift exchange is at the pool at 7:30. After the break the outdoors club is going to have a sledding trip. The FFA’s Christmas party/gift exchange will be held in both Miss. Walkup and Mr.…

Valentine’s Day is the celebration of romance. 14th of February is always a spectacular day in the year, when boys and girls, married and unmarried share love in various forms. Valentine’s Day is characterized with red color, exchange of gifts, parties and much of promiscuity among youths. More harm is done than good in the lives of youths on Valentine’s Day of this generation. Why? And, is Valentine’s day celebration an instruction from the Lord? Who originated Valentine’s day and for what…