Christmas worldwide

A Christmas Carol Lead/Hook: “What’s Christmas time to you but a time for paying bills without money; a time for finding yourself a year older, and not an hour richer; a time for balancing your books and having every item in ‘em through a round dozen of months presented dead against you?” (Stave 1) Quick Summary: Charles Dickens didn’t have a pleasant life as a child because his father was imprisoned and he had to work instead of going to school so his family had enough money to survive.…

For my paper I am going to focus on the movie Singin’ in the Rain and incorporate a quote from the reading stating “From the very beginning of Singin’ in the Rain, the technology responsible for sound reproduction—technology that is usually hidden—is displayed” (Reader, 182). The clip from the film I am going to discuss and analyze is the opening scene of a premiere for Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont. I am going to discuss everything leading up to their arrival. The scene starts off with a big…

Traditions that should be saved for future generations should be Christmas, Rosca de los Reyes, and the day of the dead, because some would teach how to share and others how to give and have fun with the family/ socialize with their future relatives. Christmas would be one because it could teach the kids of the next generation how to give. The children will be taught how to give the people in need, it would also be good to be grateful for what they’ve received, and how to share their gifts with…

Crystal Joy The things that snow crystals can do Do you know amazing things about snowflakes? Do you someday want to know everything about them? Snowflakes are wonderful things that come out of no where. Also, the topics I am going to tell you are fantastic! Snowflakes are the most interesting things to learn about. Snowflakes are Amazing because they come in all shapes and sizes. Also, they can stop us from having school! Lastly, Snowflakes have a fantastic form. To…

haven’t been to many places around the world, but I have visited many areas in Texas that I could possible create my own map of Texas. However, my favorite place I have visited or vacationed to is Mexico, even though I go to there every year during Christmas break. It never gets old, because I have a lot of fun there and it’s a comfortable environment. When we go to Mexico we visit my parent’s village; the place they grew up. Everybody in the village knows each other, so it feels like a huge…

Faith is a major aspect of my life. I continually face situations that rely on faith alone. Because of this, many people have affected my life, changing the way I look at things. Six years ago, Fr. Kevin Schroeder was assigned to be an assistant pastor at St. Joseph Cottleville. My family and I introduced ourselves as one of the thousands of families at this parish, even knowing that he wouldn't remember it. One of our many family traditions include inviting the "new guy" to dinner, so…

The documentary ‘Concrete’ focuses on two parkour practitioners and the stories they have to tell as well as their opinions of the misconceptions the public have about people who do parkour. These interviews are supported by Public interviews/vox pops, Archive footage, breath taking parkour footage including point of view footage and public shots filmed general crowds of people completely their daily tasks and errands. The purpose of this documentary comes across and informing people of why…

even from an actual veteran that putting up Christmas decorations before Remembrance Day is disrespectful to them. So why is everyone “quoting” these veterans and saying it is? If it is, let the veterans tell us themselves. Any veteran or current serving military I’ve actually talked to doesn’t find it disrespectful, in fact most of them put Christmas decorations up before November 11th. What I find disrespectful is everyone who just doesn’t like Christmas coming early, so they using veterans…

Cranberry juice & Cinnamon rolls Cranberry juice is just juice. Cinnamon rolls are just a delicious breakfast food, to some people. For me, it’s a walk up the stairs, smelling the icing melt inside the oven,wearing strawberry shortcake pajamas, and listening to Roger Rabbit playing in the distance. Walking upstairs with my small feet stomping on the cold hardwood floors. Watching my grandma take the cinnamon rolls out of the oven and putting them in a baby blue plate, she puts them on the…

Jared Cvetich Ms. Reeves-Hampton English 4 16 February 2016 What is Shamanic Drumming? My passion for all things drumming was sparked Christmas Day 2000, when I was a wide-eyed three-year-old boy. The living room was a complete mess with wrapping paper strewn in every direction and a mass of empty cardboard boxes stacked in the corner. There was one gift left sitting under the tree, a rectangular box, roughly the size of a basketball. Little did I know that what was concealed in that…