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NBA Finals Night It was a very cold night and I was ready to get in the shower and lay on the couch with some Schwan's ice cream and a Vikings blanket. Just then I remembered it was NBA finals night! I was so excited and threw on my lucky black Under Armour underwear and my dad put on his lucky tan Carhartt shirt. We got the softest blankets in the house and memory foam pillows. I had some Hershey's chocolate and ice cream my dad also had a cherry popsicle.We clicked on the tv and there was…

Halloween!! Introduction (attention grabber, a basic introduction to topic, thesis statement) Halloween has a very unique history going back thousands of years. Back then there was a group called the Celts. The Celts used Halloween as the day to remember the end of the fall and the beginning of winter, which evolved from the old Celtic holiday of Samhain. Where they would wear costumes to scare off roaming ghosts and would also light bonfires. Then they took these traditions to America in…

Hi, I’m Tuity the Tootsie Pop. Would you like to know the story of my life? Well, here I go. I start as a blob of corn syrup and other sugars, I’m liquid and hot. A big cold drip of cherry flavoring goes right onto my face. This is my favorite part, I get shaken and twisted to cool down. I go up and down and get twisted 360 degrees. Holy pops I’m so dizzy, but that was fun. For some odd reason they have to stick a white thing in me, I don’t even need it, but whatever. Here we go, rolling right…

The bleakness of winter can sometimes cause people to experience the winter blues. These people fall into a state of melancholy, and sometimes even depression, because of the cold gloominess that an Idaho winter can bring. If you were to compare people to birds, most birds are miserable in Idaho during the winter. When temperatures start dropping they retreat to warmer weather where they are more comfortable. Like birds, some people migrate south for several months to avoid the bitter cold Idaho…

Besides being a day to stuff our faces and fall asleep in the middle of the afternoon, Thanksgiving is a time to reflect and give thanks for all of the wonderful things in your life. While it may be obvious that you should be thankful for your health, family, and that winning scratch-off you found in the parking lot (hey, 16 bucks is 16 bucks), you should also be thankful for your loyal customers who have been bringing you business for years. By taking the opportunity this Thanksgiving to thank…

comical quality and associations with a certain type of narcissistic, eyebrow-arching, middle-aged man that is now too culturally ingrained. But if you can rock a turtleneck, more power to you. It’s just not me. This is why it puzzles me that, every Christmas since I was five, I’ve received a turtleneck from one relative or another. For as long as I have been able to dress myself, I’ve been receiving turtlenecks and have yet to wear one. I don’t think I’m a particularly chilly-necked person, nor…

but what you do along the way is what counts and makes a difference. One of the other major issues is that people don’t believe in anything unless they can touch it or see it for themselves. People have lost their faith in humanity, God and in Christmas. They no longer feel hope or happiness in all the busyness of the life they…

On December 19th, 1843, Charles Dickens published “A Christmas Carol.” The novella received high acclaim and is widely known. Fast forward to today, the novella has received several adaptations in both play and film form. Which begs the question, what adaption represents “A Christmas Carol” more accurately? While both the play and the film present Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol accurately, there are differences and similarities in the presentation of the characters, setting, and tone. The…

In “ A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens and “A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley” by Israel Horovitz only greedy people were present at the end of a greedy life. As a matter of fact, at the end of Scrooge's funeral, there were three businessmen trying to sell his belongings. The three businessmen are considered greedy to steal and sell a dead man’s things.(Horovitz, 789-790) Scrooge was also a very greedy man always wanting money and other tangible items for himself and reluctant to give…

and movie of A Christmas Carol neither one seems to follow up with the other the whole time. Mr. Scrooge seemed to do things a little differently in each one. Some scenes and parts are exactly the same and some aren’t. A Christmas Carol is based on an old, grumpy man named Ebenezer Scrooge. The movie and play represent Mr. Scrooge’s past, present, and future. In the play, Ebenezer is visited by his old, dead business partner, Marley. He warns him about his attitude towards Christmas. Marley…