Christmas

Compare and Contrast Essay There are many similarities and differences to “A Christmas Carol” the play and to “A Christmas” the movie. How many similarities and differences are there in the play and in the movie, well you are just going to have to read to find out. “A Christmas Carol” is about an old grumpy man who is seen the joy that christmas brings to all. The play version starts out where Marley (A friend of Ebenezer Scrooge) is telling us about him and Scrooge. Then we see Scrooge and…

Like every other year the day of December 25th, Christmas, is joyfully celebrated in my household. As the day rolls on it is full of thankfulness, kindness, happiness and plenty of food. And like every other year we take part in our annual Christmas shenanigans. As the smell of crisp apple pie and left-over turkey diminished, the smell of cold, breathtaking air took its place. My sister and I traveled into the cold winter air by ourselves. Taking my first step into the freshly fallen snow I…

I'm going to be tell you some things in the Christmas CaroI. The first thing that I'm going to tell you is how this old, overplayed story could have any deeper meaning for society and people today. Then, I'm going to use examples of the settings and society now. Then I'm going to make a statement about our culture that matches with the reality of Scrooge's self and his society. That is what I'm going to talk about in the Christmas Carol. There are many ways how this story could have a…

On December 5, 2015 I attended the Living Christmas Tree. The play was held at Park Avenue Baptist Church located on 900 Park Ave in Mt Vernon, IL. The play started at 7 pm and lasted for an hour and a half. The entire time the church was filled with holiday spirit in preparation for the approaching Christmas day. The church was filled with people, there was not a seat left in the house. The church pews on the ground floor and the balcony were packed tightly with audience members. The…

Christmas was arriving much quicker than anticipated and everyone in my family was rushing in order to prepare the house for the annual festivities. Each individual was assigned a certain task to handle, and luckily for me I was designated to finish decorating the house. I was ecstatic, practically doing backflips across a corn field happy. I loved the idea of being creative and getting to watch all of my family’s faces when they saw all the hard work I did. I had brought out all the bins,…

Is it really possible for people to change? In Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol, the thought of people changing their ways for the better is expressed, throughout this story. In this novella Scrooge, the protagonist, is a dynamic character, and his grand change is from the doing of three ghosts. Scrooge evolved and became a generous person by overcoming greed. He was very greedy. A man asked him if he would like to donate to the poor, and Scrooge replied no, in the rudest manner possible.…

Charles Dickens once said, “Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.” Dickens was a very influential and outstanding writer and this quote perfectly describes the moral of A Christmas Carol. In the novella, a man named Ebenezer Scrooge goes through a huge transformation from having no feelings or remorse for anything or anyone to a merry and kind man spreading joy. The story is set in the 1800’s while Queen Victoria was having her reign the…

“Camryn,” said my mom “time to get up!” It was two days before Christmas break and I was really excited to get to school because I heard that our class was getting a new student. All I wanted was to make seventh grade a blast for her. I hop out of bed and get ready. Then I make my way downstairs to the smell of freshly baked cinnamon rolls. I finish my first golden brown cinnamon roll that had just melted away in my mouth from the frosting and went in for seconds. I look at the time and it’s…

A Christmas Carol by, the talented author, Charles Dickens, is a fiction story about the ghosts of Scrooge’s Christmas Past, Present, as well as Future and his journey to become a kind and loving person. If I were in charge of designing a flag that would symbolically represent an important aspect of the novel A Christmas Carol, the one element I would include in my flag design would be a path leading two directions. In the story, Scrooge is warned by Marley’s Ghost during a sudden visit about…

Christmas is many people’s favorite time of the year, one of the most memorable parts of Christmas is the putting up and decorating of the Christmas Tree. Christmas takes place in winter and trees are common this time of year. The Christmas Tree is one of the most traditional objects of the holiday season that goes back many generations and many different cultures use them. Several steps are involved in this process. Decorating a Christmas Tree can be done in five major steps which are; putting…