Father Christmas

in South Carolina. As a kid in Minnesota, Christmas morning usually meant waking up to beautiful, fluffy snow covering our yard. I’d stand over the heat register to feel the warm air blow on my legs while staring out the cold window watching the snow fall. My siblings and I would unwrap presents from Santa which inevitably included new sleds and winter gear. We’d get bundled up while my Dad warmed up the car and we would brave the cold to head to Christmas morning church. Bulky winter coats,…

fear of heights at the happiest place on Earth. It’s the place where imagination flies freely, Disneyland. Here I learned that Franklin D. Roosevelt’s was right when he said, “the only thing to fear, is fear itself”. It all started in 2009, on Christmas Day. There my sister and I were opening our presents. After tearing through all the wrapping paper and thanking family members all that was left was an envelope. My sister and I didn’t think much of this bland, white envelope. But as we removed…

by it.' The spirit, through Dickens, transports Scrooge to view an affectionate scene during Christmas with the Cratchits, where Tiny Tim's feeble self is seated next to his father. Scrooge feels miserable for the family even though they are 'happy [and] grateful' because it was Christmas time and are always 'pleased with one another and contented with the time'. Dickens, through the Spirit of Christmas Present, has also used caricatures to juxtapose with Scrooge's characterization by revealing…

A Christmas Carol is a over 100 year old book yet people still find joy in reading it. Scrooge changed a lot between the beginning and the end of the christmas carol. The real change was the ghost of christmas past showed him his younger self sitting at his school all alone. In the beginning of the novella scrooge sees himself as a neglected lonely young boy. Seeing how miserable he was makes him start thinking about his own actions and how they affect others. “ ‘The school is not quite…

At my form’s Christmas party, my secret Santa brought a shimmering star, filled with an expensive perfume that smells of burned sugar, melting caramel and snow. Someone put a thought into this, took my name literal, in a nice way. I look around, check the faces, smooth images with only names attached: I cannot tell. Tessa and I exchange our presents later, while drinking mulled wine and Whams! Last Christmas is playing for the fifths time. The main lecture hall is dipped in red and fairy lights…

It was Christmas Eve, I had just hung up my stocking by the fire place right were it would be ready for Santa to slip down the chimney. I knew Santa was coming because every night on Christmas Santa came and left me gifts to open the next day. Still, I was not just satisfied. Way down in my heart I was a little uncertain about Santa clause. When you have never seen that person with your very own eyes it is kinda hard to disagree on weather Santa is real or not. But every night on that same day…

getting to be that time of year again and with it comes the beauty and wonder of Christmas. RealTime Gaming is getting a head start on the holiday with the release of their newest holiday slot Snowmania. Snowmania is a five reel slot with twenty fixed pay-lines. The bet size of this new slot game is adjustable from $0.20 up to $20 per spin. The whimsical symbols on this new game successfully embody the spirit of Christmas. Starting with jingling bells, fat stockings stuffed with candy, holiday…

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. In the beginning of the drama performance was Jacob Marley and is a ghost who comes to Scrooge so he won't have to go what Marley went through. The beginning of the movie they begin in Mr. Scrooge’s office. In the drama and movie Scrooge gets mad at Mr. Cratchit for using coal and wasting it on fire. Scrooge keeps saying Humbug after his nephew says Merry Christmas. Scrooge is a old man who has a lot of money. He thinks Christmas is a waste of time and…

Have you ever had a day that started off so well, and then got so bad. So fast. That is how this day went. Most kids find out at some point or another. For most kids finding out about the “Santa secret” is not that big of a deal. That was not the case for me. I sat at the kitchen table going through piece by piece, trying to figure out the inter working of my new magic kit. In my fourth grade classroom if you did something extra special you get to pick a prize out of a big bucket filled with…

We are reading the book the Christmas carol for school.The theme for stave one was greed. This is about a man named Scrooge owns a counting company. He enjoys counting his money with his Time. he is a very greedy man when the people came asking for a donation for the poor Scrooge said “is there is not prisons or poor homes”. this shows his greed , but later that night his old partner marley's ghost came. He was trying to tell him that he is greedy and should help others. he was told that one…