Father Christmas

4/4/2017 Is There Really a Santa Claus? Is there really a Santa? The age old debate between parents and kids. Santa Claus is a massive staple in today’s modern holiday experience and has been talked about for over hundreds of years. In almost every Christmas movie, parent’s endeavor to convince their children there isn’t a Santa Claus. A classic example was in the movie The Polar Express. The main character traveled to the North Pole and got a bell from Santa’s sleigh. Foolishly his parents…

children to have a good behavior during the year. Parents that encourage the children to write letters to Santa know that it is an awesome tradition to follow each year with their children. However, kids that believe the gifts that they receive in the Christmas morning are from Santa Claus will not appreciate their parents’ effort and sacrifice they made in providing them. On other hand, the kids that know their parents give them the gifts will appreciate…

reader saw they would think of the big jolly bearded man that comes down their chimney every christmas and delivers gifts. But its not, he moves on to say that Santa Claus is just like love and devotion. He is their but you have to believe in him and will never truly be able to see him. Church goes on in a few paragraphs down and says “You might get your papa to hire men to watch in the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if you did not see Santa Claus coming down, what…

Jonatahn Jake’s Christmas Mr. and Mrs. Jackson were going to a party, and then to Grandma’s house. “Take good care of Mollie, Jake!” they yelled as they left their humble home. Mollie woke up at the sound of the closing door. Jake sat up because he knew Mollie wanted to go downstairs. Mollie climbed out of her Green crib and climbed on Jake’s back. Jake then trotted down the maroon carpeted stairs and into the living room. Mollie was Blinded and astounded by the beauty and brightness of the tree…

The Protagonists: Holden Caulfield and Jonas “I'm not going to tell you my whole goddam autobiography or anything. I'll just tell you about this madman stuff that happened to me around last Christmas just before I got pretty run-down . . .” From then onwards, we start to notice Holden’s habit of contradicting himself. Lying was something he had not trouble admitting. He even told us outright that he was ‘the most terrific liar you ever saw’ (Salinger, pg. 17) only he sometimes ends his…

voice said ,''Why won't you go then? Its very easy all you to do is put on these shoes''. Said the little voice. So, the girl put on the shoes. She has arrived at a big house. All she seen was candles, candles in each window. ''There all Christmas colors''. Said the little girl. The huge door opened. There was a short little boy. He was greeting the little girl inside. Al of a sudden more people started coming out and grabbing presents. The little girl wanted to help so, she grabbed a…

A Christmas Story Lying and deception play a huge role in our society. From a very young age we are taught about deception, even if we do not realize at the time. Often times, children are deceived by their parents about a man in a red suit that delivers Christmas presents around the world. In everyday life we are faced with lying and deception from television, the radio, and even magazines. In Bob Clark’s, “A Christmas Story,” Ralphie was deceived from a radio advertisement, which was to buy a…

Tania Reyes Section 18265 (10:00 AM) Article Review: Children's Belief in Santa Clause Introduction: From simply experiencing day to day life, an infant can glean much information about the world at large. They are able to understand complex concepts such as gravity, time, and space without even knowing their names. As children, we quickly learn all of these ideas, and they become an integral part of our belief system. Research done by Shtulman and Yoo (2015) explored children’s understanding…

the tree, Christmastime is a child’s favorite time of the year. Christmas carols, the smell of cookies baking in mom’s oven, it all just, you know, makes you feel warm inside, sitting by the fireplace with your family. Recently, Macy’s Department Store in New York is starting to hire women to portray the role of Santa in the workshop where families can bring their children to sit on Santa’s lap and tell him what they want on Christmas morn. The supply of men who usually portray Santa has been…

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…