Holidays

7 people have died and 98 people have been injured on Black Friday. Black Friday is a time where retail companies go "into the black", or make a profit. People usually wait for hours outside of stores, same as my family does. If you want to know more about Black Friday keep reading to know about the history, common traditions, and my family traditions. Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving when retail companies go into the black instead of the red, they make a profit. The story goes,…

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Holiday season is in full swing at Camelot, King Arthur and his Queen along with the Knights of the Round Table, are all there to enjoy the festivities of the Christmas season to be enjoyed within the hall. “It was Christmas in Camelot—King Arthur’s court, where great and the good land had gathered, the right noble lords of the ranks of the Round Table all roundly carousing and reveling in pleasure. “ (36 - 40). This was an opportunity for the King to bond with…

diego and I went to a holiday concert in Greensboro. To be more specific, it was the Fox 8 Holiday concert, being played at the Greensboro LJVM Coliseum. The Band performing, is the Winston-Salem Symphony. This concert was held, to help feed the hungry and homeless. The Triad used to be number one in hunger in the nation, but this concert and countless other charities and efforts have helped to bring the number of homeless and hungry down drastically. This year alone, the holiday concert as a…

My Trip to Holiday World I could not believe it. I was going to holiday world for the third time! This time was extra special because my grandparents were going with us. As soon as dad got Kyndal into her car seat, we were off. Passing countless road signs and construction zones, I kept thinking to myself if we were ever going to get there. My grandparents were going to meet us at the cabin after we got back from our first day of Holiday world, so they were driving separately. Sis would not…

How different cultures celebrate similar holidays can encourage communication. While every culture celebrates differently, some of the basic holidays celebrated have the same true meaning. While countries are different and our traditions may be different the underlying reason for the celebration is the same. Which is a simple thing to understand even across languages. Such as the true meaning of Christmas or Easter. The U.S. and Spanish speaking countries both celebrate Christmas, Easter, and…

Columbus Day to be unnecessary due to the fact he truly did not discover America. Even though Columbus is given recognition for intertwining the New World with the Old World, there should not be a day just for him. Columbus should not have a national holiday dedicated to him because he did not discover America, his actions were horrendous such as mistreating the Taino, and he also played a part in spreading diseases and bringing slavery to the New World. First off, Christopher Columbus…

My vacations!❤️ My favorite experience in my holidays was the sleep over i had on the 17th of June, after My birthday party it was bed time. First of all, Because i had a good time with one of my favorite girls in the world after my mother not only because everything was funny in every way. Time to take a shower at night all of us rushed to the bathroom we all wanted to shower first so we were all screaming, Antonia (a friend of mine) and I began to argue and we were joking with each other…

national holiday because of all the bad things he did over the journey across the ocean blue. But some Historians say that Christopher should have a National Holiday because of all good things that he did that was good for the world. In the articles “sail on” and “Columbus Doesn’t Deserve a National Holiday.” It states all the reasons way Columbus deserves a National Holiday and the reasons way he does not deserve a National Holiday. Should Christopher Columbus have his own National Holiday?…

my grandmother and I spoke about I will introduce her. Her name is Ana Arenas. She was born on the fourteenth of January in 1933. She was also born in the rural area Garagoa Boyacá, Colombia. She is living in her native country, but visits during holidays to visit…

As I write the above poem, I reflect on my time at my first ADTA conference, the words of a Billie Holiday song, Why Not Take All of Me, come to mind. In this song, she speaks very candid about a man taking her heart due to a breakup and decides that it is best to take her life since one has taken the better part of her. For me, in this journey of therapy and Counseling, as an African American, one of my strongest assets is that I am a black man. As it is who I am, providing a very specific…