When I first learned about having to write this journal I immediately knew that I wanted to tie my essay to Fish Cheeks by Amy Tan. I really enjoyed reading the pages of Fish Cheeks. Finding out how Amy had to come find herself was really inspiring. By reading this short story, I was really fascinated by what kind of foods they ate on the day of the Chinese New Year. So, within this paragraph are some of the most popular dishes that you would find if you ever happen to go to a Chinese New Year.…
The white now-deformed cylinder clung to the carved stick as it melted. Before it could fall to its hot, fire-induced death, I whisked the stick away and carefully scraped the marshmallow onto the graham cracker square laden with delicious chocolate. As I delicately placed the camping creation onto my lips, the background noise of the wind and not-so-spooky stories calmed me as I watched the flames lick at the logs, slowly transforming them into ashes and embers. Everything was too perfect. I…
would say in the old and new testament. We also went to church and when the priest does the homily he doesn’t point out these things, he preaches it as it is said in the bible. So when we were learning about the genealogies and birth narratives of Jesus in Matthew and luck in class the other day, I was…
The City Lights Theatre Company presents Handle with Care written by Jason Odell Williams, with Hebrew by Charlotte Cohn , directed by Kit Wilder, created a perfect Jewish Christmas story. The story takes place in a motel room in Goodview, Virginia on Christmas Eve. In the beginning of the play, a young Israeli woman, Ayellet, is arguing in Hebrew with the delivery man, Terrence, who called his childhood friend, Josh, to help him. Ayellet uses her body language to show how she was frantic…
Hello, this is my project on the country of the Dominican Republic. During December, they celebrate Christmas, like we do, but Christmas doesn’t end until January 6th, with the arrival of the three kings. A tradition in the Republic, is an Aguinaldos; an informal party at home. The people at the party sing traditional Christmas songs and eat Christmas foods, such as Puerco asado. People also carol there, and sometimes, families give the carolers a drink called jengibre. Some Dominicans celebrate…
Christmas in the middle ages and the UK is on the same day the 25th of December. In the middle ages they had a lot more holidays and Christmas lasted more than 2-3 days. The 12 days of Christmas is from Christmas which originated from the middle ages. In the 12 days of medieval Christmas their was serval holidays, St Stephen's day was on the 26th of December, holy innocents on the 28th of December and Ephaniny and the feast of St Nicholas was on the 6 of December which was linked to gift giving…
Halloween versus Christmas in the United States Holidays in the United States have been adapted from cultures all over the world. Each one is a unique from its original form in other countries. For example; in other countries a fox, chicken, or goose delivers eggs on Easter which is different from Americas’ version of “The Easter Bunny”. However there are two holidays that while they seem very different, they share a lot of the same traditions. These are Halloween and Christmas. The history…
The blue background represents the oceans and the magenta and yellow colors look like land masses or continents. Edgar Degas quoted that “art is not what you see but what you make others see” and since this was my first art assignment for my class I think that it turned out…
“For weeks leading up to Christmas, people like to stroll the streets to buy many nice things nativity: figurines, small toys, and seasonal foods. The season does not even begin till December 7 or 8. They call this day La Purisima, which celebrates the Virgin Mary. Families build altars in the entrance of the front door, and they leave the door wide…
3. The Christmas card was traditionally a way to wish someone a merry Christmas. Pictures of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph—three important figures in Christianity—were shown on Christmas cards to wish them the best and happiest holiday. In contrast, candles, Christmas trees, Santa Claus, and reindeers are some of the iconic figures and objects shown on cards in the 21th century. They represent the theme of Christmas. In the Victoria era, Christmas cards were sold for one shilling, which is not much…