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Santa Claus: The Man of Many Stories Santa Claus has been a hero to kids in many countries and civilizations for centuries. Many children have had the wonderful fantasies of meeting or being Santa Claus and have thought of Christmas as the most wonderful time of the year. Santa is always thought of by his giving gifts and eating cookies, but sometimes people forget that Santa is based off a catholic saint, Saint Nicholas. Saint Nicholas was elected to act as Bishop of Myra, now present day…

just a boy and a tree.Did you ever stop to think about how the tree and the boy bond? The tree and the boy have a beautiful relationship, but really what type of relationship do they have? In “The Giving Tree”, Shel Silverstein shows the relationship of a parent and child through the characterization of the boy and the tree. First the boy was only little, and would play on the tree. Yet as he got older he stopped playing on the tree. This is just like when a teenagers behavior towards their…

Page 1 Once upon a time in Gingerbread Elementary School, two best friends, Izabella and Mairead, were counting down the seconds until the school bell rang for Christmas Break! Page 2 “Three, two, one,” the best friends exclaimed in unison as the bell rang. “I can’t wait for you to sleep over tomorrow Izzie!” Mairead emphasized as they were walking out of school. Page 3 Izabella could not wait to get presents and be with her best friend on Christmas! Page 4 The next morning, Christmas Eve,…

One of my favorite traditions of the holiday season is the classic Charles Dickens story, “A Christmas Carol”. It’s been a ritual for us to see this play each year and as such, we make a special trip to San Francisco to attend this show at the American Conservatory Theater on Geary. However, this cultural critique assignment gave us the ideal reason to attend this performance locally. Although we have lived in the neighborhood directly behind campus for over eighteen years, we have never…

Salute Your Shorts: Tim Sullivan's A Christmas Treat (1985) It's Christmas Eve, and as Jason is being tucked into bed, his parents warn him that if he doesn't get to sleep soon, Santa will not be bringing him any gifts. It isn’t long before Jason does finally fall asleep, however, only to excitedly wake up in the middle of the night and rush downstairs to see if Santa has brought him all he wished for. Much to his surprise, Jason finds Santa himself, as he's leaving behind a plethora of joy…

I miss them already. Despite the freezing cold snow and the nipping air, we had a lovely Christmas break. As I inspect my child, now grown with children of her own, holding tickets back to their home, longing envelopes me. Hoards of people push past, unaware of my pain, on their own schedules and heading toward different trains, talking and texting on their cell phones. My family boards, time as if in slow-motion, and waves goodbye until I see them again. I can't do anything but wave, a…

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The Land of Believe “The snow was high, the sky was blue, the Christmas decorations were set, and I was ready too.” They applauded for ‘Joyful Jamie,’ a second grader with a big heart and imagination. It was Christmas Eve and they were all at the fire sharing poems, stories, and -- only Grandpa -- Greek myths. All unaware that something, sooner or later, was going to come out of the chimney with a cacophonous sound. “Ok,” Grandpa says. “It is time for a holiday tradition,” he says, resting…

Christmas is known for many things – feasts, gifts and presents, Santa Claus, decorating the Christmas tree with tinsel and ornate ornaments, but where did all of these traditions come from? America isn’t the only country that has trees or feasts in the winter months, so where did all of this Christmas fun originate, if not from here, and how did it get here to be celebrated in the first place? Well, to find out, you can start with the gifts that you get on Christmas day, and the cards that you…