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    Crafts are always fun to do with children. Add in the theme of Christmas and Santa, and you have a home run of an activity to do with your children. There are many Christmas crafts that you can do with your children. The best place to start is by making a Santa wall hanging. This simple craft project can be made in various sizes so that it can fit any place where your children want it to hang. Many different age groups can also do the wall hanging Santa. This the basic step by step process to…

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    A struggling single father hopes to win a million dollar prize by entering a competition to replace an injured Santa, save Christmas, and impress his young daughter. STORY COMMENTS ON FIRST 30 PAGES MY SANTA HERO is a sweet title for this family friendly holiday tale. The first 30 pages clearly defines the goal of saving Christmas, his family, and winning a million dollars. The emotional goal is trying to impress his young daughter. The idea of saving Christmas isn’t considered highly…

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    not pay the dowry, so Saint Nick gave the sisters gold coins, saving them from being sold by their father (“Christmas Traditions Worldwide”). After this myth, children that might not have used stockings would instead use shoes, putting them on the mantle or outside, hoping for some treats to be put inside for when they wake up in the morning. Though there…

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    After I watched Radio, I realized that it was one of the movies included in the Cinematic Representation article by Renwick, Schormans, and Shore (2014). This article found two themes present in the films they analyzed: A simplification of occupational participation and infantilization. They portrayed Radio as someone who was nearly always happy. He rarely showed anger or sadness, until his mother passed away. His emotional dynamics were not as evident as other characters I saw in the movie.…

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    Santa’s Coming To Town Christmas time, a time usually in connotation with joy, family, milk and cookies, and Christmas classics such as A Charlie Brown’s Christmas and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. As a young boy or girl, everyone has their stories of Santa Claus, from wanting to touch his beard or telling him what you want for Christmas. Christmas has grown into not just celebrating Jesus’ birthday (if that’s what you believe in), but instead as a holiday for lots of gifts. The idea for…

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    In class, we had discussed the “Why Kids believe in Santa?” I was definitely interested in this topic, because I have a little brother and he is six years old. When he was younger it was easier to convince that santa was real. Now that he is six, he would ask more questions, and my mom and I had to keep this lie going. I ended up having to wrap presents at home, while my mom and little brother were not at home. I was in charge of keeping the presents in my closet till it was time to open…

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    When you think of Santa Claus, what do you think of? Do you think of a jolly old man, with beard as white as the falling snow? Santa Claus is a beloved icon all across the world. From mall visits, to putting cookies and milk under 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…

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    adulthood, where their actions will affect where they will reside after their death. The way Krampus is designed; he was made to represent the devil. Having horns, hooved feet, long tongue, beastly look—classic devil design. While his counterpart, St. Nicholas looks “heavenly” in his white bishop garb. Also Krampus can take on different forms, like his sinister gentlemanly form fro example. Which also makes him devil-like, because the devil can change forms as well. Likewise it can be taken as a…

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    Believe The sound of feet pattering down the stairs fills a warm house. It is seven o’clock in the morning, but not just any morning...Christmas Day. The children rush to the living room to find that under their Christmas tree sits a collection of presents with matching paper. Santa has come. The parents joyfully observe as their children happily tear open their gifts from Santa, reflecting on how they had placed them in just the right spots under the tree the previous night. Unaware of this…

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    Kimberly Nash Mrs. Seiser English 10 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…

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