Santa Claus

Some of the lines say “So hang your stockings and say your prayers,” and “So let 's give thanks to the Lord above 'Cause Santa Claus comes tonight.” This shows a combination of the two, secular and Christian elements, which would not seem to belong together. “He 's got a bag that 's filled with toys for boys and girls again”, this is obviously part of today’s legend, but it is…

in the 1980’s with the middle and end of the movie in the twenty first century. The beginning of the movie starts out with Santa Claus accidentally bringing a baby back with him to the North Pole. An elf names the baby Buddy and volunteers to raise him as his own. In the North Pole they have different norms and beliefs than anywhere else. They believe that reindeer fly, Santa is real and they can make enough toys for all the good children in a year. Buddy was raised with these beliefs and they…

shift in her perception of God by associating fearful childhood experiences with her current interpersonal relationship with God. Santa Claus appears at Dillard’s doorway on Christmas Eve and as a young girl Dillard reacts in fear of a powerful, omniscient god-like figure and runs away. (M.S. 1) Dillard later realizes Miss White, her elderly neighbor, dressed-up as Santa Claus intending to shape a loving relationship with Dillard. Miss White attempts to form a bond with Dillard again and focuses…

Town. They celebrate Halloween every year, but Jack has grown tired of the same ceremony every year and decides to switch things up after visiting the world of Christmas. He decides this year he’d like to become Santa Claus and perform Christmas himself. After kidnapping the real Santa Claus, Jack gets all of Halloween Town to work together to make toys and prepare for Jack to go off on Christmas and deliver presents. When Christmas comes, however, things don’t go as Jack had planned. The…

creeping up on us quicker than we thought! Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year, after all it is the most wonderful time of the year! We get to spend time with our friends, family, and loved ones while enjoying presents from good old Santa Claus! If you didn't think that Christmas could get any better, take these tips into mind to make Christmas a bit merrier and cheerier this year! 1. Make a big Christmas breakfast: Who says Dinner has to be the only big and extravagant meal on…

movies, yet be so different? Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life shows the life of George Bailey and his impact on the people around him. In contrast, George Seaton’s Miracle on 34th Street is a story about one man who believes he is the real Santa Claus. Both films exemplify all of the qualities of a classic film. However, these films focus on different ideas about life as well as life’s meaning. Viewers of both of these films will notice that they share many qualities. One similar idea…

The Legends Behind Holiday Characters St. Nicholas would have to travel 650 miles per second and visit 822 homes a second for every person to receive presents on Christmas. No wonder he eats so many Christmas cookies. 90 million chocolate bunnies are produced each year for Easter. Just about 120 pounds of Easter candy is purchased annually. From the Easter Bunny to Krampus our childhood tradition for thousands of years have been celebrated by people all over the world. Legends from Germany,…

After a while, the boy begins to ponder about the existence of Santa Claus, after thinking about what one of his friends had conveyed to him, when outside his bedroom window, he abruptly hears the sharp sounds of hissing steam clouds and screeching metal. He rises and walks over to his window to discover, much to his astonishment…

the candy canes, and especially going to sit on Santa Claus’s lap. But ever since last year, Macy’s Department Store in New York City made all that change. Last year Macy’s had a terrible idea to hire 5 women to act as Santa Claus and come have kids sit on their lap. They did this because there was a shortage of men actors to play the role of Santa. The customers reacted by saying that they would never go shopping at Macy’s again. Taking away Santa is like taking candy from a baby. First of…

asking my parents for a baby brother or sister. They refused to reason with me, so I took matters into my own hands. The upcoming Christmas I asked Santa Claus to bring me a younger sibling and he carefully considered my request. On Christmas day I was very disappointed when there was no bassinet with a baby under the Christmas tree. But little did I know Santa had in fact delivered my gift. At the beginning of February, I caught my parents whispering in the kitchen. I heard…