Santa Claus

baking cookies for Santa there are many different festive types of Christmas traditions. My all time favorite tradition is gathering with my family on Christmas Eve to have a big hearty dinner and exchange gifts with each other. Our family tradition like many others have been carried out for generations and it is imperative that we keep it going. Another huge part of the Christmas spirit is giving. This is the favorite for many of the children because of the gifts from Santa Claus leaves…

A young, lonely girls tries to help Santa Claus save Christmas after her TV mogul father holds Santa prisoner and runs a reality show competition to find his replacement. BRIEF SYNOPSIS PENNY NICKLEPINCH (8) misses her mother and lives with her tyrannical father, CHARLES NICKLEPINCH. He runs the Nicklepinch Networks. He’s controlling and has high expectations for Penny. Penny’s only friend is GRACE, her father’s assistant. To save his business, Nicklepinch wants to come up with a reality…

Everyone remembers the overwhelming excitement of waking up on christmas morning to find that Santa Clause has visited and left the empty plate of cookies and glass of milk, along with a mound of presents sitting under a perfectly lit tree. The legend of Santa Claus is meant to inspire a spirit of joy and giving. It is a tradition among families that has long been upheld, but many are starting to question the deception behind Jolly ole Saint Nick. Parents across the world are struggling with…

example, can teach children that something good can come out of something bad. With each of these mythological heroes the child must believe. As children enter adulthood reality hits that none of these things are real. Santa Claus is a made up man who…

In a remote spot in Northern Finland at the center of the Korvatunturi Mountains a group of archaeolgist discover Santa Claus. In the depths of everthing it was time to dig him up. When children mysteriously begin to disappear and reindeer by the dozen are found dead, everyone starts to come to terms this isn't the Santa and his elves that we've always pictured. Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale was a honorable film to the Christmas Horror genre, unlike most that involve a psychopath murder…

The idea of Santa Claus actually originated hundreds of years ago with St. Nicholas. St. Nicholas was known for being the one who was always willing to help people who are in need, by actually giving them gifts. Santa Claus is also known as Father Christmas or Old Man Christmas. TOOTH FAIRY All thanks to the tooth fairy, children are not afraid of losing their teeth…

musical toys. Boys usually requested more items than girls did, 5.9 to the girls’ 5.0 on average. However, girls also requested items in the same categories. Boys are shown to be more confident and demanding in the range and number of items they asked Santa…

Immersed in a Thousand Shades of Adolescence The thick feeling of confusion and overwhelming anxiety interspersed with fear all contribute to test one’s ability to withstand the spice of life strived in adolescence. To Every Thing There Is a Season by Alistair MacLeod is a coming of age story “seen through the eyes of an eleven-year-old boy, who as an adult remembers the way things were back home on the farm on the west coast of Cape Breton” (Penguin Random House). Along the lines of the story…

Christmas Christmas is a special time of year. People all around the world enjoy the Christmas season. Some traditions are similar. Other traditions specific to the country. Australia and the United States share some traditions,however, other things are completely different. Many countries have different traditions.Some are exactly the same. Australia and the United States have many of the same traditions. For example they both have a tree but the one in Australia it is a gum tree and…

Tania Reyes Section 18265 (10:00 AM) Article Review: Children's Belief in Santa Clause Introduction: From simply experiencing day to day life, an infant can glean much information about the world at large. They are able to understand complex concepts such as gravity, time, and space without even knowing their names. As children, we quickly learn all of these ideas, and they become an integral part of our belief system. Research done by Shtulman and Yoo (2015) explored children’s understanding…