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Introduction The question that researchers are trying to answer is what role children’s understanding of physical possibility play in their belief of Santa Claus. The article talks about how the belief in Santa comes from adults telling children that he exists and children accepting it to be fact despite the physical impossibility of him. Much of our knowledge is transferred to us through testimony. If an expert tells us about gravity, we believe them because we trust that the experts are…

Twas the night before Christmas! Crisis at Christmas is a charity geared toward providing for the less privileged around Christmas time. In this ad the author is determined to persuade adults throughout the United Kingdom to pay a small price in order to pay for various necessities for the homeless. The author does an excellent job in persuading the audience by utilizing audience, formal features, style, and emotional appeal. The author also provides insight on how reader’s cooperation can…

Epiphany celebrates the arrival of the Magi (the Three Kings, named Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar) at the site of Jesus' birth, so it is also called El Día de los Reyes Magos ("Three Kings' Day") in Spanish-speaking countries such as Panama. The day also commemorates his divinity as manifested to the Magi, who brought him gifts. On this day Panamanian families awake to open the gifts left by the Three Kings, and families and friends gather for the celebrations. While the children play with…

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…

While reading the nightly devotional to my boys, ages 8 and 12, my youngest crawls out of bed, goes over to his closet, and I instantly snap "Spiderman, Get. Back. To. Bed. Now. I Am DONE!" Assuming, he was just being disrespectful and getting up to mess with something in his closet, in the middle of my reading, reading about how to model our behavior after Christ. I blew that lesson. Notably, winter holidays are stressful; with all the extra running, decorating, baking, shopping, and…

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…

in his short 12 years of life, Dinky had always wanted to be a Christmas elf. Wouldn’t it be grand to live at the North Pole with Santa year round and make toys? Every six years, Santa and DoJo, the leader of the Christmas elves, would have a contest. All elves under the age of 13 who wanted a chance at being a Christmas elf could make a toy and enter the contest. Santa and DoJo would choose who would get to come and live out their lives at the North Pole. “This year, I’ll have the best toy…

The chapter book I have chosen to write about is Christmas in Camelot by Mary Pope Osborne, which is a part of the Magic Tree House series. This series is about two kids: Jack and Annie, who find a magical, time traveling tree house. In this book, they receive an invitation to come to Camelot for Christmas, but when they get there, no one is celebrating Christmas. They find out that a spell has been cast on Camelot that took all the joy and celebration from the people and three Knights of the…

What is consider a special holiday to my family, and I? Christmas will be the most special holiday we celebrate as family. When we come together for this holiday, it is full of laughter, love, and talking; although we all are around each other very often, this holiday brings out the best of us. Christmas is the holiday where we all are very thankful, and appreciative of the things we receive. Family is everything, and spending Christmas with them is beyond amazing. The purpose for coming…

With Valentine’s Day just behind us, we are reminded of love and when we think of the character that best represents love the first thing that comes to mind is Cupid. You can’t go to a store during the holiday season without seeing the image of Cupid on cards, stuffed toys, candy boxes, and flower vases. Cupid was one of the minor Roman Gods. Although we don’t know his exact birth we do know he was born on Mount Olympus, Cupid is the son of Venus and Mercury. Venus is the goddess of love…