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While discussing the topic of deception with Shannon it was interesting to compare boy stories. Our topic went off on several bunny trails as we both talked about deception. How the lies our parents told us as children and also how we are passing those same lies on to our own children. We spent a while talking about how once our children get older it will be harder to lie to them, but at the same time it will be harder to tell them the truth as well. Growing up when we were younger it was much…

We feel the crisp cool wind skim across our faces. The smell of pine trees fill the air, along with sap and hot chocolate. One of our family traditions is to go out and get the Christmas tree the Monday after Thanksgiving. We all go and pick out the tree that we want. It cannot be too big or too small, too fat or too skinny, it must be just right. After we find the tree, me and my brother always try to find a Charlie Brown Christmas tree. These are the twigs that have been cut off of the trees…

play “Santa’s Angels,” written and directed by Michael Prince, began with Father Time and his assistant, Bearnaise, talking about how they should speed up time to stop Santa from delivering all the presents on Christmas Eve/Christmas Morning. This is caused by the small feud between Father Time and Santa. As the story continues, Santa enlists in the help of the Tooth Fairy, The Easter Bunny, and Cupid, as well as his head elf, Bernard to help stop Father Time from speeding up time. The five…

Christmas trees are real and artificial evergreen tree are arranged and decorated with lights and ornaments that shines loudly as part of Christmas celebrations, Christmas trees were invented somewhere in the 1500's, but it is highly unknown on where it appeared from. Families from all over the world celebrated Christmas peacefully and cheerfully exchanging gifts and celebrating the birth of Christ. People decorated their homes where the lights can shine bright at night during the winter and…

We have had a good winter for Winter Club activities. Mother Nature has only caused us to close down a few times and we had a good run of snow for sledding. We still have a bit of winter left in front us and lots of activities happening at the WC. We kick off March with our WC Family Skate Night. WC Family Skate Night is the last big party of winter and has become a great showcase event for prospective member families. This allows families looking to join the Club through our Summer…

“The Gift of the Magi” Literary Devices “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry is a short story about a lovely couple that worry about each other. Christmas is coming and Jim and Della don’t have enough money to buy a gift. They sale their valuable things in order to have a gift for their partner. “The Gift of the Magi”, O. Henry uses tone, mood, symbolism and irony to develop the plot of the story. To begin with, O.Henry uses the tone hopelessness, this makes Della look in a critical condition…

It was a cold night and out though the house, there was not even a peep. The little girl has always wanted to see Santa. She would love to see his house, ride in his sled and see all the reindeer. She believes in Santa but she has never seen Santa. All she has seen is people dressed up as him. The little girl really wants to see Santa this year. All of a sudden, she heard something. It was a voice right beside her. It was so close that she did not even bludge when she herd it. The voice said…

Constantly you heard “Look how much you’ve grown!” from visiting relatives, and waited anxiously on Christmas Eve for Santa to make his stop at your house. As a little kid there was no greater feeling than ripping open presents on Christmas morning to find the toy you had begged your parents for who would only respond with a “Wait ‘till Christmas,” or “Maybe if you’re good, Santa will bring it for you.” As you got older Christmas became a little more stressful between picking out gifts for…

C. S. Lewis and His Reasoning Young children are easily fooled with mystical beings that are created for joy, like the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus. As we grow older however, we lose our sense of wonder as well as our beliefs in such characters, we can still look back on our childhood and when we did believe with the help of well known author C.S. Lewis. Lewis are able to bring back the wonder that older people were able to feel when they were at a young age by telling stories about magical…

Love is like a cupid arrow, it can end up in many places. “The Gift of the Magi” a short story by O. Henery, models a theme through direct and indirect characterization with two characters, Della and Jim Dillingham Young, who reveal the everlasting theme of love. When we are first introduced to Della through direct characterization, she gets an idea that could her more cash to buy her Jim a worthy present she has been struggling to find for Christmas Eve; selling her breathtaking hair to Madame…