Santa Cruz County

Normally people recognize the smiling faces they see on their neighbors front porches, but one week a year, neighborhoods all over the country are invaded by scary faces peering out at them. Stranger Danger? Don’t call the neighborhood watch quite yet! Those spooky smiles are Jack-O-Lanterns carved by festive neighbors and probably signal they will have some good loot on Halloween. What someone carves on their pumpkin can tell you a lot about them. Some people who are sports fanatics might…

Andriana Skaperdas Life Rumor has it.. that is it’s the “Holla Days” As soon as people ripped off their halloween costumes, it seemed that they were caught putting up their christmas lights. We should take a moment to pay tribute to the poor forgotten holiday that is caught between these two events; thanksgiving. Good, now let's focus on the presents, oops I mean the present. It really is the most wonderful time of the year. Spirits are lifted and everyone seems to be in a better mood.…

Day of the dead and halloween are very similar but in different countries. They are around the same time of the year but they have two different meanings to be celebrated. The first topic is about how they celebrate day of the dead is a 3 day period and halloween is only one day. During day of the dead they visit cemetery, leave food offerings shaped like skulls at the altar along with candles, incense and a picture of the dead person. During halloween we carve jack`o lanterns out of…

Think back to fond memories as a child. Do visions of running down on Christmas morning to see what Santa brought you come to mind? Or do you remember finding a dollar under your pillow after the tooth fairy came to visit you? Childhood traditional myths should not be abolished. These traditions should not be stopped because they teach good morals to children, they keep families close, and they encourage children to believe. First, these fanatical characters teach good morals to children.…

Trevor Lynskey is a very joyful and easy-going dance teacher at Lincoln HIgh School. He is an alumnus of the University of Santa Barbara, majoring in dance. Mr. Lynskey is a quite cheerful and relaxed person. He was quite enthusiastic while talking about his time in college. He is the type of person who likes to focus on the good times even when a situation is looking like it’s going down. He is very encouraging to his students and loves to help them better themselves. Growing up isn’t exactly…

Christmas in North America and South America have has been celebrating Christmas in many was throughout the years, that now it haves went all over the globe . After all Christmas is still not as common in some countries though like for example China only haves had a small number of Christians call Sheng Dan Jieh, which means Holy Birth Festival. Either way people in China celebrate Christmas there way even if they are Christians or not. As usual they decorate there homes just like we do…

If you guys didn't know how snowflakes were from, let me tell you a story about the snowflake team. So in October 17, 1999,a team of gods got together for one purpose to make every single kid happy with snowflakes. This super team, is even better than the Monstars,from Space Jam.This team consist of the greats,and soon to be great Gods, like Kobe the scorer, Ingram the great Lonzo the God,Dorlan the God, Derek god, and Amari the catcher. So this is how this team works,Lonzo passes the…

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…

1. With respect to the subject at caption, I 5615 Fleet Chief Petty Officer (FCPO) J Chance conducted an informal interview with 6027 Petty Officer (PO) Robertson R., on 28 November 2016 at about 18:30hrs.The interview was in relation to the distribution of toys at the Coast Guard 2016 Annual Children Christmas Party, to the family and friends of 5821 Chief Petty Officer (CPO) D Bishop. The interview was conducted on behalf of the Command Fleet Chief Petty Officer Dave Byer, who at the moment…

everybody!” Jonas was scared out of his mind. He saw his mother walking with the fat man as well. “Who is this guy?” Jonas asked his father. His dad looked at him confused and started laughing. Jonas didn’t know why his father was laughing at him. “That’s Santa, every year on Christmas day he goes down out chimney and brings us presents if we were good this year. And on Christmas Eve, he comes and gives one present to the kids and some…