Santa Muerte

In our world, life is regarded as everything, while death is the termination of it. Often referred as two polar opposites, the connection between the two is more than linked, as death cannot exist without life, defining the end of the cycle of life. While life is often cherished and beloved, death remains in the corners of obscurity, bringing terror and fear when mentioned. To make sense of death and mortality, humans have relied on a tried-and-true method: To give death a form they can recognize. Many civilizations around the world created personalizations of death, often portrayed as grim Reapers, shinigamis or gods of death, in order to spread terror over the termination of our beloved life, our everything. Although Death is successfully portrayed as a terrifying and merciless monster , in reality Death is a complex character with complex ideals about human mortality by taking many symbolic forms in the past as show in stories of the past, popular media of the present, and clear possibilities of death in the future. In past stories, Death is personified as being terrorising and merciless towards humans, yet complex, as seen in various stories around the world. Personifications of death date way back to the times of Ancient Greece, as Greeks believed that Death is inevitable. Greek mythology had many gods dedicated for the purpose of death such as Thanatos. Thanatos was the daemonic representation of death in Ancient Greek mythology. His job was to accompany the…

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 also a part of the history of Saint Nicolas because it is reminiscent of the Dutch Children putting their shoes…

dog on a chain” (236). The man helped her get up. After the hunter helped Phoenix he asked where did she lived. Phoenix: Away back yonder, sir, behind the ridge. You can’t even see it from here. Hunter: On your way home? Phoenix: No sir, I going to town. Hunter: Why, that’s too far! That’s as far as I walk when I come out myself, and I get something for my trouble. Hunter: Now you go on home, Granny! Phoenix: I bound to go to town, mister. The time come around. (He gave another laugh, filling…

Growing up without any siblings is a life no one should have to live. At least that’s what I thought as a child. Struggling through family gatherings and visits to grandma’s house are no fun without someone to pester along the way. I couldn’t remember a time when I wasn’t 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…

Spookley the Square Pumpkin is a musical about accepting each other’s differences. On Halloween one day on Holiday Hill Farm, Jack the scarecrow finds a pumpkin in the patch- only unlike the other pumpkins- Spookley is square. Much to the dislike of the others, the Toms, BoBo, and the Honeydoos, Spookley is bullied for being square. It’s only until Spookley saves the day with support from his new best friend spiders- Edgar, Allan, and Poe that the pumpkins realize being different is great after…

time. Got to the side walk, the white lights were shining very bright and gleaming on my freshly cleaned pearl white Lincoln Continental sitting on the street. I swear I heard that car hum as I went by. I said don’t worry I got you a free oil change for Christmas. On my second trip, around, I stopped and picked out a real, nice medium red bow and attached it to the front grill of the car. I stood back to make sure the bow was straight and secure. Finished outside and headed back to the house.…

LOVE SACRIFICES, basically what the whole story is about love between Della and Jim and to see how far will they go for each other and neither of them has enough money for a Christmas present, will Della and Jim get enough money for a Christmas present or will they enjoy Christmas with no presents? Christmas eve with only a short amount of time left until Christmas plus there poor so it’s about to be hard to find a least a good/decent Christmas present for each other which brings me to a…

The name Kris Kringle and Santa Claus are often interchanged during the Christmas season. Are they the same, is Kris Kringle the real Santa? Let’s take a trip back in time to answer not only this question but others like, how the reindeer fly? Why does Santa wear a red suit, and why does it look as we see it today? And, how can Santa carry a bag of hundreds of toys over his shoulder? Why does he live at the North Pole where it is always cold and dark for almost half the year, and how do they…

Traveling during the holidays can be hectic; and flying is no exception. WestJet airlines decided to do something different in 2013 for their passengers. They wanted to show their guest that they truly value them and go above and beyond customer service and give their customers a “Christmas Miracle”. The video shows passengers talking to Santa on at a kiosk station telling them what they wanted for Christmas. Requests ranged from a big screen TV to socks and underwear. Once the passengers…

Never fear, charity gift-wrapping is here! With out fail, there will always be a loyal table of volunteers set up in the mall, ready to wrap your freshly brought gifts for a small donation. For years now they have made the worst gift wrappers in the community look good. 7. Light Hunting Who doesn’t love seeing a house decked out door to door with lights? Houses from St. Albans to Corio, and Grovedale to Portarlington always impress, and taking the car out to spot the best wire reindeer, Santa…