Santa Teresa

The idea to use Mother Teresa as my topic on this project came to me a few days before she was to be canonized as a saint. I have always looked up to Mother Teresa and thought that she was a cool person. When I chose her as my topic I was not even thinking about the fact that she was going to be canonized a saint in the very near future by Pope Francis. She is now known as Saint Teresa of Calcutta. Mother Teresa fits the theme “Taking a Stand in History” because she started her journey as a…

Mother Teresa was an amazing woman who was an inspiration to our whole world. She was raised in a very religious family and always stayed holy and led a religious life. She had a calling to help others and opened many charities and schools which she was recognized for. She won many awards and got much recognition for her great charity. Mother Teresa was an amazing and influential woman because she always led a very religious life, only ared about others and helped them, and traveled, won…

is exactly what happened to Mother Teresa, as she describes it to be the “Call” that set her on her world famous journey. Some could say that charity is one of the best ways to demonstrate a selfless attitude and true heroism. Yet, how many people are there in the world that truly believe in the power of charitable giving? One woman, at least, believed in that power, and gave her life to the slums of third world countries in an effort to save them. Mother Teresa is known today throughout all of…

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…

A Worn Path During our life we face many challenges. We have the ability to either choose to face them or run from them. Some challenges can be more difficult than others, for we are alone to face them. We encounter many crossroads during our journeys where we have to choose which path we take in life. Sometimes we open a door just to see that on the other side there is another closed door. Even though sometimes we are defeated by challenges they make us stronger and give us the ability to keep…

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 request. On Christmas day I was very disappointed when there was no bassinet with a baby under the Christmas tree. But little did I know Santa had in fact delivered my gift. At the beginning of February, I caught my parents whispering in the kitchen. I heard…

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…

was 8:30pm. I knew in about an hour I would be calling mission complete. On time and ahead of Christmas eve. I was feeling very proud as I moved my desk parallel to the wall and covering with a crumpled sheet. On the sheet, I developed a scene with Santa dashing towards an old farm house in a field of snow. In the background, I put a plastic train that was glued to a 24” track. These were oddity things I pick-up over the years. They were battery operated with motion detectors. Any motion in the…

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…