The Christmas Invasion

breaking-the-fourth-wall film adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Scrooged is an interesting adaptation, compared to the usual animated family-friendly films that pay homage to the Christmas spirit. This film is not only different than the run of the mill film that copies the novel word for word, it also carries the darker tones of the classic Charles Dickens story that is unusual in contemporary Christmas films. The movie is interesting because the plot involves a live show of A Christmas Carol,…

Thanksgiving. What comes to mind? Delicious turkey, family, and the beautiful colors of the fall. Those may be the images to some. As a little kid, I remember reading a short story of the First Thanksgiving. The pages depicted a story of pilgrims who traveled from a far away land and voyaged to America, in which they called home. They were met with a man named Squanto, a Native American man indigenous to the area, who helps them survive in their new environment by showing them how to build…

Scene 1 Scene: its Sunday the 23th days before Christmas. The curtain rises on a living room, to the left of the room is the believed hallway to the bedroom, and to the right is the door outside. There is a couch to the center left, with a coffee table. The room is sprinkled with Christmas decorations. A missile town hangs from the ceiling. In the right corner lies a Christmas tree. It’s filled with bright red and green balls, colorful lights, plenty of ornaments, and a beautiful silver star…

On the eve of Christmas in a grand house near a crisp, shining lake. There lived an older man by the name of Closter Fobic. Mr. Fobic was arguing with his daughters and sons over who would be inclined to obtain his wealth. His butler's overheard many of the arguments that happened. You must invision, Mr. Fobic was a very wealthy man. He concluded that one of his children was very eager indeed, but on the morning of Christmas, he was found dead on the velvet carpet he bought that week.…

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 question have you sold something that you dearly loved for love…

O’ Henry, hope is used as a theme and plot device driving the story forward. However different, in these stories the theme of hope/achieving goals can and is seen, George and Lennie's hope to have a better life vs. Della and Jim’s hope for a nice Christmas, how they go about to achieve their hopes and the result of their efforts. The difference in circumstances in these stories for the characters is as apparent as black and white, one pair is searching for gifts in hopes of getting each other…

Sasquatch Q&A: Choosing New Year's Champagne New Year's Eve is a special time when people get together to reflect upon the past year and toast the upcoming one so be ready with lots of fizzy drinks that are kept perfectly icy cold. So be prepared with lots of ice in your 75-Quart Avenger Cooler, because nobody likes luke warm Champagne. What to drink? Champagne Paws down my drink of choice on New year's Eve is Champagne. The bubbly wine has been associated with aristocracy and Holywood…

Marks and Spencer’s advertisements depict Christmas as a magical and fairytale-like season. According to Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne, who is the executive director of marketing, these magical advertisements aim to represent a “moment to escape the realities of every day life” (Bousquet-Chavanne). Thus, rather than creating a sentimental advertisement that leaves a heavy thought, Marks and Spencer desires to capture the enchantment and joy during Christmas time by creating “fun and light-hearted”…

Across the world, Jews will celebrate the holiday of Purim this year from the eve of March 11 through March 12 with much fanfare and excitement. Families will go from door to door sporting costumes while delivering candy and other foods, and sit down to a lavish meal with friends and relatives later in the day to celebrate the holiday. But far beyond the food and costumes, Purim has a much deeper purpose to it, a lesson applicable to each and every one of our lives. Purim, one of the most…

The Gift of the Magi is about two people who sacrifice some thing that they love to be able to afford something for some one else. This story is ironic because the animated object that they got for one another could only be used with the exacted thing that they sold to afford one another gift. To understand the two stores "Gift of the Magi" and "Sesame Street" it is necessary to take a closer look at the setting, irony, both characters, and also figurative language. In both stores the ironic…