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    during his Christmas gathering despite that Scrooge treats him in such a rude manner. Scrooge’s employer, Fezziwig, displays a prime example of how happiness is more important than currency. He closes work early on Christmas day to gather everyone together and have a party, just for the opportunity for everyone to enjoy themselves. The example that surprises Scrooge most of all is the Cratchit family’s…

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    start of the Christmas season and the town and market areas were beautiful. As it turned out, my trip that year was a wonderful experience because of the food, culture as well as the shopping experience. As I walked around the beautiful Christmas market area or the Christkindlmarkt, I realized that despite cultural differences, there were also many similarities in the way we celebrate Christmas in the US vs Germany. Because of this, I thought it would be a good idea to choose Christmas as my…

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    child on Christmas morning has a present to open. Christmas is a time for giving and project Angel Tree is just one of the many ways people can give back to their community. The gift donated to project Angel Tree are given to children in the local community whose parents cannot financially provide them with a gift. Families in need sign up for Angel Tree, and then people in the community are able to “adopt” that child. Donors are giving the child’s age, gender, and what they would like…

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    holidays. The FFA, swim team, and lots of other clubs/sports teams have big plans for Christmas. Will your club or team do anything special this Christmas? This Wednesday the FFA had their annual Christmas party at 6:00pm they had a gift exchange and potluck dinner, and the swim teams Christmas party/gift exchange is at the pool at 7:30. After the break the outdoors club is going to have a sledding trip. The FFA’s Christmas party/gift exchange will be held in both Miss. Walkup and Mr.…

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    Poverty In Charles Dickens

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    “Christmas is a poor excuse every 25th of December to pick a man’s pockets.” The writing of Charles Dickens often shows that people use their condition to make people feel bad and give money to them. Poverty plays a major roll in Dickens writings, he shows people that no matter how a person appears, you should treat them with the same respect that you treat yourself with. The people of Victorian London in that time didn’t have all the things that we have today, they had to play in alleys,…

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    The Hobbit Theme Essay

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    In the book The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien we have been introduced to a character named Bilbo. Bilbo was like any other Hobbit he was wimpy and perfect. Example of being perfect on pg 15 a poem appears and towards the end it said cracked plates is what Bilbo baggins hates. The poem also goes through more examples of what Bilbo doesn’t like when the dwarfs left his house a mess for him to clean up. On pg 123 it shows how he is wimpy because he wakes up wanting to be at home for brushing his teeth…

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    Valentine’s Day is the celebration of romance. 14th of February is always a spectacular day in the year, when boys and girls, married and unmarried share love in various forms. Valentine’s Day is characterized with red color, exchange of gifts, parties and much of promiscuity among youths. More harm is done than good in the lives of youths on Valentine’s Day of this generation. Why? And, is Valentine’s day celebration an instruction from the Lord? Who originated Valentine’s day and for what…

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    Compare and Contrast Essay There are many similarities and differences to “A Christmas Carol” the play and to “A Christmas” the movie. How many similarities and differences are there in the play and in the movie, well you are just going to have to read to find out. “A Christmas Carol” is about an old grumpy man who is seen the joy that christmas brings to all. The play version starts out where Marley (A friend of Ebenezer Scrooge) is telling us about him and Scrooge. Then we see Scrooge and…

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    The Influence on The Christmas Carol on How the Grinch Stole Christmas A strong story can become many others. The traditional work of A Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens is based in the 1800’s, in a town of England. The main Character Ebenezer Scrooge is an old miser who hates the Christmas celebration in the town. Scrooge is haunted by 3 ghosts, The Ghost of Christmas Past, The Ghost of Christmas Present, and The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. The three ghosts haunt Scrooge because…

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    A Christmas Carol by, the talented author, Charles Dickens, is a fiction story about the ghosts of Scrooge’s Christmas Past, Present, as well as Future and his journey to become a kind and loving person. If I were in charge of designing a flag that would symbolically represent an important aspect of the novel A Christmas Carol, the one element I would include in my flag design would be a path leading two directions. In the story, Scrooge is warned by Marley’s Ghost during a sudden visit about…

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