The Nightmare Before Christmas

words such as "luscious", "cherry-cheeked", "seething" and "delicious", Dickens makes the food literally leap out of the page and make the readers mouth water. He is describing all the traditional food you have at Christmas and is making the point that Christmas is a time to feast and be merry. At this point, Scrooge slips in the comment that the Ghost's family -consisting of more than eighteen hundred brothers- must be "a tremendous family to provide for". We see…

heavily eager to meet him, which is the exact opposite as to what he is used to. Eventually, after finding his talent of creating art from shrubs and cutting hair for the women in the neighborhood, Edward warms up to the newly-found attention, but not before meeting Peg’s daughter, Kim (Winona Ryder), whom he instantly falls in love with. Kim’s boyfriend, Jim (Anthony Michael Hall), on the other hand, isn’t too fond of Edward as he and his friends try to embarrass and humiliate him any way they…

comes from the mail. If we even capture one eighth of 1% of this hobby market in e-commerce, which I am very confident we will, it is 550 million dollars in revenue. This is a lot of visibility. Mr. Jam: This is sounding a lot better than it was before Mr. Mull, but I am concerned this is not a product kids want. Me: Do you have kids Mr.…

the Junior Varsity Championship. My team had a great season before the game, but after the game none of that matter. Moreover, I knew I was going to be on a young team with great talent, I just did not know what to expect. Our team was made up of three core players, which were eighth graders, and five solid, complementary players. We started the season strong with ten consecutive wins followed by a loss to Gate City in a Christmas tournament. After finishing the regular season, we had…

innocent. Despite being very famous now as an Hollywood producer and director, he spent most of his childhood reading books and watching television. Burton has made many very popular movies, such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and The Nightmare Before Christmas. Tim Burton makes a unique, disturbing, yet childish style using lighting, sound, and camera angle. Tim Burton uses lighting in all of his works to show the contrast of certain characters and places to their surroundings, a…

I never grew up in a house with a mom and dad and the same friends. My parents divorced when I was five years old. Two homes, two separate lives, and both were completely different experiences. At one home I was happy, I had friends and a dog. The other house it was just my father and I, no friends or contact with the outside world. Growing up as a child of divorce many things have left lasting effects on me such as issues with myself, problems between my father and I, and the separation of…

On Aug. 6, 1941, 6-year-old Elaine Esposito went to the hospital for a routine appendectomy. She went under general anesthetic and never came out. Esposito stayed in a coma for 37 years and 111 days before dying in 1978. Without a doubt that she was alive; she had a tube in the windpipe through the mouth, and hooked to a breathing machine. With her heart pumping and nose breathing — she was alive — but she wasn't living. There is a difference between surviving and living. According to the…

My “teacher” that has taught me a life lesson is my best friend Montana. Montana is a redhead, has blue eyes, is skinny and is about 5’5. The only people that are involved in this incident are Montana and I. A personality trait that she has is being there to cheer you up. In March, I was going through a hard time with the death of my grandpa. I knew that Montana was going to be there to cheer me up when no one was. When I got at school i knew that Montana was going to be there and I could just…

generation). 6) Children should not be out of the house after sundown. 7) Playing 'spirit of the coins' or other occult games are prohibited. 8) Gambling is strictly discouraged and children are prohibited from it except on special occasions, like Christmas etc. SUPERSTITIONS These are generally folkloric in nature and hold origins from both Europe (Portugal) and local (Malay). 1) Many of the ghosts, goblins, leprechauns and demons that still feature in the superstitions are brought…

“What is the TRUTH about JonBenet Ramsey’s death?” The mystery was an eyecatcher to us and we thought it would be to you too. The reason we got deep into doing this is that our teacher mentioned it last year during class and we got very interested in it. We hoped to learn the actual evidence of the case not just opinions. We got deep looking all over the web to get the facts. This case is not been solved it is still going and has been twenty years.We also wanted to how and why she was murdered.…