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    Ringing in the New Year in Europe Each European country greatly varies from others and everyone has their own New Year’s Eve traditions. Here is a look at some European countries and how you can expect to celebrate New Year’s Eve if you would travel there. Amsterdam, The Netherlands In The Netherlands people celebrate Oudejaarsayond or New Year’s Eve with plenty of champagne and oliebollen (deep-fried pieces of dough with apples and raisins). The day before the celebrations begin plenty of…

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    Essay On Santa Is Bad

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    I think that malls charging kids to see Santa is just wrong. Ultimately I think it is wrong because kids want to see Santa, the malls are doing it to get money because the business is down, but also they are ruining kids Christmases because if a parent can't afford the “Adventure to Santa” interactive their kid can't see Santa. What happened to when Santa was out in the open sitting on what to most kids is a magical throne that only he can use? Why does Santa have to be secluded? I think that…

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    Chloe Ning English class April 9th, 2017 Chapter 24 Joy, happiness, excitement, sadness, fear, confuses, worries, and all kinds of feelings come upon Jonas, for the first time he feel all those feelings all at once. Snowflakes falling down from the bright blue sky, the forest are covered with white thick snow. Jonas and Gabriel no longer feel cold, instead they feel cozy and comfortable. The feelings that Jonas is having now, the view he is seeing now, it is just somehow so familiar. He…

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    Their they sat for a few moments, sipping from their mugs and slowly waking up, while Dorne waited in anticipation. He wondered what he’d be given. Twelve was a big year, he was a grown up now! He hoped, prayed, that he’d receive the royal amulet, a necklace worn by the village leaders. Old Jill’s ageing face seemed to illuminate with each sip, and it wasn’t long before she was up off the log and…

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    If you’re looking for a Christmas love song then “All i want for Christmas is you” is the best song to hear. The song was co-written and co-produced by Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff. This was one of the most successful Christmas song. The author of the song use the literary devices without knowing. The three literary devices in the song are dialogue, repetition and Repetition there’s some repetition in the song, this is one of them “All I want for Christmas is you” because during the song…

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    This day is like a second Christmas to people in Mexico. On this day every kid receives a gift from the three wise men. One of the traditions is to cut the “Rosca de Reyes” and in each “Rosca” there is a baby figurine, this is related to their religion by symbolizing the time when…

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    is often called a masterpiece when it is usually off of a traditional piece of art. A Christmas Carol from around 1800s in England and How the Grinch Stole Christmas in an imaginary land called Whoville are two stories that are very alike mostly by the two main characters. The Grinch from How the Grinch Stole Christmas who hates Christmas, and Scrooge who needs to redeem himself from A Christmas Carol. A Christmas Carol has become such an influential work that modern authors still draw upon the…

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    The classic tale of, “A Christmas Carol,” has various insights to be viewed and interpretations to the text, all of which a good story should posses. However, it establishes an inevitable them, to which most would agree, is that it’s never too late for redemption, derived from the shifting of personality traits from Scrooge after living a life of poor morals into a man with a heart of benevolence. These changes occur during the entire course of the story, and are caused by elements of guilt,…

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    Zodiac Sign Sagittarius

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    the theme around Christmas. Sagittarius are known as an encouraging and positive person. Christmas is a great time of year full of laughter and joy. First, I started off designing my arrow and making the lines straight. The arrow symbolized a Christmas tree and I used the Christmas colors red and green, which are contrasting colors on the color wheel, to symbolize that season. I had to keep turning the circle to make sure it was symmetrical. I added the wavy lines of the Christmas lights. Then I…

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    because I didn’t know what to expect. They Judge reviewed the facts of my case, then she signed the adoption papers. Each of my parents took turns signing the papers, with the traditional color changing pen. However, because I was over the age of twelve I also got to sign the papers agreeing that I wanted to be adopted.While signing the papers my palms were sweaty and shaky. As we stood and walked back to our seats, I was so filled with joy it seemed we floated back to the seats. Following my…

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