Yule

Along with Christmas and New Year’s, Halloween is celebrated all around the world, and it just so happens to be the best holiday ever and others agree. According to the Theodysseyonline.com, “Regardless of religion or nationality, Halloween is for everyone. But the greatest thing of all -- if you’re not into it, you do not have to participate!” It’s the perfect excuse to dress up and act like a kid. This holiday has the best events, food, parties, and decorations. Halloween is a great excuse…

At my form’s Christmas party, my secret Santa brought a shimmering star, filled with an expensive perfume that smells of burned sugar, melting caramel and snow. Someone put a thought into this, took my name literal, in a nice way. I look around, check the faces, smooth images with only names attached: I cannot tell. Tessa and I exchange our presents later, while drinking mulled wine and Whams! Last Christmas is playing for the fifths time. The main lecture hall is dipped in red and fairy lights…

“All I Want for Christmas” plays on the radio while you drive through the neighborhood seeing bright lights outlining the roofs of houses and decorations scattered about the yards. This is a typical scene during the Christmas holiday, which begins the day after Thanksgiving and ends well into the new year. It is considered the most wonderful time of the year – a time filled with decorating houses inside and out, rushing around for the “perfect” gifts, attending parties, spending time with your…

Truly, the word Halloween is a withdrawal from the expression "All Hallows Even," which implies the day preceding All Hallows Day (better known as All Saints' Day) .Just like Diwali, Ramadan, or New Year’s day, Halloween is praised nearly in each nation, regardless of the fact that the festival mainly celebrates just outside traits, for example, pumpkins, outfits, and youngsters requesting confections. Despite the fact that the introductory significance of Halloween had a great deal to do with…

The society appears affluent and agreeable enough for those who can operate in it successfully. The Helmers have a very nice home and are looking forward to even more commodious living once Torvald gets his appointment. There is room here to celebrate Christmas with presents, to employ servants, to play music, to enjoy all sorts of creature comforts, and to celebrate with one's friends. Many of the most cherished ideals of middle-class life, then and now, are clearly on display. But we learn…

Part 2: A God Among the Faeries Dorne awoke on a bed of fresh leaves and vines from the forest, full of life and ready for his presents. The sun peaked in through the gaps in the straw roof, and he could tell that it was going to be a nice day. After-all, it was his birthday! He jumped out of bed and headed out into the small clearing that the royals called home, and set about collecting wood for the fire. He started to boil up some tea and waited patiently for his family members to awake,…

Birthdays are exciting milestones in one’s life. It helps to involve presents and maybe some cake, but overall there is an aura of excitement.You are being celebrated: your friends and family showing they value you. The other side of birthday’s however, are the connotations that follow a particular age. The act of turning 18 is seen as a milestone; because you can vote on the next person that runs the country and are considered an adult in the eyes of the law. Then there’s the inevitable fact…

This is a piece of artwork that I drew and colored at the beginning of last semester. The assignment was to make a symmetrical circle of your zodiac sign. My sign is a Sagittarius so I based 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,…

When it comes to the topic of American Holidays, most of us will readily agree that american Holidays are celebrated. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of all American Holidays are important to everyone. Whereas some are convinced that people should have time off for these holidays , others maintain that the holidays only represent a small number of americans. Although, not all religious holidays are celebrated, no american holidays should be eliminated. In today's…

How significant are Christmas trees for the traditions of your family? According to a survey conducted by the ‘American Christmas Tree Association’, 9 percent of the respondents said that they wouldn’t even display a Christmas tree. Several factors affect the attitude of people towards this subject, and one of them is that some individuals don’t even know how to set up one. The main purpose of this essay is to reveal the fundamental steps that people need to take to set up a Christmas tree…