displaying of Christmas trees‚ and exchanging of gifts are traditions normally associated with the festive celebration. Although many traditions seen today makes modern Christmas intriguing to Christians and Non-Christians alike‚ it is far from the European Pagan festivals it was derived from. In an effort to show possible elements that came to encompass this Christian holiday‚ one can look at the representation of the modifications each region has included to their Christmas celebration. This
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The holiday Christmas has traditionally represented the birth of Jesus Christ. Christians worldwide have celebrated December 25 as their God’s birthday; however‚ Christians have held no historical significance to the holiday. Most customs involved in Christmas have originated from ancient pagan celebrations. The customs have dated back to events like Saturnalia and the Unconquered Sun‚ proving the ideas stemmed from pagan roots not Christian. For instance‚ the date of Christmas has held no significance
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Gift to audience: "One starry night just before Christmas‚ a gift wrapper‚ ribbon‚ card and box were sitting beside the fireplace and a gift joined them.” Said Gift Gift sits beside other characters. Ribbon suddenly stands up. Ribbon to characters: "Christmas is only a few hours away from now‚ no one will notice us and as usual‚ we will end in the dumps." Ribbon to audience: Ribbon blurted out. Gift wrapper stands up beside Ribbon. Gift wrapper to characters: “I know right?” Gift
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Ashley Hawk Ms. Keene ENC 1101 29 January 2014 My Christmas Nightmare We never really think about death until tragedy happens and we’re forced to face the inevitable. We make plans for our future not realizing at any moment life can be taken away. I never really thought much about it myself‚ I mean who wants to think about something so saddening? That all changed when I was faced with the irrefutable veracity
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Greediness vs. Gratefulness Christmas is one of the most incredible times of the year; snow on the ground‚ a warm fire in the living room‚ and twinkly lights around every turn. When I was young‚ I loved Christmas. Toys and treats had me in a daze for almost a week straight. I was a typical kid‚ and my focus during any holiday was‚ “What do I get? Who brought me presents?”. I never realized the true meaning of why we have holidays‚ other than presents‚ until I was seventeen years old. As I’ve
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Christmas means many things but for many Christmas means Christmas trees. It’s said that Martin Luther was struck by the twinkling stars shining through the branches of a fir tree‚ and put lighted candles on a tree. A Christmas tree is one of our most cherished memories. For many gardeners a live rosemary plant pruned into the conical shape of a Christmas tree is an edible fragrant evergreen. It’s fitting that rosemary would play a role for the holidays because since ancient Greece‚ rosemary
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I know it’s almost Christmas but I’m just not in the Christmas mood because we always have the same old Christmas where feed the poor‚ go to church‚ and open present. But one day my dad told me to get ready for the time of my life because you’ll never forget it. On a usually cold winter day here in Denver‚ Colorado on December 15‚2000 my family and I were in the kitchen eating breakfast until my dad eagerly came downstairs with a smile so big you could see his teeth. “Good Morning” my dad said
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Jesus our King is our reason for Christmas‚ but merchants and television have torn us away from this idea. To keep Christ in Christmas things must be done‚ for instance quickly scrawling Merry X-mas on a card is totally against the idea‚ although more convenient then writing Christmas it suggests that Christmas is not a Christen holiday. Christmas is a time for presents and T.V. specials to little kids‚ it could be taught to them that it’s not what you get‚ but what you give in the first place. I
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Luis Hernandez English 3A Period 5 9/28/12 When someone describes their selves they usually say a ton of words that best fit them. Although many words help describe a person sometimes just one word is enough. The word that would best describe me I think would be pursuer. One thing that makes me a pursuer is my family‚ they raised me to never give up on my dreams and I want to do achieve my goals to give back to them. Along with that another reason is I am a pursuer because I try hard for
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The movie the A. Christmas Carol had ghost. There was one ghost that had the greatest influence on Scrooge‚ the ghost of Christmas future. It showed Scrooge what his life will be like in the future‚ and how his family will turn out and how he will turn out. He seen things that he never thought will happen so fast. He understood that he had to be nice to everybody and not just his self. The thing that made Scrooge unhappy about the future is that he would pass away and that little Tim would die if
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