Christmas wasn’t always the popular holiday it is today. In fact‚ the well known puritans‚ in the 1600s actually banned it out of disgust and anger. Christmas nowadays is heralded‚ by most‚ as a joyous holiday. Those who don’t celebrate Christmas‚ but celebrate a different holiday around this time are still consumed by the beauty of the wintery season. However‚ some Americans do not celebrate Christmas- or any holidays for that matter and in fact look down on them as useless and frivolous in a Scrooge-like
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favorite holidays‚ but out of all the holidays I would think that Christmas is the best above all. There are many reasons why I like Christmas‚ but only three matter the most to me. One of the reasons is because people get to exchange gifts with friends and family. The other reason is because of the foods‚ but the best part of Christmas is spending time with the family. Exchanging gifts with friends and family is one great part to Christmas because everyone has fun receiving new things. Another reason
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A Commercialized Christmas Has Christmas become too commercialized? With Christmas right around the bend‚ our senses are attacked at all times by Christmas music‚ Christmas sale advertisements‚ and invitations to Christmas party. Some feel that the true spirit of Christmas-and the remembrance of Jesus’ birth-can be lost amidst all of this‚ while others disagree. I am of the mind that Christmas is too commercialized‚ but here are some arguments from both sides of the debate to help you decide your
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A Christmas Carol is a short story‚ not very long at all as I read it today and found some interesting differences between the book by Dickens and the movie incantations. Most of the movies I have seen pretty much have the same screenplay‚ it seems‚ with some small differences in most and some have a scene or two the others don’t. The first and most important difference is that all of the movies make it quite plain that Ebenezer’s father send him to boarding school away from him is because his
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ghosts came to him. 2. How does Scrooge live despite enormous wealth? he lives as though he was poor. Which I think means that even though he has a lot 3. Who is marley and what was his relationship with Scrooge. Marely was an old business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge‚ but had died and become a ghost that visited him to try and make him realize that he is a grumpy‚ self-centered old man that needs to start caring for others and even a bit more for himself. 4. How are Marley and Scrooge similar
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CHRISTMAS BREAK The beginning of Christmas break was awesome. We had a relaxing day and after school‚ Ella‚ Taylor‚ Seamus‚ Motse‚ Christina‚ and I went into to courtyard and gave each other our secret santa gifts. Seamus was my secret santa and I was Motse’s but I gave presents to everyone. I also got awesome Christmas presents from Kaitlyn and Weronika. From them I got two steven universe tee shirts‚ a steven universe beanie‚ a marcelline statue‚ another beanie‚ lipsticks‚ and an iTunes gift card
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Redemption was originally a Christian belief. People need the idea of redemption to help change and become a better individual. They need to believe that they can still be saved no matter how horrible of a deed they have done. Scrooge is redeemed in Charles Dickenson’s Christmas Carol with the help of 3 spirits and a dead business partner. First Marley affected Scrooge greatly. He slowly scared him into believing that he was real. Marley came to scrooge in a frightening way by showing him his
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Positive Reinforcement Positive reinforcement is a type of operant conditioning. According to Cherry‚ positive reinforcement involves anything that follows a behavior that makes it more likely that the behavior will occur again in the future. Normally The positive reinforcement has a pleasurable outcome. Some examples of positive reinforcement includes after making the sales quota at your job at a dealership so your boss gives you a bonus‚ receiving a praise from your boss when doing a great job
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Ebenezer Scrooge is a prime example of a Christmas miracle: he realized what he had been and improved himself for the better. What is the Christmas spirit? Charles Dickens describes it as being generous by aiding those less fortunate. Charles Foran challenges us to carry the spirit out passed the holiday and into every day of the year. William Morris believes it is a get-a-way from reality where society moves into a state of joy by not thinking of each individuals economic hindrances‚ but of
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For the live theatre show‚ I decided to watch “A Christmas Story‚ The Musical” directed by Valerie Easton at Vancouver Arts Club Stanley Industrial Aalliance Stage. The show focuses on a child named Ralphie‚ who wants a Red Ryder BB Gun for Christmas.Valerie’s production captured the happiness and cheerful atmosphere during Christmas and also focus on emphasizing Ralphie’s desire of a BB Gun as his Christmas present. During the show‚ I was impressed by many design and technical production elements
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