“X”-ing out X-mas: How Business is Cutting off Christmas Hey Virginia‚ there is more than just a Santa Claus. Nowadays‚ Americans have either forgotten or ignored Christmas traditions put in place over 1500 years ago. They would rather indulge in the gifts and shopping to please their family than sit back and enjoy the holiday. This new mindset has led Christmas‚ Hanukkah‚ and other seasonal festivals to lose their religious intent through the past centuries by the hands of both people and markets
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Stave One-Greed Greed is the main theme of this stave. It is because Scrooge is the main character and he is the most greedy person you will meet. Scrooge runs a business and he does not pay for anything. He doesn’t pay for light or heat . He does not give any money and just keeps it all to himself. Main part of stave one is Marley trying to tell scrooge to not be greedy or he will have a terrible life and afterlife. Stave Two- Regret Regret is the main theme of stave two. The ghost of Christmas
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I chose “Twas the Night Before Christmas”‚ by Clement Clarke Moore to do my stylistic impression on because it is very important to me and it has a nice rhythm‚ meter‚ and rhyme. Every Christmas eve‚ my dad has read this poem/story to me‚ so this poem has a personal significance. Whenever I hear this poem‚ I become very happy‚ because this poem triggers joyus Christmas memories filled with family and good times. I also like the rhyming of this‚ because it gives the story an upbeat‚ jolly tone
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I miss them already. Despite the freezing cold snow and the nipping air‚ we had a lovely Christmas break. As I inspect my child‚ now grown with children of her own‚ holding tickets back to their home‚ longing envelopes me. Hoards of people push past‚ unaware of my pain‚ on their own schedules and heading toward different trains‚ talking and texting on their cell phones. My family boards‚ time as if in slow-motion‚ and motions goodbye until I see them again. I can’t do anything but wave‚ a fake
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Over 81 percent of Americans celebrate Christmas. This illustrates how the majority of Americans‚ including myself‚ love Christmas. As a child‚ I always looked forward to the gifts‚ but as I matured‚ I learned that there is more to Christmas than gifts. The cheerful people‚ amazing baked goods‚ and Christmas songs makes the holiday of Christmas what I look forward to every year. Seeing smiles from ear to ear and watching people walk with an extra bounce in their step makes me excited for the
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After four gruesome hours‚ he finally arrived at the interrogation room with blistering feet‚ swollen creaking knees‚ throbbing shoulders from the brutal handcuffs‚ and drenched in sweat for he still wore his heavy green turtleneck and suit jacket. The burly guards slammed him down in a wooden chair. The room‚ dimly lit by a lone overhead lightbulb‚ felt cold and smelled vaguely of mold and salsa. A short police detective tottered in and set down a hefty mound of paperwork. While examining the first
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L ike the story on how the Spanish Franciscans who founded the American Catholic School System at what is St. Augustine‚ Florida in 1606‚ and the story on how the French Franciscan “Les Frères mineurs récollets” (aka “The Recollects”; simply referred to in French as “Les Récollets”) established the Canadian Catholic School System‚ the stories on how Juliette Gordon Low and W. D. Boyce founded their respective movements draw from a common origin. In their cases‚ however‚ the melodies of their high
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The Hunter family stopped celebrating Christmas not long after they left Earth‚ nearly 600 years ago. So it comes as a surprise to Jon to be wished a Merry Christmas on what he otherwise thinks is just another day. As his grip on the day starts to unravel‚ he’s confronted with a crew expecting him to know what is going on. After all‚ it is his ship‚ and they think he’s the captain‚ so he must know everything. Jon wishes that were so. As his day lurches from one thing to another‚ it seems that only
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It was a typical Saturday morning in the Williamson household; I had woken up around 9 am and eagerly rushed upstairs to be greeted by the scent of hash browns cooking on the stove. My dad was standing by the stove and immediately swung around as he heard my footsteps‚ saying‚ “Oh‚ hello libes”. To clarify‚ “libes” is a nickname that originated from me making fun of my dad’s attempts to speak Spanish‚ there’s not much of a story or significance behind the names except they have stuck for two years
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Christmas is a holiday celebrated around the world. Children wait all night the evening before for santa to place their gifts beneath the tree. Excitement rages from them the morning of December twenty-fifth; pretty wrapping paper and shiny bows glisten under the christmas tree lights while the bulbs upon it sparkle so elegantly. However‚ Christmas is not about all these aspects that it is displayed as. Christmas has more meaning than pretty gifts and how many gifts each child has under the tree
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