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    Is Christmas Pagan?

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    As every year draws to an end‚ so the atmosphere of Christmas starts to fill the air. The 25th of December is a day that has caught the heart of most Christians and filled it with gratitude- for it is said - that it is the day that Jesus Christ was born. It is marked on calendars as a public holiday‚ but it is written on hearts as a celebration of the birth of our savior. It is the time when families and friends gather together‚ bearing gifts for one another and where feelings of love are evident

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    Lyanne Rosado Rodríguez Prof. Jeannette Lugo Ingl 3102-030 January 16‚ 2010 The importance of Christmas Celebration Among all the festivals‚ holidays and traditions all people celebrated during the year‚ Christmas remains the most observed and most popular. It is purely a global celebration. This season is the most joyous time of the year. The traditions surrounding the celebration of this season are almost as numerous as the people who celebrate it and may change from place to place

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    Ngwudike English 104 03-05-2013 Commercializing Christmas The season of love and giving hit the shopping malls on Black Friday; the stores fill with the latest gifts and the bargain shoppers begin the hunt for the perfect Christmas gift. Americans across the country mark this season‚ senselessly “buying” love for one another‚ while simultaneously degrading the very spirit of the holiday season: love. Thus‚ as the bells toll for the Christmas cheer‚ the deepening greed of our culture begins

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    The Dragon Boat Festival

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    The Dragon Boat Festival The Dragon Boat Festival‚ also called the Duanwu Festival‚ is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. For thousands of years‚ the festival has been marked by eating zong zi (glutinous rice wrapped to form a pyramid using bamboo or reed leaves) and racing dragon boats. The festival is best known for its dragon-boat races‚ especially in the southern provinces where there are many rivers and lakes. This regatta commemorates the death

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    Christmas has become The Most Commercially Exploited Holiday Well it looks like it’s that time of year again‚ when twinkly lights are hung‚ families spend time together‚ and retailers start working overtime to beat last year sales. Christmas‚ is one of the many holidays that have lost its true meaning to commercialization. More than likely their first thoughts will be about buying the perfect gifts‚ having the most decorated house on the block‚ or having a silver haired fat man in red underwear

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    Introduction Glastonbury festival Of Contemporary Performing Art is one of the most known music festivals in the world. The festival it self takes part in worthy farm which is a dairy farm during the year; is in the region of Somerset which is situated in southwest England. The festival from 1981 has been organised by the local farmer and site owner Michael Eavis (Martin‚ 2009). Micheal Eavis is also the owner of Glastonbury Festival LTD the company that is in charge of the organization and the

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    Christmas in Canada Rough Draft Canada is a very large country and people of many different cultural backgrounds live there. Because of this‚ there are lots of different Christmas traditions in Canada. Many of the traditions and celebrations come from French‚ English‚ Irish‚ Scottish‚ German worldwide for its fir and pine Christmas trees‚ many families in Canada have a fir or pine Christmas tree. A Canadian tradition is to send the largest‚ greatest fir tree (That is grown is Nova Scotia) to Boston

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    The Origin of Christmas Traditions Christmas is filled with traditions and events‚ but how did they start and why do we still do them? Traditions are often passed down throughout generations for centuries‚ but the origins are often unknown or forgotten. Christmas Christmas was originally called "The Feast of the Nativity of Jesus". The word "nativity" comes from the Latin word Natalis‚ meaning birthday. The observance probably does not date earlier than 200 AD and did not become widespread

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    CAST Ethan: Scrooge Nevin: Nephew Isabelle: Narrator / Phone Salesman Lijah: Bob Cratchit Narrator/ Stage Director: [Christmas music playing on the Bob Cratchit’s phone. In scrooge’s office at the bank‚ very quietly. Lights are set up all round the bank everywhere but Scrooge’s office. It’s very cold cause the heaters broke and Scrooge won’t fix them. Scrooge’s employee are sitting in the office beside him typing Documents.] Scrooge: What are you doing Bob? Are you pretending to be cold

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    Christmas And Religion

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    Introduction Many people would agree that Christmas is the most important ceremony in terms of both religion and society in the Western nations. Christmas itself represents the belief of Christianity. However‚ this idea appears to be changed its original meaning over many years. It seems likely that stores tend to start Christmas sales quite early season: streets are full of Christmas decorations and advertisements. It can be assumed that the change is somewhat related to economic change. With

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