1) Describe the best holiday trip you made. During the semester holiday‚ me and my family had scheduled that we should go and spent our family vacation at the most spectacular place that is in Penang. This trip has been planned a month ahead by my mom. By looking at the agenda‚ we are rest assured that this will be the greatest vacation ever. Our first choice of place is the Penang Hill situated at Air Itam. Penang Hill is one of the oldest colonial hill station established by the British
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HOLIDAYS AND CUSTOMS American Holidays People in every culture celebrate holidays. Although the word "holiday" literally means "holy day‚" most American holidays are not religious‚ but commemorative in nature and origin. Because the nation is blessed with rich ethnic heritage it is possible to trace some of the American holidays to diverse cultural sources and traditions‚ but all holidays have taken on a distinctively American flavor. In the United States‚ the word "holiday" is synonymous with "celebration"
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Christmas History The word Christmas comes from the old English "Cristes maesse" meaning Christ’s Mass. The Holiday celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. The actual birthday of Jesus is not known; therefore‚ the early Church Fathers in the 4th century fixed the day around the old Roman Saturnalia festival (17 - 21 December)‚ a traditional pagan festivity. The first mention of the birthday of Jesus is from the year 354 AD. Gradually all Christian churches‚ except Armenians who celebrate Christmas
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HOLIDAY Road tripping with family is supposed to be fun and exciting. It gives me an opportunity to jump in the car and explore somewhere or something that I have never experienced. My 2010 trip to Lampung was both nerve wrecking and exciting at the same time because I got to be in certain situations that I have never been in before. I remember the first time I went to Lampung‚ my family and I were in rush hour traffic. My heart was thumping in my chest so fast because I have never seen traffic
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Christmas holiday Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus. The English term Christmas (“mass on Christ’s day”) is of fairly recent origin. The earlier term Yule may have derived from the Germanic jōl or the Anglo-Saxon geōl‚ which referred to the feast of the winter solstice. The corresponding terms in other languages—Navidad in Spanish‚ Natale in Italian‚ Noël in French—all probably denote nativity. The German word Weihnachten denotes “hallowed night.” Since the early 20th century
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A great work of art that has a great impact on my life is the novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickson. The story tells of a cold hearted‚ selfish business man named Ebenezer Scrooge‚ who is visited by his deceased business partner Jacob Marley and three ghosts on Christmas Eve. Jacob Marley who chained tells Scrooge that he should change his way or he will be punished in the after life. Marley beged for Scrooge to be given a chance to change. The ghost’s job is to persuade Scrooge to change his
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“A Christmas Carol” Assessment Task “‘A Christmas Carol’ is most of all a tale of transformation” Discuss. “A Christmas Carol” is a short Christmas story‚ written by Charles Dickens during the period of Victorian England. Dickens portrayed a symbolic character of the upper class of the society at that time‚ Ebenezer Scrooge‚ who was a stingy‚ pessimistic miser‚ and eventually transformed into a warm-hearted‚ optimistic old man. Undeniably‚ Dickens demonstrated his transformation as the dominating
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gets hyped up over‚ parents planning activities for the family to spend quality time with and school children ( as well as teachers) jumping for joy. Hello‚ waking up late‚ celebrating‚ goin for tuition and best of all‚ vacations! In myy case‚ a holiday I would never forget is a fruitful one I expereinced five years ago‚ where my family I spent six days in the land of K-Pop and ’ kimchi ’- Korea. Finally‚ after ages of waiting‚ our family arrived in beautiful Korea. Stepping out of the
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Christmas is the time of renewing our relationships. We all need the warmth of family love and the sense of true community. God Himself implanted this longing in the human heart and He is the only source of what makes the essence of Christmas. However‚ in today’s world‚ the proper and deepest meaning of Christmas is being increasingly drowned out by the culture of commerce and political correctness. Aggressive commercials draw our attention to shopping‚ promotions‚ gifts‚ and food. There is a tendency
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roof made with tree branches and is a temporary open building. Christmas is another time of celebration. For Chileans‚ Christmas time is in the summer‚ but they still do some of the things people do here in America. One of these things is their Santa – Viejito Pascuero or Old man Christmas. Viejito Pascuero delivers the gifts in a sleigh and either enters the house through the chimney or a window. Most of them also remember that Christmas is to celebrate Christ. Carols will be sung and the Bible story
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