Our family car was a very reliable bronze Nissan Murano‚ this car had been part of the family for at least 5 years‚ it had taken us to Mcdonald’s trillions of times. However much we loved this car for it’s design‚ it would not save us from what was in our fates on that particular day. My mom‚ brother and I were on our way to one of my friend’s house and he lives approximately 15 minutes out of California‚ Missouri if you take the highway. We were driving approximately sixty miles per hour and we
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In Spain it is a very festive time at Christmas. On Christmas Eve after Midnight Mass and Christmas Dinner‚ streets fill with dancers. There is a special Christmas dance called the Jota and the words and music have been handed down for hundreds of years. They dance to the sound of guitars and castanets. Children think of the Three Wise Man as the gift bearers. Tradition has it that they arrive on January 6th‚ the date the Wise Men gave gifts to Jesus. Shoes are be placed on balconies on the night
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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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Christmas First I will tell you what I think is good about Christmas. The first thing as the presents as we all know‚ we love them‚ and will always do‚ presents is there to surprise us in a positive way‚ so at Christmas then there is so many of them‚ we can’t do anything else then smile‚ that makes the Christmas a really great day. But before the presents we get some food‚ not just food‚ but some really good food‚ the classic Christmas duck‚ sausage and the roasted pork‚ but don’t forget the
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I feel as if I grew up in a pretty normal family‚ I had two siblings one brother one sister‚ my parents were together the entire time‚ and I feel very lucky because some people were brought up in unfavorable situations. My families beliefs I guess you could say are pretty traditional which I’d say has influenced my life in a way. By coming up this way the way I judged whether something was right or wrong I judged based upon my beliefs and by what my parents would consider to be right or wrong. An
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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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exultation rings throughout the nation as church bell toll loudly to signal the official start of Christmastide. The dawn mass is aptly called Misa de Gallo or Mass of the Rooster. While Christmas has been in the air for weeks‚ or even months‚ and people have been busy with Pasko activities--- today‚ Christmas really begins. The sounds of this morning are unique‚ memorable and much awaited especially in towns and barrios. In the dawn darkness still enveloping everyone‚ no one notices that some
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William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ and Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol parallel each other on many levels. Macbeth is a play that describes the rise and fall of a ruler who believes nothing can harm him‚ so the lead character‚ cleverly called Macbeth‚ attains power whenever possible‚ not caring who he hurts or what he destroys in the process. A Christmas Carol is also about the rise and fall of a town leader‚ the richest man in town‚ Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge’s hunger for wealth and power is illustrated
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The Christmas Story was narrated by a nine-year-old boy‚ Ralphie‚ the stories main character. The story is set around Christmas time‚ and Ralphie had only one goal‚ and that was to make sure he got a Red Ryder B.B. gun for Christmas. He first started this mission by attempting to put an ad for the B.B gun in his mother’s favorite magazine. This action however this did not work. Ralphie’s mother did not approve of a B.B. gun for Christmas. She was scared that Ralphie would shoot his eyes out! Ralphie
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The situations I can put myself in to help me grow personally and professionally is dysfunctional family situations‚ drug and alcohol counseling‚ and individual counseling. In dysfunctional family situations‚ some clients who are abusing substances are experiencing family difficulties such as CYS‚ marital issues‚ or domestic violence. An example would be listening to a female client’s dilemma with losing her child due to her heroin addiction‚ physically attacking her ex-husband after hearing the
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