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    A Christmas Carol vs. The Industrial Revolution Rewrite Almost all of America has some point on Christmas Eve or even Christmas Day sat down in front of the TV and watched A Christmas Carol on one of the local channels. It’s like a tradition at my house and probably is at many other households as well. Charles Dickens created the modern Christmas‚ the Christmas we all know and celebrate today. When we watch the movie or read his book‚ people mainly focus on the story of Christmas and how Dickens

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    Secrets of Christmas Secrets of Christmas It won’t be every player’s cup of tea‚ but this Christmas themed video slot is certainly going to provide you with surprises and is the Christmas gift of the year from Net Entertainment. We’ve seen Christmas themed slots aplenty over the years. Some of them are far too child-friendly‚ and others feature your customary imagery but poorly drawn with shockingly bad graphics. Secrets of Christmas manages to get all of the ingredients right‚ leaving many to believe

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    Grinch Won’t Always Give Christmas Back American families derive pleasure in viewing Christmas movies‚ and the hyperbolized plots give children and adolescents‚ the most influential individuals in society‚ unreasonable expectations‚ which affect their practicality. According to the website‚ “Problems with Christmas Curriculum‚” published by Steven A. Gelb‚ the standard formula used to create the plot of hundreds of holiday movies‚ shows the same fantasized version of Christmas‚ which makes one’s choice

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    ChristmasChristmas is a necessity.  There has to be at least one day of the year to remind people that they are here for something else besides their selves. “~Eric Sevareid Christmas is the Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ‚ who is considered the Son of God‚ and the savior of all people. Christ in Christmas refers to the Greek term Christos which means the anointed one. Christmas is usually the time which people spend with their family‚ friends and loved ones. As some songs

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    bringing joy to veterans and their families on Christmas day through our annual Christmas Food and Toy Drive. The Christmas Food and Toy Drive is not just about the toys and dinner-it is about the gift of inspiring hope and opportunity. The holiday season is a very special time of year filled with laughter‚ joy and anticipation. Children dream of having a gift to open‚ however many children of veterans experience the holidays without a gift or a nice Christmas dinner. Last year’s campaign was a tremendous

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    The Grinch is believed to hate Christmas because he felt alienated from society due to his nature and strange appearance. He is a green monster whose entire body is covered with bright green fur and comes out of his cave during Christmas to wreak havoc among the residents of Whoville. People always knew that he never wanted to be social during Christmas time. They always told stories of how his shoes where too small to fit‚ and how his head wasn’t screwed on all the way. Projection was portrayed

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    Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas‚ Unfortunately Is it just me or are the holidays in America becoming more and more commercialized? The original purposes for holidays are swept under the rug and it is all about what we can get. It was November 9th and I was driving home from school‚ flipping through radio stations when I heard the Christmas carols. I yelled‚ “NO!” and completely shut the radio off. It was not even Thanksgiving yet and they were playing Christmas music! Since Thanksgiving

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    CM Luo & Jack Li ESL 11 Jan. 7th Book and Christmas Project 2: Santa Claus Interview Reporter (holding a mic‚ toward the camera‚ snow storm blowing harshly‚ yells): Greetings‚ everyone! This is Jack Li from Centuries News Delivery. Our staff has been receiving request to interview the famous Santa Claus since the last millennium

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    So here we go again another year and another Christmas. But as everyone knows today we have a constant battle over the holiday as it is. So let’s look at what we really have as per this so-called religious holiday and its relationship with humanity. Now it is claimed in Scripture that a woman became pregnant by a certain person or being out of wedlock‚ but a very compassionate and loving man marries her anyway. Then the baby is born and its mother and father (stepfather) live in a town called Nazareth

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    the real meaning of Christmas been lost? I believe it has‚ and recently more and more people are feeling the same way. Christmas has become a contest of who can have the biggest tree or the most lights on their house‚ an excuse to buy an obnoxiously expensive gadget for yourself and just call it a "Christmas present"‚ a reason for Hollywood to make another holiday movie and profit millions of dollars‚ a way for companies to market their products to consumers‚ using Christmas as a gimmick. The list

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