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    A White Christmas

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    Melanie Barillas Period 6 Dance I watched Irving Berlin’s White Christmas the musical. White Christmas is a1954 American musical film‚ this play was preformed at the Norris Theater and I watched it on December 16‚2012. The main people starring in the play are; Gail Bennet who played Betty Haynes‚ David Lamoureux who played Phil Davis‚ Brent Schindele who played Bob Wallace‚ and Tro Shaw who played Judy Haynes. The play was based upon the Paramount Pictures film that was written for the

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    Christmas in Kalahari

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    “Eating Christmas in the Kalahari” by anthropologist Richard Lee demonstrates many more concepts in sociology. In the article Lee is doing fieldwork in the Kalahari desert observing the hunting and gathering practices among the !Kung (Ju/’hoansi). Lee experiences many times of cultural misunderstandings related to naïve realism‚ cultural shock‚ and also not fully understanding what is culturally and ethically appropriate. He learns a very valuable lesson when‚ in his eyes‚ has a perfect idea for

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    A Christmas Carol

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    A Christmas Carol‚ written by Charles Dickens‚ took place in London‚ England during Christmas time in the year of 1843. Dickens wrote his novels during the Victorian times. Britain was a harsh place at this time with the upper and lower classes being clearly separated. Dickens himself grew up as part of the lower classes‚ and so he knew what it was like. It was very hard for the poor to survive‚ many of them having no alternative but to go into the workhouses. This seemed to be the worst place to

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    A Christmas Carol

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    A CHRISTMAS CAROL SAC A Christmas Carol shows us that the key to redemption is being able to connect with family and community. Discuss. Charles Dickens’ novella‚ A Christmas Carol was published in 1843 exemplifying to the reader that the vital element to redemption is having the ability to bond with family‚ friends and the community. This classic fable establishes an range of moral lessons that each individual should encompass. Dickens demonstrates this through mainly the protagonist character

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    Christmas Dinner

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    ENGL 1301 – Section 4 Narrative essay June 13‚ 2012 The Making of Christmas Dinner “Caitlyn‚ get downstairs now!” frantically screamed my mother. The sound of her nervous voice made me spring from the bed and quickly scramble down the stairs to the kitchen. As I slid around the corner and headed toward the kitchen‚ I encountered a large‚ foggy cloud of strong smoke. “Mom‚ what’s going on?” I screeched. She was grabbing the bright red

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    The Spirit of Christmas

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    The Christmas Spirit Characters- Julia Dowling The Visitor ’’Jack’’ Beth Dowling Aunt Rosemary Uncle Bernie Paul Dowling Melissa Rosen Father John Brennan Matthew Harris Auther- Fredrick Stroppel Plot- In the Play ’’The Christmas Spirit’’‚ written by Frederick Stroppel the story starts with the main character Julia in her favorite chair listening to classical music which makes her become very sleepy. Fast asleep the music quickly becomes louder‚ and

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    Black Christmas

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    Huong Ly Nguyen It was a cold December day in Vietnam. Since Christmas was only two days away‚ the house was tastefully decorated. In the living room‚ a tall Christmas tree is adorned with the shiny balls‚ and the fabulous star on the top‚ nearly touching the ceiling. Warm light wandered across the walls‚ made the house shined as a thousand stars. My mother and me - Linda had just finished a pleasant dinner together. My father‚ David was not at home yet. As a responsible police man‚ he only comes

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    Christmas Eve

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    It was chilly Christmas Eve and the snow appeared to be absent that day. My lapdog Cesar and I were scooping out the raggedy trailer park for the ruthless Mexicans that were out to get us. They were armed with full autonomic air soft guns‚ four thousands bb’s. While we were armed with an autonomic air soft gun and pistol. As I was telling Cesar how incompetent he is‚ we were ambushed and forced to retreat into my fathers shed. Thanks to my lapdog Cesar for not looking out when I was giving my

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    A Christmas Miracle

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    A Christmas Miracle – From a parents point of view I was attending a parent – teacher meet in my sons’ school one afternoon‚ and when I was called upon stage to speak a few words about him‚ I just had one story to tell‚ One life changing story in my sons life‚ that was sure to bring tears to my eyes as well as all the other parents and students. Jake was not like other normal fourteen year old boys‚ he had a disorder and took time to understand things‚ he couldn’t even talk or walk

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    A Hard Boiled Endgame: Commercialism and the End of the World The infinite circularity that exists surrounding the meaning of life seems to make its inevitable presence in the realm of many of societal qualms‚ specifically commercialism in everyday life: “ We have nothing to achieve by our activities‚ nowhere to get to” (Murakami 317). Within Western society‚ the profligacy that surrounds the advancement of a prominent commercial society has lead to a nihilistic ideal that the future will be

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