The Aroma of Christmas Trees One familiar smell around Christmas is that of the pine tree. The smell comes from the chemical pinene. There are two compounds in a pine tree‚ Alpha-pinene and beta-pinene. The chemical compounds The pinene is part of the terpenes family‚ which are produced by plants. Terpenes can form aerosols with other chemicals that go into the clouds and cool the air‚ as well as make the skyline above mountains blue. The terpene pinene is also a reason that pine trees are so flammable
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Christmas break is so much fun. Getting ready for the holiday spending time with family. Till one day when we going to class. We were just hanging out and looking up the windows in the classroom it was snowing. There were tons of snow on the ground. The school didn’t let us go home since we were snow in. My friends were happy since all of us could hangout. Running down the hallways was so much fun. Writing on the whiteboard was great‚ we were having a contest on who can draw the best. Of course
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Compare and contrast essay I will compare the history of “A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley” that is a play with the film “From Scrooge”. They are the same history develop in a different way because they roll in entertainment the world are different. I like a lot plays but also the movies. Let´s checks its comparison. Characters in the history are completely the same ones. Neither another character neither a missing character. In the play‚ characters are like more expressive and sarcastic‚ like
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The article Eating Christmas In The Kalahari by Richard Borshay Lee reveals to its readers the topic of the life of Bushmen tribes in the Africa. The author describes his experience of life among the Bushmen. Moreover‚ he shares the lesson that he got from the representatives of this tribal group. This situation helped the article’s author to open for himself the principles regulating the social relations of this group of people and to better understand the value of social concepts in the life of
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Andria Domingos Professor Debra Lilli English 1010 T R 9AM – 12:10 27 May 2013 All I want for Christmas… It happened when I was 11 years old‚ at 8:41 pm around the month of May. My family and I live in the middle of nowhere Rehoboth MA‚ at the time we owned a camper full of chickens. One night my mom asked my older brother‚ who was 13 at the time‚ to go lock up the chicken coop‚ but of course being the lazy and stubborn
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Christmas brownies are tasty treats that make their appearance in the winter of every year. The brownies are chewy and delicious‚ with an intensely chocolatey interior – somewhat like homemade fudge. My family enjoys the brownies in December as a Christmas tradition. When we bake them together‚ we take caution that we are using the correct ingredients and cookware‚ as this will ensure a positive outcome for the brownies. Mixing the right amount of ingredients correctly will give them the right consistency
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Christmas is the anniversary of the birth of Jesus Christ. It is always celebrated on December 25th‚ however‚ it didn’t used to be. The bible doesn’t say the exact day Mary gave birth to Jesus‚ so many different cultures and countries used to celebrate it on different days and for more than just one day. Even today‚ Greek and Russian orthodox churches celebrate Christmas 13 days after the 25th of December. Easter is the celebration of Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead. The origin of the
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In the novel ‘A Christmas Carol’‚ Dickens uses multiple language devices to create mood and atmosphere in a way that conveys his attitudes towards the poor. As a child‚ Dickens’ family was in debt‚ so he know first-hand how it feels to be living in poverty. He was forced to work in a blacking factory (a factory that makes black dye for boots) in order to help his family pay off their debt. Dickens uses pathetic fallacy in this extract to create a menacing atmosphere. This is shown when it says “Meanwhile
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I like the DVD better than the written version of A Christmas Carol. The movie and the story are a lot alike. The movie and the story are different in many ways. There are many ways the special effects of the movie make it better than the book. There are many similarities and differences between the movies. The movie and the story are a lot alike. One similarity is there was a lot of fog. Another is when his old partner “Marley” talked to him he told him three ghost will show up in his
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ever been greedy? How has it affected you? In the story‚ Rikki-Tikki Tavi by: Rudyard Kipling‚ two of the characters‚ Nag and Nargiana are greedy. As in the story Hershel and the Hanukkah candles by: Eric Kimmel two goblins are. Also in the play A Christmas Carol by: Charles Dickens‚ a man named Scrooge is greedy as well. The main message in all three short stories/plays is nothing good ever comes out of being greedy. In these stories being greedy has a negative outcome for all the characters. In the
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