Write and edit clearly in pen‚ not pencil. Examiners cannot assess what they cannot read. • Ensure spelling is accurate‚ especially of characters’ names in order to show fundamental knowledge of the text. A Christmas Carol is more a moral tale than a social commentary. Discuss. In A Christmas Carol‚ Dickens deliberately and unapologetically comments on the society which was 19thCentury England. As his own life gives context to his commentary‚ Dickens discusses what he sees as the moral and social
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Christmas Tree Facts Great Moments in Christmas Tree History * The use of evergreen trees to celebrate the winter season occurred before the birth of Christ. * The first decorated Christmas tree was in Riga‚ Latvia in 1510. * The first printed reference to Christmas trees appeared in Germany in 1531. * Besides evergreens‚ other types of trees such as cherry and hawthorns were used as Christmas trees in the past. * Using small candles to light a Christmas tree dates back to the
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doors of the house at midnight‚ Christmas Eve is supposed to be good as it lets out the evil spirits. ’First Foots’ are those that enter the house first‚ a darker haired man entering the house first on Christmas Day is a good sign‚ and if the first guest is a woman it is said to bring in bad fortune. A first foot bringing in an evergreen is considered a blessing. The first person to open the door on the morning of Christmas should shout and welcome ’Father Christmas’. Some people also believe that
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Horror’s sneak peek for this year’s Halloween‚ from Entertainment Weekly‚ Sideshow Bob is seen killing Bart over and over again. If you’re an avid fan of The Simpsons’ and if you follow the Treehouse of Horror bandwagon (originally known as The Simpsons Halloween Special)‚ then you better hold on to your "hearses‚" because this time Bart dies. Sideshow Bob will finally get what he wanted this Halloween 2015. This might just turn out to be his early Christmas present. This Sunday‚ the first of the
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Christmas has become The Most Commercially Exploited Holiday Well it looks like it’s that time of year again‚ when twinkly lights are hung‚ families spend time together‚ and retailers start working overtime to beat last year sales. Christmas‚ is one of the many holidays that have lost its true meaning to commercialization. More than likely their first thoughts will be about buying the perfect gifts‚ having the most decorated house on the block‚ or having a silver haired fat man in red underwear
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Is Christmas Commercialized? I feel that Christmas is a day when you spend time with your family and exchange gifts. Christmas has its positives and negatives. Commercialized means to emphasize the profitable aspects of something‚ especially at the expense of quality. In my opinion‚ Christmas is too commercialized. I think this because the retailers start sales too early‚ products are massively advertised‚ and there is too much pressure for decorations. Every year retailers start
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Name Professor Institution Date A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles dickens first published by Chapman and Hall on 19 December 1843 and adapted for film in 1938. The film tells the story of bitter old miserly protagonist Ebenezer scrooge who does not give to others and is only concerned with his own money and affairs. The film tells of his transformation resulting from ghost visits by Jacob Marley and the ghosts of Christmases’ past‚ present and future. As the
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I am reading Skipping Christmas by John Grisham and I am done with the book. This book is about Nora and Luther Krank skipping everything about Christmas to go on a cruise. They decide this because their daughter‚ Blair‚ is going to be in Peru on a mission trip. They also want to take a break from the expenses and the busy season. When Blair decides to surprise them by coming home for Christmas‚ they give the cruise to a couple whose wife was recently diagnosed with cancer. After a lot of haste and
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Christmas around the World by Picket Siapuatco Christmas is the celebration of goodwill and cheer. Across the globe‚ people celebrate this joyous occasion. It is largely characterised by exchanging gifts with family members and friends as well as by gifts brought by Santa Claus or other mythical figures. Children fervently look for Santa Claus or Father Christmas who is supposed to appear to distribute attractive gifts to children. Santa Claus dresses himself in red and white‚ has a white and
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Surprising Spirit “Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values” says Thomas S. Monson. This is one intricate message that Ebenezer Scrooge failed to grasp. Ebenezer Scrooge is the narcissistic‚ avaricious protagonist in Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. To start off‚ Scrooge is visited by the ghost of Christmas past‚ the ghost
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