Christmas holiday Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus. The English term Christmas (“mass on Christ’s day”) is of fairly recent origin. The earlier term Yule may have derived from the Germanic jōl or the Anglo-Saxon geōl‚ which referred to the feast of the winter solstice. The corresponding terms in other languages—Navidad in Spanish‚ Natale in Italian‚ Noël in French—all probably denote nativity. The German word Weihnachten denotes “hallowed night.” Since the early 20th century
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Bank Holiday I have read the story under the title “Bank Holiday” by Katherine Mansfield. Speaking about the author‚ I should say that Katherine Mansfield was born in New Zealand in 1888. Katherine is a New Zealand writer and she is known by her short stories which deal with human nature and psychology. This is a philosophical story for a discerning reader who has to read between the lines. Giving the reader a chance to see somebody else s inner life‚ presented directly and indirectly‚ the author
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first semester at the university has already finished at the end of January‚ leading to my most wanted and longest holiday each year - Tet. It is also known as Lunar New Year Eve in many Eastern countries. On the way back to my hometown‚ I could not help being so excited for this special vacation after a long time of studying in Hanoi. Tet was such an interesting and memorable holiday to me. To get ready for this celebration‚ a number of items must be bought and prepared. It is not happened to
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the two nations) Glasgow Fair - last two weeks in July The Glasgow Fair is a holiday during the last fortnight in July in the city of Glasgow‚ Scotland.’The Fair’ is the oldest of a number of similar holidays‚ dating from the 12th century. Until as recently as the 1960s‚ most local businesses and factories would close on ’Fair Friday’ and workers and their families would use the opportunity to travel for holidays in the local area‚ typically in the Firth of Clyde or Ayrshire coast.This practice
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Apple Company. The Apple Inc is an American company that designs‚ electronics‚ computer software and personal computer. This company’s best product’s is an IPod‚ IPhone and IPad. And Apple software includes Mac OS X system the iTunes‚ Imovie‚ safari and lots of other things it has it. And IOS operating system. The Steve jobs was born in February 24‚1955. He is businessman and charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution. And he is chief of executive officer
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Chrisda Spending my holiday in Bandung On July 31‚ 2013 I was on my way with a train call Herina with destination to Bandung. At that time‚ it was my first time on a train. I was so scared because I have no idea how to find the place to sit or to find my seat number. So in order to do that‚ I asked one of the securities guard to help me find carriage and where my seat was. Right at 9 pm the train starts to run the engine‚ I was so excited. On the way‚ I met a nice family who also went to Bandung
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Holidays filled with fun‚ family outings‚ shopping‚ Christmas Trees‚ and bringing in the New Year. It is not always like this for others. Holidays can be a very depressing time for others. When families get together you might want to pay attention to that loved one that maybe still grieving or going through life’s blows. It is hard to get into the grove of things when you look around and see that their is someone missing this year. Life is not the same without that person or persons. You are
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TET HOLIDAY; WHY IT IS IMPORTANT Many countries each have various holidays. There are unique ones only happening in a certain nation or region. There also are some celebrated by most people in the world. New Year’s Day is one of these. It can be celebrated on different dates in different ways‚ but it always is one of the most important occasions of a year. In Asia‚ New Year’s Day is a family holiday. After a whole busy year‚ working and travelling‚ this is time for people to come home‚ back to
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Almost all of the form 5 students will do their revision during the Hari Raya holidays. They worry about their SPM examination and their future. But‚ it doesn’t work for me. I had spent my time with my family‚ friends and the computer. The meaning of a holiday in my opinion is an authority of rest for everyone to have a vacation. So‚ I left out all my stress and enjoyed my Hari Raya holidays. My father had decided to celebrate this Hari Raya at Georgetown‚ Penang. We prepared ourselves early
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The Tet Holiday- What did you do? [pic] According to our traditional custom‚ the Tet holiday is the Lunar New Year Holiday – the most important holiday in Vietnam. It is around late January or early February‚ depends on each year. We celebrate three days beginning of the new year‚ the first day of new year marks the beginning of Tet . This year‚ the New Year Day is in January 26th. People will have about two weeks off. Although there are three days which are the main days of Tet but we
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