Christmas or Christmas Day (Old English: Crīstesmæsse‚ meaning "Christ’s Mass") is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ‚[6][7] observed generally on December 25[4][8][9] as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world.[2][10][11] A feast central to the Christian liturgical year‚ it closes the Advent season and initiates the twelve days of Christmastide‚ which ends after the twelfth night.[12] Christmas is a public holiday in many of the world’s
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similarities to our new year and there are some differences‚ main in point is that some of their traditions are very interesting. We will discuss what is a “Shofar” and what it is used for. Time is also going to be a difference not only when it is held but how long. In this paper there are some focus points we will go into depth with‚ origin‚ practices‚ and maybe some theology. The Jewish holy day “Rosh Hashanah” means “head of he year” or “new year”; it is also called “Yom Hazikaron” which means a day of
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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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1700 Monday 7:00 PM Walden (1854) By: Henry David Thoreau I have always been a fan of Henry Thoreau; my house is littered of quotes of his that I like to think I live my life by. One of my favorites is very apparent in this entry from Walden‚ a book that I have read many times‚ “That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest”. Thoreau’s two years that he spent at Walden Pond are rooted in this sentiment‚ and I couldn’t agree more. Thoreau starts off by explaining his two-year
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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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tradition in your culture. Christmas is a very old festival and the most important public holiday in Poland. It is a Christian holiday‚ when the birth of Jesus is celebrated. Christmas Eve is the most important day of the year therefore the preparation is very careful. In polish traditions at Christmas there are some universal symbols such as a Christmas tree that has religious significance. In Poland people buy and decorate the Christmas tree a few days before Christmas. It is decorated with coloured
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Christmas day I like the Christmas day because it is the only holiday where all my family is together. Usually the party is in my aunt Rosa´s house‚ my grandparents‚ my dad and I arrive the day twenty-four at morning to help make the food and go buy things‚ but I don´t know cook but I help chopping or peeling vegetables also prepared water and anything else needed. In the afternoon when everything is cooking and we don´t have any things to do‚ I go to my cousin´s room and while we watching TV or
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MDH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL DWARKA LAST WORKING DAY – SATURDAY‚ 18 MAY 2013 SCHOOL REOPENS ON – MONDAY‚ 1 JULY 2013 [pic] HOLIDAY HOMEWORK CLASS –IX ENGLISH 1.Read the novel ‘Three Men in a Boat’(TERM-I).Make a book jacket on a hand made sheet and write the summary of the novel.Also write the critical analysis of the novel throwing light on the themeof the plot. 2.Take any three characters from the novel and write their character sketch. 3. Find out 40 new words from the
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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 back home after midnight. I was a little bit
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