English: Holidays * I love the holidays. The nippy weather‚ smells of all that great food and the general merriment in the atmosphere as everyone celebrates in his or her own way. If you can look past the consumerism that’s saturated the season‚ then the holidays can really be a great time. Sydney In Sydney‚ the largest‚ oldest‚ and most beautiful of Australia’s cities‚ the monumental doesn’t figure prominently. There are no great pyramids‚ no historic ruins‚ no monuments or buildings that warrant
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Although many traditions seen today makes modern Christmas intriguing to Christians and Non-Christians alike‚ it is far from the European Pagan festivals it was derived from. In an effort to show possible elements that came to encompass this Christian holiday‚ one can look at the representation of the modifications each region has included to their Christmas celebration. This allows one to grasp how and why it still has a modern-day significance. Christian customs‚ specifically Christmas traditions have
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Winter Solstice Festival The Winter Solstice Festival is celebrated by the Chinese on 22nd December. It is a day of merry making‚ feasting and thanksgiving. It is not only a day for setting out hopes for the coming year but also for ancestor worship. In ancient times‚ it is customary for the Emperor of China to fast on the eve of the Winter Solstice to prepare for the ceremonial rituals and ancestor worship which was carried out on the Altar of Heaven in Beijing. On the day itself‚ the Emperor
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Thank you a lot for your last letter. It was a nice surprise to hear from you. I’m sorry I haven’t written to you earlier but I had to organize some things for my trip. As you probably remember‚ I’ve always wanted to visit some unusual places. And now‚ at last‚ I´m! But you’d never guess where I’ve chosen to spend my holiday. It’s Antarctica! You would never think of it‚ would you? I’m so excited about the whole event! The people I travel with are incredible. It’s their fourteenth
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Description Essay: Winter The cold‚ freezing‚ frostbite wind that nips at your nose and fingertips carrying little snowflakes‚ makes all your troubles go away. Fingers and toes are numb‚ but it’s a good feeling. It’s one of the wonderful things about the winter season. Bundled up like a little kid getting ready for bed brings back those thoughts of when your mother and father would tuck you in and say goodnight. The winter season has many perks. The snow is like a white ash that falls covering
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Memories: Child and Father Relationships In "Those Winter Sundays" and "My Papa’s Waltz" "Sundays too my father got up early and / And put his clothes on in the blueback cold" comes from Robert Hayden’s "Those Winter Sundays" and describes the life of the speaker who reminisces of the childhood experiences that were spent with the speaker’s father (1-2). "At every step you missed / My right ear scraped a buckle" comes from Theodore Roethke’s "My Papa’s Waltz and also exemplifies a past relationship
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Al-Adha. It commemorates the completion of the Hajj pilgrimage. Although only pilgrims in Mecca participate in the Hajj fully‚ Muslims around the world join them in celebrating Eid Al-Adha. In America many Muslims having hard time celebrating their Eid holiday. In many cases we had seen a lot of students‚ employees‚ and communities trying to celebrate these days but their not allowed taking a day off from their teachers‚ bosses‚ and government. In every Muslim family when someone is born they already in
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Tet holiday! Tet is a traditional holiday of our country Vietnam. The season of Tet occurs around the biginning of February and end of Janaurỵ The meaning of Tet is ending old year and welcome a new year. Tet holiday is very special for Vietnamese families to reunite. At that time‚ all family members try to come back their homes and get together to prepare for Tet. Moreover they will buy new clothes and clean their house. A branch of Mai flower or a Kumquat tree can’t be absent from every home
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Summer Vs Winter My two favorite seasons are exactly six months apart. Of the four seasons‚ winter and summer are the most excellent; they incorporate the best of both worlds. Some people like winter because of the snow and Christmas‚ but my favorite is summer because of the warm weather. These two seasons have some bizarre similarities; for example‚ summer and winter both occur when the Earth is tilted into the Sun. When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere‚ it is winter in the Southern
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A Disappointing Holiday Have you ever experienced a holiday trip that you yearned for long‚ which turned out to be a disappointment? Well‚ I did. I am an employee who had been working continuously like a ticking clock for five years in the hectic world of Singapore. It was then‚ I decided to pamper myself for a holiday trip and break away from the air-conditioned office. While I was pondering over which destination I am heading for‚ I came upon an advertisement on the television
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