My Holidays Two weeks ago‚ everyone was looking forward to this Christmas holiday. It was a great chance for people to relax! We could meet our families and friends during the holiday. For some people‚ it might be interesting to go on vacations. But for me‚ the holidays were not enjoyed. It was not what I had expected. Unlike China‚ the winter break here is way shorter. I
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The story is about Ebenezer Scrooge on Christmas Eve. He always sat in his counting-house‚ friendless and alone. He was not generous with his money. The coldness inside him froze his old face. He carried the coldness with him always‚ wherever he went. It made his office cold in the summer‚ and it was even colder in winter. He spent his life in a cold nature. His clerk‚ Bob Cratchit‚ shivers in the anteroom because Scrooge refuses to spend money on heating coals for a fire. Scrooge’s nephew‚ Fred
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This is evidenced as Marley died on Christmas day Scrooge was the only mourner however Scrooge did not seem affected by the death as instead of paying his respect Scrooge used it as an opportunity to make business "even Scrooge was not so dreadfully cut up by the sad event‚ but that he was
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T’was the night before Christmas and Ebenezer Scrooge was full of greed. Well-known Charles Dickens wrote the drama‚ A Christmas Carol in the year 1843. In this drama‚ a man named Ebenezer Scrooge hated Christmas and never gave any gifts or money to those in need. Although‚ there is not just a drama‚ there also is a movie that’s also made in 1984. While the movie and drama compare to be very similar‚ the drama has different parts too when contrasted to the movie’s conflict‚ climax‚ and resolution
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Christmas wasn’t always the popular holiday it is today. In fact‚ the well known puritans‚ in the 1600s actually banned it out of disgust and anger. Christmas nowadays is heralded‚ by most‚ as a joyous holiday. Those who don’t celebrate Christmas‚ but celebrate a different holiday around this time are still consumed by the beauty of the wintery season. However‚ some Americans do not celebrate Christmas- or any holidays for that matter and in fact look down on them as useless and frivolous in a Scrooge-like
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who are trying to find ideal gifts for the people they love and care about. John Lewis Christmas advert 2OO9 was focused on the joy of receiving gifts through the eyes of children‚ so this year they decided to try the opposite idea. Idea of this advert is to show the viewer how nice it is to give perfect gifts to the ones you care about‚ because the feeling you get when you give a gift to someone (and they like it) is just as great as when you receive a present. Genre: Love to the ones you care
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Christmas is an annual festival celebrated in remembrance of the birth of Jesus Christ. In this essay I will be attempting my own Sociological analysis of Christmas Day‚ through the gender perspective. First part of the essay will be looking at the ‘traditional’ Christmas through gender roles. By that I can then move on to my own experience on the festive season. Through out the essay I will be trying to link the work up with bodies of theory and how Christmas has changed through out the years.
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With marelys arrival‚ there wasn’t just one bell ringing either‚ there were numerous which made Scrooge feel a little surrounded. 6. What was Marleys purpose for visiting? the reason for marleys visit was to warn Scrooge of the three ghosts of Christmas Pasts that will be coming to visit him and to show him his pasts to hopefully change Scrooges cold heart to a loving and caring man. 7. What is marleys fate? What do the chains
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Christmas in Spain History of Tradition The history of Christmas starts over 4000 years ago. This christmas traditions were celebrated many time before Jesus was born. The 12 days of Christmas‚ the giving of gifts‚ singing songs while going from house to house‚ the parties‚ and going to the church. Since old times‚ the Spanish people have celebrated the coming of winter with a very special tradition called Hogueras. With influence of the Roman holiday of Saturnalia and the Northern European
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Eating Christmas in the Kalahari Eating Christmas in the Kalahari is an interesting story of how ethnographer‚ Richard Borshay Lee‚ exploring the culture of the local !Kung Bushmen natives in the Kalahari Desert‚ experiences a cultural misinterpretation which caused him so much grief and concern‚ it almost led to him backing out of his lengthy three year study. Lee nearing the end of his study‚ decided to supply the meat for the Christmas feast as a parting gift. Bushmen take this meal extremely
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