A Christmas Story : The Joy Of Christmas

Happiness. Happiness is a state of well-being expounded by enjoyable or pleasant emotions ranging from fulfillment to immense amounts of uncontrollable delight. Happiness can be achieved in contrasting approaches depending on the type of person you are. Despite this, happiness is an extremely difficult jewel to find if you don’t look hard enough in a cave of complications in life. In Charles Dickens’, A Christmas Carol, the main character, Ebenezer Scrooge, faces grueling memories and future experiences that will help determine if he, a crotchety, unkind man, will attain true ecstasy or not. Before the help of spirits, Scrooge thought the only possible way to reached his euphoria was all the wealth and riches he could accumulate. It is soon

With each Ghost's tale functioning as a moral story, Dickens demonstrates the Christian moral ideals associated with Christmas such as; generosity, kindness, and a universal love for your community which follows the same moral landscape of Victorian England in general. The novel focuses more on a modern view of Christmas that is less concerned with religious ceremony and emphasizes more on joyous traditions like the sharing of gifts, festive celebrations, exhibitions of prosperity. The idea that Scrooge becomes one who gives away his wealth is very Christian. Scrooge recognizes something larger than what is temporal and in this, he embraces the Christmas spirit of the day. I think that one aspect of Victorian society that Dickens criticizes

The play “A Christmas Carol” was written by Charles John Huffam Dickens, playwright who was born on February 7,1813. Charles was a English writer and also a social critic, he created some of the best fictional characters that people know today. Charles is recognized as one of the greatest novelist of the Victorian Era. Charles wrote 15 novels , 5 novellas, hundreds of short stories and lots of other things. Charles left school early to work at a factory to provide for him and his family, but his lack of education didn't stop him at all.

You bear in mind Christmas early morning as a kid. Initially, you felt the adventure of getting up, going to the tree, and seeing boxes of all sizes and shapes planned for you and just you. Then came the burst of enjoyment and flood of joy as you swindled bows and wrappings to discover the precise products you had actually been wishing for all year. A extraordinary and really enchanting experience for everybody!

The holidays have sprung upon us. There is a chill in the air. In some places, the ground covered with snow. It is a time where stores are filled with candy canes, Christmas trees, and chocolate Santas. When you look at storefronts there may be snowflakes in the windows, or Christmas trees in your local malls. Christmas, it seems so magical to most, it’s the holiday most know. However, there are some who celebrate Hanukkah or Kwanza, or they just belong to a different culture and their holidays are filled with their own traditions. For some, December is not marked by going to a tree filled the parking lot, inhaling that pleasant smell of pine, while searching for the perfect tree. Instead, their December starts with a tradition not as widely

Thanksgiving and Christmas are both heavily celebrated throughout, during the last couple of months of the year it seem to be holidays back to back making everything seem joyful. Although the holidays are close in date they are very different reasons for celebration. Some differences in Thanksgiving and Christmas include traditions, decorations, and reasons that we celebrate. During these joyful time’s we tend to decorate and listen to music of these times as well as trying to remember our blessings and why we have these

The winter season has arrived. Laughter and love, amusement and aromas, sweets and smiles fill the atmosphere around us. The long days of baking consumes the house in a sugary scent, while the long nights of decorating add savory smells to create the aroma of Christmas. Though Christmas is viewed upon as a holiday, some are blind to the countless aromas that provide us with the most cherished memories.

An important tradition I have with my family is opening presents on Christmas Eve with my grandmother, grandfather, cousins, aunts, uncles, and immediate family, then going home to open presents the next morning. It’s very meaningful to me because it brings us together, even though we live very far apart from each other. We all arrive at different times and share the common joke that my aunt and uncle will always be late, and it’s always been the funniest joke of all time to us, even if we’ve said it every year since they were married. We eat candy canes off the Christmas tree, the kids pass out all the presents, and we watch basketball games while all the kids play with their new toys. After visiting my Grandma’s house, the kids and Mom sleep while Dad drives for two hours, and when we finally reach home, it’s almost ten o’clock. We have to change into our special Christmas pajamas that we can only wear once a year, and then we read ‘Twas the

For any generation, since the birth of America, over the years, immigration has been a fluctuating staple at the core of her history. Choosing A Dream, written by Mario Puzo on July 11, 1999, depicts a poor immigrant Italian boy in the Neapolitan ghetto of New York with his dreams of becoming an artist. Despite all the obstacles and restrictions imposed by his status of a son of immigrant parents, he succeeds at his endeavor of becoming a writer. In Christmas Story: The Loudest Voice, written by Grace Paley and posted on December 30, 2015, Shirley Abramowitz, the daughter of Jewish immigrants to America, recounts the memory of her narrating the Christmas play in school. Both stories are written in first person, from the point of view of two children immigrants forced to adapt to American society; As such, we will compare and contrast their similarities and differences during their integration into this new mesh of social disparity and the way American culture had heterogeneous effects on one and the other.

25 Days Till Christmas A Connecting Devotional By Rubens Ruba TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction - The Best Of Christmas December 1 Luke 1:16–17 Getting Spiritually Prepared For Christmas December 2 Luke 1:46–55 Mary’s Song – Seeking And Celebrating December 3 Luke 1:67–71 Zechariah’s Song – Cynicism And Blindness December 4 Matthew 1:21 You Will Call His Name “Jesus” December 5 Luke 2:1–5 God Is In Control Of Christmas December 6

I think Christmas has always been one of my favorite holidays. Maybe because of the special atmosphere that you can feel everywhere, in shops, restaurants , pubs and even streets, where you can hear the magical carols, or maybe it's because of its religious background, but what I can tell you for sure is that I can't think of anything more exciting than the image of the entire family preparing the Christmas Tree or fixing the Christmas dishes.

There was a time when Christmas was about celebrating with family and friends--It was a time of sharing laughs and making memories. I recall my mother and my aunts in the kitchen baking, telling stories of their childhood, laughing, and making memories. Then there was that special batch of cookies made, to leave for the anticipated arrival of the famous white bearded man we had all heard stories of, Santa Claus; this man flew around the world in one night to deliver gifts to all the good boys and girls. He did so with the help of eight magical flying reindeers that pulled his sleigh like a speeding bullet through the night. All the kids left in amazement of who this

Since I have been a young girl, I have anxiously awaited that special time of year when family gets together and everyone seems joyful and serene. As the snow falls lightly on the ground, one can sense a special atmosphere in shops, restaurants, and even on streets. This special holiday is based on a crucial time in religious history. Consequently, our society has passed down traditions to commemorate the Christmas season, a significant religious holiday. Beyond a doubt, my favorite holiday is Christmas. During this festive season, I love the fact that everyone is guaranteed to hear festive carols. Also, it is one time of year when people are searching for the perfect gifts to give their loved ones because it is a season when giving is

It was four days before when Christmas, Doug Walker turned on the radio to listen to the local traffic while he dressed for work. He listened as the announcer discussed a miracle in their small town, “Parents are in an uproar trying to convince their children Santa Claus doesn’t grant everyone’s Christmas’ wish. No one can explain the perfect gifts found on front porches all over the city.” Turning up the radio, Doug called out, “Hey, Nancy, did you hear about the ‘nutty’ things happening around here?”

Three words come to mind when I think about the Christmas season: faith, hope and love. The faith that there is a divine power who watches over us each and every day. The hope of a better day today and a greater tomorrow still to come. The love of family and warm friends preparing a holiday meal and breaking bread with one another. These three emotions are the reasons this particular time of year fills my heart with such joy. A hope for a sense of awakening religious traditions and the spiritual realization of the true meaning of Christmas.