Charlie Bradley's The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Everyone has a favorite holiday. There is Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, the Fourth of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and then there is everyone’s favorite- Christmas! Christmas comes with the feeling of warmth, of family, and of home. What happens, though, if all one ever knew during Christmas time was completely changed? What happens if home just is not home anymore? Sandra M. Castillo addresses that situation that actually occurred in her own life in her poem, “Christmas, 1970.” Castillo moved from Cuba to the United States in 1970 and as an eight-year old she reveals her true feelings during and about the Christmas season. Throughout the poem, she reveals a theme of what home means to her, written in her point of view as she sits under her aunt’s Christmas tree at her aunt’s apartment. Castillo uses devices like symbolism, imagery, and flashback to support her them that no one can return to their childhood home.

Annie Dillard, in “A Christmas Story,” expresses the difference between seeing and understanding, and simply looking without understanding. She begins the story by describing an extravagant banquet. This banquet took place in a hall filled with chandeliers, decorated tables, and centerpieces. Young adults and adolescents were present, while musicians entertained the guests.

The film adaptation of “A Christmas Memory” does very little that differs from the original piece by Truman Capote; however, the film takes the heart of the original, and adds even more through the main characters’ casting and memory-like direction. On the other hand, this move is far from faultless and features some questionable decisions that take away from the movie’s greatness. Even with its faults, “A Christmas Memory” is still a decent movie that would be a treat to any fan of the original work, but those who are unfamiliar with Capote’s work would find very little interest in the story or the characters within.

“My purpose was, in a whimsical kind of masque which the good humour of the season justified, to awaken some loving and forbearing thoughts, never out of season in a Christian land” (Dickens Preface). Dickens wanted to convey a theme of the Christmas Spirit in A Christmas Carol and it shined through in Christmas Cupid.

A Christmas Carol at Playhouse in the Park in Cincinnati, Ohio has continued to entertain and surprise its audiences since it’s first production in 1991. A Christmas Carol is a story that can live on for decades as it’s theme and message will always universally apply to people. The director, Michael Even Haney, discussed his reasons for returning to Playhouse in the Park each year in the director’s notes of this year’s program. He says, “But the major reason I return every year to tell this perfect Christmas story is YOU, the audience. From 1991, our first year, Cincinnati has enthusiastically embraced this production and many have made it a family tradition. Seeing the faces of the children entering the theatre and getting their first glimpse of the set, hearing their squeals at Marley’s entrance and their laughter as Scrooge enjoys his redemptive metamorphosis- these moments sweeten my holiday season like nothing else.” As Michael Evan Haney said, A Christmas Carol is a lively story that can offer each audience member an important life lesson that can live forever. The story of Ebenezer Scrooge is one that people all over the world may be familiar with, but Playhouse in the Park’s rendition of this famous story does more than do the story justice. Their rendition entertains, excites, and satisfies the audience during the busy holiday season each year. In this review of A Christmas Carol at Playhouse in the Park, I will discuss the actors, scenery, lighting, and costumes of

If you have ever gotten tongue stuck on a frozen metal pole (à la “A Christmas Story) then you know exactly how difficult and painful it can be trying to free yourself. This is what happened to a little finch who stopped at Wilson Nelson’s farm to get a drink from an open water heater. While taking a sip, the finch got his feet wet and decided to rest upon the metal fence right next to the water source in order to dry off.

In the movie adaption A Diva’s Christmas Carol, Richard Schenkman explores the theme of charity through differences in motivation. Through early actions and dialogue from the protagonist Ebony, the main character can be understood as a selfish and egocentric diva. This description was a common status that was considered “cool” and acceptable. Ebony can also be viewed as someone with high demands and expectations of others, who cares about nothing more than her social reputation. One example that demonstrated this behavior was when Ebony planned on doing a charity concert in which her intentions remained of social status and money. These advantage taking ideas were common in the 20th century as celebrities tried to become more popular and wealthier.

Mrs. Mallard has a heart condition, which means that if she was to be startled she could have a heart attack and die. So when her husband, Mr. Mallard, arrives into town by the train tracks, the train crashes and people that are nearby call for help. When the news gets out that Mrs. Mallard's husband was “killed” by the debris of the train her sister, Josephine, and her husbands friend, Richard, has to carefully approach Mrs, Mallard by telling her the news without startling her. Josephine was the one to tell her. When she explains what had happened carefully without hurting her heart. Mrs. Mallard goes into her room and closes the door behind her. Even though, Josephine and Richard wants to enter the room to help comfort her and to make sure

A man, Charlie Oakley, in Philadelphia is in lying in his bed, when his landlady informs him that a couple of men want to talk to him. He refuses to receive these men but later decides to go for a walk, the men follow Charlie but he manages to escape. Meanwhile, a young woman, Charlie Newton, is also lying in her bed in Santa Rosa, she complains with her father, Joe, about their boring lives. She thinks that asking her Uncle Charlie, with whom she shares a special bond, to come to visit them would make their lives more exciting. Young Charlie decides to send a telegram inviting her uncle to her home. At that time, her mother, Emma Newton, receives a telegram from Uncle Charlie, her brother, announcing he is on his way to the Newton residence.

In the short story " The Birthday Party" by Katherine Brush, the author writes about a real life scenario of a married couple in the 1940's. Brush writes the story in a second-person narrative to have the reader experience the scenario. The author's main purpose is to describe the role and treatment towards women in 1940's society. The story starts off with the narrator (the reader) describing the married couple he/she saw while eating the the same restaurant.

This book is great to read to children the day before Martin Luther King Jr. day or on the day if there is school. It will teach children the

Bonnie Patterson adores Christmas, so when her best friend Jennifer invites her to spend Christmas at the Miller farm, she jumps at the chance. When she sets out for the snowy country town, she has visions dancing in her head of cozy nights by a crackling fire, not of a hot cowboy with an ice-cold heart.

This particular special has obtained phenomenal praise from audiences and critics alike. It's even the second longest-running Christmas special of all time. Although, does this film really deserve the attention and recognition it gets?

On a prospers day of Christmas eve, John C Lester, James R, Crowe, John B, Kennedy, Frank O. McCord, Richard R. Reed and Calvin E. Jones, all gather around trying to find some amusement to try to get their minds off their problems. As they filled up the room with laughter and unimportant conversations amongst themselves Lester spoke up about having an idea. He said to the guys that they should start something new to try and cheer up their families and the people around them. He then said “let’s start a club of some kind” (Page eleven). To the others Lester’s idea was brilliant and they talked more and decided that it should be a secret society, they all thought of it like a college fraternity. All the guys who spoke about making the society weren’t thinking about being serious in any kind. The sic of them just spoke casually about starting their new society. Before they left back home they all decided to meet up again to discuss further details. As they came back to the next meeting they discusses on to what the name of the club should be. Kennedy and Richard Reed proposed that the name should include the word Kukloi, which is derived from the Greek word Kuklos. The root English word is circle. They are cheered of approval because it all pointed out to having some sort of Scotch-Irish ancestry. Lester then proposed to add the word “Klan”. After more discussion they all decided that two to proposed words should be added to get a new name. Later on they came about the name Ku