Holiday Party Essay: Holiday Season Has Arrived

In the year 2008, I received my first elf for Christmas. Her name was Snowflake and she appeared with my brothers’ elves and my mom’s old childhood elf, Duende. She’s so beautiful with her velvet green dress, red and white striped tights with green velvet elf shoes with tiny bells. Every year after Thanksgiving, my elves would arrive. I have about twelve elves because I take such good care of them that Santa sends me his elves. Our family elves are extremely mischievous and do tricks every day during the Christmas Holidays. It is my favorite time of the year. Every morning as soon as I wake up, I run downstairs to see what mischievous things my elves have done. They are very smarting, witty and extremely creative. Christmas is my favorite holiday. I love Christmas carols, decorating the house with my mom, baking cookies for Santa, the smell of pine from the Christmas tree and opening presents Christmas morning.

It is curious that as children, humans have the ability to observe and remember details of specific situations and instances yet lack the ability to describe them. Truman Capote, as a grown man, took advantage of his vivid memories and composed the short work, "A Christmas Memory." The story begins in late November, a month symbolic of all the years gone by that Capote could remember beginning preparations for Christmas fruitcakes.

Christmas Carol How does Charles Dickens convey the character of scrooge in the early pages of a Christmas Carol? Charles Dickens, is best known for his host of distinctively cruel, repugnant characters. His father was sent to a Debtors prison taken his son Charles with him

Women wore underdresses made of linen or flax and woollen overdresses like aprons with straps fastened by decorative brooches. Over the dresses and aprons she wore cloaks or shawls made of wool. Their shoes were made of leather. They had long hair and usually wore scarves.

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She wears a pink blouse that has the magenta mini polka dots all over the blouse. She also wears a white a-line skirt with pink

In the late 16th century women wore farthingales, a series of stiff hoops made of wood, bone or cane. The farthingale gave the gowns distinctive shapes. To make the skirt yards and yards of fabric was used. Poor women that could not afford a farthingale wore a padded role around their waste.

The Polka-dot dress was inspired by a dance costume that I have worn. I wanted to incorporate the black-and-white theme with the fun patterns of the 60s as well as a halter top to add personality.

Style number 4424 is the Kiss and Make Up Dress in Jet Black. It contains short sleeves, a V-neck, a fitted bodice and a gentle A-line skirt. There is lace trim along the V-neck with a bow and the point and around the hem that hits just above the knee. The Vintage Bouquet cameo is the ideal enhancement for this dress.

The piece’s designer is Hermes, and it was made in Paris, France. (Image B) It is longer than it is wide. It is light enough to pick up easily and carry. It is three-dimensional when held up, and flat when laid down. The piece is composed of wool that is thick on the outside and has a blue and black boxy pattern. It also has a thin layer of either silk, or satin, lining the inside with the Hermes logo and name stitched in. Along the back is a longer length of separated material that gives the illusion of a cape. It is a suit to fit the body of a woman and gives one a sense of empowerment, a savoir-faire, and makes a bold statement about individualism against conformity, through its rich

a) Candice, being a creative and popular girl, keeps up with fashion trends so this outfit is suitable for her as the shoes are trendy and suited to her personality as it has an interesting design. The grey, cream and navy colours of the outfit are neutral and she can match the scarf, blazer, jeans and shoes with many other items to recreate another outfit. The outfit can be worn to both work and for social events so it suits Candice’s lifestyle.

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“ Spirit, hear me. I am not he man I was. I will not be the man I have been for so many years. Why show me all of this if I am past all hope? Assure me that I yet may change these shadows you have shown me. Let the boy live! I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The spirits of all three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.” (Scrooge, p.140). A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is an important story as it has a meaningful theme of change, as the quotes states above. But that isn’t the only theme that this beautiful story shows us. Many different spirits encounter him to help him realize why Christmas is important (I’m pretty sure that is the meaning of the spirits). When the first spirit of the past encounters him, he realizes what he has done, and regrets some of the things he did. The second spirit helped Ebenezer Scrooge recognize how what he has been doing has had an impact in other peoples life. When the frightening third spirit came and showed him his future and others futures, he discovers about himself and how people didn’t care that he died. When we read A Christmas Carol, we learn that it can have many different themes that can be a very important component to the story and even our lives.

Christmas is my favorite holiday of the year. I love seeing the shinny Christmas lights that decorates my street and the sound of fresh fallen snow on the ground. Christmas reminds me of family, the laughter and loved we shared, and the gifts we gave to each other. My house on Christmas became the center of my joy.

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.