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Merry Christmas! I hope that you are all able to spend time with your loved ones during these upcoming days. Part of the joy of Christmas is spending time with those we love. While we celebrate with our friends and family, it’s the perfect time to remember all of the things God has blessed us with. Family. Loved ones. Clean Water. Food. Shelter. Safetly. Internet (WiFi, amirite? ☺ ). As well as many other things. Most importantly, we should remember the incredible LOVE God has for us. (Jeremiah 29:11, for reference)
Christmas is when we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
"What, then, does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart.” — that is, the word about trust which we proclaim, namely, that if you acknowledge publicly with your mouth that Yeshua is Lord and trust in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be delivered...That means that there is no difference between Jew and Gentile — Adonai is the same for everyone, rich toward everyone who calls on him, since everyone who calls on the name of Adonai will be delivered."
Romans (Rom) 10:8-9, 12-13 CJB
If you’re unfamiliar with this information, here’s the short version:
Because of His incredible love for us, God sent his only Son so we can have the gift of eternal life. Jesus willingly gave His life for us on the cross and was brought back to life by God three days later so that when we call on Him - trusting and believing in who He is, what
Imagine a staged production of A Christmas Carol set in 1843. See the stage set in the exact time it was written by Charles Dickens. The foggy, crowded streets abuzz with carolers and shoppers, the children staring wide eyed into the shops and bakeries. Hear the bells ringing as a round of “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” fills the gaslit streets with joy. As a child, going to see A Christmas Carol was one of my fondest Christmas memories. To witness Scrooge 's’ transformation from a mean, greedy old man to a joyous, loving benefactor always left me smiling and filled me with hope.
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.
Some of these may be very scary and some may only be mildly scary. It
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
Each ghost marks an important step in Scrooge’s journey towards being a better person. Explain
A Christmas Carol In a Christmas Carol, Dickens uses some of his past childhood experiences to show us that Christmas is very important and many messages come across in this book. It is split up into five ‘staves.’ The reason that they are staves instead of chapters as staves are used in music and it is called a Christmas ‘carol.’
The short story “A Cheertastic Christmas Miracle” written by John Green is about three friends Angie, Tobin and JP, hanging out on christmas eve watching movies when they are called by Keun, another friend who is working and he ask them to come in as a group of cheerleaders have just arrived but with one request that they must bring the Twister. With argument they get ready and start their journey over to the Waffle house (Keuns’ Work). This journey will be one to remember.
are poor enough.” And he said he lives in his word of fools. We can
Christmas is a holiday that is nowadays pawned off as celebrating the birth of Jesus. If you tell a young child this, he’ll think you mean that Jesus was born on December 25th. This, however, is not the case. Most scholars doubt that December 25th is the true date of Christ's birth. There is no biblical support for it, and some against it. When Christmas originated; it was a time of giving. A time where, even if you weren’t Christian, you would gather together with your family and celebrate how much you mean to each other. It was a time to rejoice and above all, a time to give rather than to receive. However, one cannot give without another person receiving, and over the years these lines have been blurred to the point where, for many, it has become at least just as important to receive as it is to give. Ask any child
Sometimes a non-fiction book can have relative applications and stories in it, but a fiction book can achieve the same purpose with adding some exaggeration to further support the meaning of the story. The Christmas Carol, written by Charles Dickens, is a fiction story, but it contains a lot of meaning to the outlook on life. The battle between the flesh and the soul adds emphasis on the morals of the human being. Developing the story is an important aspect as well, whether the development is in the conflict, within the characters or the resolution. Inside the conflict, the conflict can either be internal or external. External being the fight between two men, and internal being the conflict within yourself. The Conflict in The Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol was written by Charles Dickens in 1843. Life for the lower class during this time was extremely hard because of enormous amounts of illnesses, young children worked and no education. A Christmas Carol was set in mid 19th century, during this time people had a really bad time; most of the people was unemployed and the people who were employed were paid deficiently, others were seasonal or casual, which meant they were when work was available so most of the families lived in poverty which means that they didn’t have access to nice food and clothes and children were also used for the family income so the children had to work in work houses. In contrast the rich people had access to doctors, plenty of food and didn’t have to
Whenever you think of Christmas Carols, what song pops into your head? Personally, for me, it has always been “The Twelve Days of Christmas”. I always think of this carol because it is one of the first ones I was ever taught. When I was younger I figured the song meant exactly what it said. I thought that it had no religious meaning behind it, but to my surprise, there is a special meaning behind this Christmas Carol.
In 1949, December 24, the day before Christmas, Hattie E. Brown, an African American, was born. Being born and growing up in Covington, Georgia, Newton county, where her mother, father and nine of her siblings also lived she was the fourth out of ten. Despite the year she was born in and the census of her family, Hattie became a mother and grandmother, living though the events that happened.
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.
We each take a huge breath as we step out into the crispy snow that snaps under our boots. I make my way to the front door, illuminated by the red, green, and blue Christmas lights. As I open the door and step into a house full of cheek pinches and hugs, an array of Christmas smells welcomes me and makes my mouth water. As my family and I are quickly made comfortable, I look around... All the house is full of Christmas decorations, and the carols are heard all over the house. My cousins are running, playing , and laughing.