The Real Santa Claus
Saint Nicholas was a rich, kind Bishop who lived in the fourth century in Asia Minor. Santa Claus, as seen in the 1994 movie, The Santa Clause, is portrayed as a rosy-cheeked, chubby divorced father who carries a cashmere bag of toys into homes of good children. While these two tales are many, many centuries apart, it is interesting to see how it has evolved over time and the similarities and differences between them. Santa Claus, from The Santa Clause (1994) movie, may have more similarities to the tale from the fourth century than what we think. St. Nicholas Similarities The Santa Claus character was based on the Christian bishop St. Nicholas. He, like Santa Claus, helps people and shows compassion. His stories of miracles
Today you will learn who the meanest Christmas Legend is of all time. From Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, it features a mean, green creature who lived atop a mountain next to Whoville; who cannot simply stand and abide by Christmas. While Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol features the nasty, dismal misanthrope who lived in London and thought Christmas was a waste of time. Therefore, this evidence proves that the Grinch is the meanest of them all.
An overt symptom is a poor predictor of the root cause of a failure. Errors show up far from the cause of the problem. Clusters have a lot of components.
Scrooge’s clerk, Bob Cratchit had a clear view of the vexation clearly shown on Scrooge’s face as he snatched up a ruler with such vigour that the child who had begun to recite a Christmas carol frantically scrambled away. He had been looking through the key-hole of the counting-house. Bob Cratchit felt a small drop of pity for the youth but many a child had been warned of Scrooge’s frosty temper particularly upon Christmas Eve.
He touched people's lives and bettered his own, there is no better way to live a life than that. Identity can only be found in one’s
The Grinch Who stole Christmas has been a hit movie for decades. It started off as a book and was made into a cartoon and a movie. While the book and the movie have some differences the fact that the grinch is known to hate Christmas, he steals the presents from everyone and the setting is the same in both the book and the movie make them somewhat similar. The first similarity between the book and the movie is that the Grinch has been known to hate Christmas. The book states, “ The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season!” This is similar to the movie because in the movie the Grinch hates Christmas. When he was in school he was bullied around Christmas and he now hates all the Christmas activities.
Scrooge, a defiant character, loney and disgruntled, and Buddy, a gleeful human who thinks he is an elf, carry each a comparable personality. Scrooge from the play “A Christmas Carol”, written by Charles Dickens, is a solitary man who dislikes Christmas. Buddy from the movie “Elf”, written by Berenbaum and Farreau, is a positive character who enjoys people and Christmas, as well as believing he is an elf, growing up in the North Pole with Santa. Although holding bountiful similarities, Buddy and Scrooge bear a multitude of differences. Both Buddy and Scrooge are unaware of their effects on others.
He is a 24-hour on call minister. He sets a wonderful example of giving to others; through various things he does each year. He provides transportation to doctor’s appointments to not only members of his church, but others outside of our congregation who need it, regardless of the distance. He is “Santa Clause” for the foster children of Lincoln County, Christian Ministries Christmas food/toy distribution, as well as at the Lutheran home of Salisbury, and where he has served for over 30 years. He is a partner with the communities in schools, and acts as a mentor at West Lincoln Middle School. He also serves at a proctor during exams at many schools in Lincoln County. He’s is very involved at North Brook Elementary School where he has served as the president for the PTA, and also prearranged and maintained a secret Santa shop there. He also organizes the community Lenten services each year. He has played a part in planning a pottery show to raise money in order to build a new and larger library on the western end of the county. He often preforms wedding and funerals for nonmembers in need throughout the community. In addition to all these great things, he also makes many home and hospital visits weekly to people in our
From the story, “A Christmas Carol”, to the movie, “Scrooged”, there are many similarities and differences in the characters, symbols and even plot although much of it is due to the change in setting from the early 1840’s to the late 1980’s. Beginning with characters, Ebenezer Scrooge carries his overall theme of generosity or lack thereof into the movie where he is referred to as Frank Cross. Cross shows this in his Christmas gifts that he gives out to family and employees which happen to be no more than a fluffy towel. Scrooge expresses his lack of generosity by giving Bob Crachit, his employee, little to no christmas bonus and being unhappy with his request to take Christmas day off. In both the book and movie, Scrooge and Cross both start out with a very annoyed and almost depressed demeanor, both having a short temper and being very dismissive towards others. Cross was vain and very dedicated to his television company while Scrooge was a workaholic and the only thing he cared about was money. He also craved isolation as he would return home
He leads, protects and cares for his men like a shepherd, like Jesus did for his disciples in the Bible, like it is said in the book of Isaiah, ( Isaiah 40:11
Secrets can destroy even the most respected people. Sometimes is not the secret itself that drives people into exhaustion, but the emotional baggage that comes with it. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, Reverend Dimmesdale physically deteriorates because of his guilt caused by a dishonorable sin. The Puritan society in which the story is set discourages the idea of the private self, which Hawthorne shows by creating distinctions between the characters’ private and public lives, specifically Dimmesdale’s.
Santa Claus must exist. How else would you describe this change in the way humans interact during these otherwise dreary winter months? Santa Claus is the catalyst of human goodness, sparking within us a genuine care for our neighbor, bringing us together for this wonderful season. Think of a world without Santa Claus!
This chapter goes in depth about how plants create the universe; Carson believes that man cannot exist without plants. In the article she says, “Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.” She explains how water, soil, and plants support animal life. However, humans do not think about how essential plants are because they just see them as plants. In the West there is a campaign to destroy the sage. Sage is an area that holds soil and moisture. Many animals, such as livestock, would eat sage during harsh winters. Farmers decided to take away sage by spraying to create more land, which ended up harming the ecosystem because it forces animals to suffer because they no longer have a place to eat
A child learning about the myth of Santa Claus helps the process of development, and stimulates their cognitive development. Children will become interested in other ideas once they come to the realization of it being no Santa Claus. On the Today Show, Karri-Leigh Mastrangelo, a television producer and mother of two children, signified her belief that “there is a huge difference between telling your child a lie and allowing them to believe in the magic and mystery of the holidays.” It is One-Hundred Percent healthy for your child to believe in Santa Claus according to multiple psychologists and researchers. You cannot compare lying to your child about situations they could not understand versus allowing them to believe in Santa Claus. Dr. Janet Serwint a professor at the John Hopkins School of Medicine also stated, “Teaching your kids the myth of Santa Clause will not scar them for life.” While supporting my argument, this simple statement brings about questions amongst parents. If it does no psychological harm, then there should not be any concern of fraudulence towards the
Santa Claus is the one thing children believe in unfailingly. I mean, the exact gifts they want for Christmas always appear under the tree overnight, and for a child the only explanation is magic. But in today’s world of over parenting, the
One of the modern mythological people is Santa. The Santa Clause story stretches all the way back to the 3rd century. The legend can be traced back to hundreds of years to a monk named St. Nicholas. It is believed that Nichola was born sometime around 280 A.D. in Patara, near Myra in modern day Turkey. Nicholas became the subject of many later told legends. It is said that St. Nicholas gave away all of his inherited wealth and traveled the countryside helping out the poor and the sick. One of St. Nicholas’s best story is that he saved three poor sisters from being sold into slavery or prostitution by their