the year, there are many occasions that bring my family together to celebrate. We celebrate birthdays, baptisms, and generally when the sun is shining bright. However, there is one holiday that stands out as my favorite, Christmas. It is a time of year “with lots of fun and cheer.” Although this statement is cliché, it is also true. It is the time of year when the world is kinder; joy and good will are spread through the world. In my family, Christmas brings us together to celebrate each other in
“We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!” Christmas was always in my mind no matter what time of year it was. I discovered a couple months back that our close family friends, the Taylors, could not afford anything to get their children any Christmas presents. I had a prompting to share this detail with the rest of my family members and we acted upon this news. We decided to take this opportunity to serve our great family friends, which we owed so much to them for all that they have done
December 24th, 2016 was the first Christmas I spent in America with my host family. All kinds of decoration were ready to light up and a variety of gifts were set up under the Christmas tree . My host parents and I were hanging up the Christmas socks at the fireplace. Within the 8 socks this year, there were three of them did not belong to the fireplace anymore. Baddy, Peter, and Jasmine, their socks were hung at the second-floor platform, a place for the dogs that no longer with us. Standing by
It was Christmas eve, the smell was amazing! My mom’s Christmas cookie yankee candle was burning and the smell was still lingering from where me and my mom baked cookies and brownies to eat on christmas morning. I was in my room where I couldn’t go to sleep, My TV was still running hallmark christmas movies and I heard yelling from my parents bedroom but I was too comfortable to get up so I brushed it off and I finally told myself to get some sleep for the long and exciting morning that was just
All families have a different Christmas tradition. Whether it be opening one gift on Christmas eve, leaving cookies for Santa, or sitting around a decorated tree telling stories. In my family, every Christmas eve, my mom would read me the book “The Night Before Christmas”. This was my favorite part of Christmas eve because I would get to hear my mom’s gentle voice tell the story. I always admired how she could flow words together to make sentences with ease. How she can effortlessly pronounce the
The concert that I have selected for my review is the Mariah Carey Christmas special 2014. The concert took place on December 16 at the beacon theater in New York City and it lasted for approximately an hour. The concert opened with a performance by a ballerina with classical music. Then followed by the entrance of Mariah Carey, who was at the center of the stage. The visual of the concert I have to say personally was amazing and impressive, it had a big Christmas tree in the back and background with
Christmas day is celebrated of the birth of Jesus Christ. Which Christians believe is the son of god. It took place after sunset and before sunrise the next day. So people had it at midnight. So they got the name Christmas from the mass of Christ. So it shortening to Christmas. Christmas is about friend and family come together and celebrate the holiday. It is about caring about each other and joy. People celebrate Christmas different because of race or religion. Some people open one present at
My heroine Compassionate, empathetic, generous, reliable, persistent, ambitious, sincere- my heroine can be described as any of these characteristics. My heroine is someone who is admired by many people for her personality and her actions towards other people. I admire her for her unlimited amount of love and determination towards the advancement of other people. In December of 2012, my friend and I were having a small sleepover at my house for her birthday. Christmas Eve was less than a week away
White Christmas is a tradition in my family. My Great-Grandmother started it years ago and my Grandmother (Mum) has carried on the tradition to my Mom and now all of her granddaughters. It is a time of togetherness, where we sing-along with the movie, snack on finger-foods and talking and remembering past years of Christmases. This Irving Berlin movie first aired in the movie theater in 1954, in the midst of many musicals. It is by far, one of the best Christmas movie that was ever made. I hope
Not only do “The Gift of the Magi” and “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” both show the theme that the best gifts are received through actions, they also both develop the theme through symbolism. In the story, “The Gift of the Magi”, when Della was explaining to James as to why she cut her hair, Della clarifies, “‘Maybe the hairs of my head can be counted,’ she said, ‘but no one could ever count my love for you.’” (O. Henry, 5) This shows that Della’s hair symbolizes her love for James, and how it