Nicholas Herkimer

Imagine spending your free time sobbing to a terribly sad movie… doesn’t sound too great does it? Yet somehow Nicholas Sparks seems to captivate audiences with his movies that do just that. Sparks has written countless books that have then been recreated into movies. The Notebook and The Longest Ride are just two of his popular movies. While Sparks is the author of both books, this is not the only similarity; these movies are romantic, go from present day to past, and show how much tragedy affects

Do you ever remember being a kid and going to see Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny? That was my favorite time of the year, when Santa Claus came to town for me to tell him what I wanted for Christmas and have a picture taken with him. However, I was more skeptical about the Easter Bunny. To this day he still scares me a little bit, just the costume was a little bit much. I was still forced to sit on his lap and smile for the picture. My family took us every year to Pinnacle Bank in Imperial, Nebraska

Edward James Hughes was born 17 August 1930 in Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire in a terraced house overlooking the Rochdale canal. He lived just on the border between city and country. This early setting of seeing firsthand the contrast and split in civilization enforced in him a very dualistic view of life. His early childhood days also had a profound impact on his disposition as he became fascinated with nature and the animals within it. Animals held specific importance to Hughes as his hobby of hunting

Clement Clarke Moore’s narrative poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas”, also known as “The Night before Christmas”, was written in order to be read to his children on the night before Christmas. His poem unintentionally sought its way into publication and introduced America the conception and perceived image of Santa Claus (St. Nicholas) and established American family traditions with the retelling of its story. Throughout the world, the poem still is read and recited to children on Christmas Eve by parents

I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson is a story about two fraternal twins Jude and Noah Sweetwine who have been lifelong best friends and really the same person their entire life. At around the age of 14 they’re both entering the puberty stage and starting to go their own separate ways. As they are both ready to to apply to a very competitive school, they are in a battle for attention from there mom, Dianna. Without even realizing it they are living almost the same exact lives because they’re so

People say that they are “in love” or that that they think they have found “the one” all of the time. Those words have almost become so easy to use but unfortunately it seems like no one really knows the true meaning of them anymore. So what is love? What is true love? As said in The Notebook, “The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more; that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds.”- Noah Calhoun or in Dear John when John says, “and when her lips

of giving without expecting anything in return, and when the time comes, forces kids to distinguish the difference between fantasy and reality. Fraser (2015) found that the individual whose story inspired the mythical Santa, also known as Saint Nicholas, originates from a bishop living in Turkey during the third century. Nikolaos of Myra refused to worship the then Roman Emperor Diocletian, and was imprisoned until Emperor Constantine freed the Christians five years later. He went on to show kindness

The Most Popular Secret Santa Gifts The tradition of giving anonymous gifts at Christmas has its roots in Scandinavia, where Secret Santa is known as “Julklapp.” This word is a compound of “Jul” (which means ‘Christmas’) and “Klapp”, which means “knocking.” In Scandinavian countries, tradition dictates that a person knocks loudly on the door, opens the door and throws the gift into the room or otherwise leaves it behind without being seen. Secret Santa events during the Christmas period have developed

reminded me of my own. He told me of the different holidays such as a holiday called “Fasching” which started on a Monday and lasted through Ash Wednesday. Michael described it as an, “ongoing party” with carnivals, and parades. On December 6th, St. Nicholas day was another dearly beloved pastime. “All the good little boys and girls would polish their shoes and leave them outside of their bedroom and St. Nick would place presents inside their shoes (Heidenreich).” Lastly, the one I thought to be the

How did the modern sports and games of the Elizabethan Era set a trend? Being a part of the Elizabethan Era back then sports, hunting, and games played a very huge role during that time. This research paper will provide information on; sports, hunting, and games during the Elizabethan Era. Do you really know how sports was invented. Back then sports was truly made for sometimes entertainment. Also they was even made to eat. They invented them to show people its a fun way of doing thing. Thats