The Spirit of Christmas

ENGL-0101-29 8:00AM 14 November 2014 Halloween and Christmas The holiday season is among us. Halloween begins in the fall when the leaves start to change colors and fall of the trees. Christmas begins in winter when the snow hits the ground and the weather gets mighty cold. Halloween is when the spookier things come out. When most people think of Halloween they think of pumpkins and candy. Christmas is a time for giving gifts and being with family. Christmas is usually associated with Santa Clause and

Have you ever thought of Christmas as a humbug, or just another ordinary day? Probably not, but if you were to ask Ebenezer Scrooge (from A Christmas Carol), his response to Christmas would be “Bah, Humbug.” Just after we finished reading the book A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, last week, on December 1, 2017, my classmates and I went to see a live performance of A Christmas Carol at Actors Theatre of Louisville. The play was adapted by Barbara Field, and directed by Drew Fracher. In this essay

How often is someone given a chance to change? In A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge is a wealthy old man who has a bad reputation in the town in which he lives in. However, one night three ghosts visit him and give him a chance to redeem himself; Showing him his past, present, and future. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens shows that no matter what someone’s past may be, they can redeem themselves. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens shows why Scrooge would need redemption

A lot of people in the town were talking about a dead man, the dead man just happens to be Ebenezer Scrooge. But a lot of people die so why were they talking about this dead man? The reason they were talking about Ebenezer was because he was such a tight-fisted man. And he was as the laundress in the story said, “He was a wicked old screw.” An example from the text where the people were talking about him is where the laundress says, “Why wasn’t he natural in his lifetime? If he had been, he’d have

Christmas is an international holiday that is beloved by many. I, however, see Christmas for what it really is. It isn’t some festive love fest that celebrates the birth of Jesus; Christmas is an allusion. Christmas has pulled the wool over the eyes of many by presenting the temptation of gifts, therefore making them oblivious to the true meaning behind the holiday. Christmas has betrayed its lineage, it has lost sight of its purpose, and it is denouncing the powerful meanings and messages for future

their holiday spirit: the on Steroid Fashionistas, the Norms, and the Plain Jane's. Lights dangling on the trees, the top roof, and many decorations on the lawn. The on Steroid Fashionistas, love to decorate every single angle of their homes. There is no area in the Steroid Fashionistas home that is not decorated. They loved to dress up depending on the holiday, and they never care what the cost of bills are when it comes for spirits. Steroid Fashionistas love to be in the spirit of holidays; in

Although it is a ghost story, A Christmas Carol is an uplifting tale. To what extent do you agree? A Christmas carol by Charles Dickens is a significant novella written in the Victorian era. The protagonist Ebenezer Scrooge is used to demonstrate the upper class society and their attitude towards the poor. Throughout this redemption story, Dickens combines a descriptions of hardships faced by the poor with a heart-felt sentimental celebration of the Christmas season. The novella contains a dramatic

“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

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

countries around the world celebrate Christmas and they have a lot of the same traditions. Of course, there are some things that are different than other countries, but most traditions include celebrating the holiday with family and friends, and eating a big dinner. Christmas can be celebrated in so many ways that people make their own traditions to follow. America, the Philippines, and Australia all have unique traditions that embrace their culture. Christmas in America is very similar to other