...Happiness and Giving. Family and friends. What is the true meaning of Christmas to you. Around the Christmas season the stores end up with bustling people and the rush of everyone wanting to buy the best gifts. Some people think more of themselves instead of others now days. A popular Christmas tale tells of an old, stingy, money loving man who only cares for himself and ends up ruining others Christmas Spirits by being an old grouch. On throughout Christmas night he soon finds out from 3 unusual visitors that he needs to change his ways. In the story, A Christmas Carol, we find out the true meaning of Christmas time. Each image or drawing depicted has a sad old man who is full of greed and hates to give especially on christmas. As is look...
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...On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me: A Partridge in a Pear Tree On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me: Two Turtle Doves, and a Partridge in a Pear Tree On the fourth day of Christ- On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me: Five Golden Rings, Four Calling Birds, Three French Hens, Two Turtle Doves, and a Partridge in a Pear Tree! On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me: Nine Ladies Dancing, Eight Ladies Dancing, Seven Ladies Dancing, Six Ladies Dancing, Five- You better not shout! You better not cry! You better not, In a pair tree! On the ninth—(NO!) On the eighth—(COME ON!) On the seventh day of Christmas (deck the halls) my true love gave to me (with boughs of holly) 7 swans a swimming (here we come a wassailing) 6 geese a laying (among the leaves so) 5 golden rings (Faaa-laaa-la-la-la) 4 calling birds 3 french hens 2 turtle doves (here we come a wassailing) The boar's head in hand bear I (among the leaves so green) Bedeck'd with bays and partridge in a pear tree! On the eleventh day of Christmas My true love gave to me 11 pipers piping (ding) 10 lords a leaping (dong) 9 ladies dancing (ding) 8 maids a milking (dong) 7 swans a swimming (ding) 6 geese a laying (dong) 5 golden rings, 4 calling birds, 3 french hens, 2 turtle doves , and--rudolph the red nosed reindeer! On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me I have a little dradle, I made it...
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...Why do people call Christmas? The word “Christmas” derives from an Old English term that dates back to 1038: “Cristes Maesse.” The term literally means “the mass of Christ,” which is evidence of its Catholic roots.[1] “Mass” comes from the Latin missa, and refers to the service of Eucharist, or the Lord’s Supper. To the Protestant ear, Mass is best understood as a daily service of prayers in which Christians partake of the Lord’s supper, and the “mass of Christ” was specially devoted to the celebration of Christ’s birth. Christian celebrate Christmas because it is jesus birthday and jesus die for us. These days, one of the questions I often receive about Jesus has to do with his marital status. This question didn’t just drop out of heaven, however. It was born of the popularity of Dan Brown’s controversial novel, The Da Vinci Code. This novel advocates the thesis that Jesus was in fact married to the woman we know as Mary Magdalene, that they had a child together, and that this “truth” was covered up by the church for self-serving reasons. Many readers of The Da Vinci Code, believing the fictional history of the novel to be true, have been buzzing about the possibility of Jesus’ having been married. The people in the story is Joseph Adam Jesus god David eve ibraham lkdsjasjssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss [pic] 0 Why do people call Christmas? The word “Christmas” derives from an Old English term that dates back to 1038: “Cristes Maesse.” The term literally...
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...more common holidays celebrated by Christians are Easter and Christmas. Celebrating these holidays explains the relationship with the divine, sacred time, sacred space, and with each other. With all religions, there is always going to be conflict. In the next few paragraphs, Easter and Christmas will be explained as to why there is a relationship with the divine, sacred time, sacred space, and with each other and the issues that come with these holidays among the world today. Easter is a time to celebrate rebirth, the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and in the Mormon faith the restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Celebrating Easter is literally remembering our savior and redeemer Jesus Christ and what he had gone through to save all mankind. Jesus is the literal son of God, the holy one, the divine. By remembering the son of God, we are building and renewing our relationship with the divine one. Setting aside a sacred time to remember Jesus Christ and contemplating the agony, pain, grief, torture, and turmoil he went through to make it possible to return to our Father in Heaven once again is essential during the Easter time. Without taking this time, we will never truly understand what he went through to overcome death. There are many videos that have been made available from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that further expound Easter time, what its true meaning is, and the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus...
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...you hear? I smell the coldness of the Christmas air that hangs like a fragrant, saccharine flower. Coldness that seems to tickle my nerves and cause me to smile. I hear the soft singing of little children parading through the streets, giving out simple joys for onlookers and passers-by. I take a walk down the street and what captivatingly caught my eye is this. A little child, not older than three years old, was taking off her jacket to offer to her shivering mother. She herself was quivering but when her sickly mother started yet again another coughing fit, she couldn’t take it any longer and took off her all too small jacket and offered it, against her mother’s disapprovals. Both mother and child were beggars, living off on alms handed out to them. They lived on the street by the church corner and waited for some sort of miracle to happen. That simple gesture of warmth and caring was enough to set my heart to a shudder. This child indeed holds within her the true and real essence of generosity in such a cold and unkind time. The true essence of Christmas and giving is not found under the roof of a very wealthy family who shower their spoiled kids with toys and gadgets while they are away at work, it is found under a “nipa” roof of a complete family sitting in front of the table, sipping soup, looking into each others eyes, ready to offer their bowls to the little ones who still yearns for more. Generosity and Christmas are truly intertwined with one another...
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...The poem “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” is a perfect poem to demonstrate a archetypal critic. Firstly is the plot, the main character is set out on a quest to reach a desired goal (being to stop Christmas from coming) until he is able to reach the true goal which may be different then when he set out. The Grinch is said to be “Staring down from his cave with a sour, Grinchy frown, At the warm lighted windows below in their town”(11-12). A cave is commonly associated with darkness, dampness and coldness, where Whoville is warm and lighted; this introduces the battle between darkness and light. In a similar sense the Who’s are deemed as merry, lighthearted people, “Who’s down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot,” (1); a constantly jolly town who have no notion of evil in their minds is distinguished as something “good”. However, “the Grinch hated Christmas”(2) and in stealing Christmas from the Who-families, distinguishing himself as “evil.” The Grinch is a feared outcast with the skin colour of green (in animation and illustration); green is often used to describe jealousy which fits this lonely character. He also has Max, the traditional loyal sidekick and comic relief; Cindy-Lou plays the child completely innocent and sees flaws in her perfect world enough to find the good in the most evil people. The idea of the Grinch’s heart being too small is also important because hearts in Western civilization symbolizes love or compassion, thus proving the Grinch’s evilness...
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...Texas Writer Offers a Gift of Prose and Poetry Just in Time for Christmas In search of an amazing gift idea for the Xmas season? A retired social worker recommends ‘Word Gifts’. Smelling Christmas in the air? It is time to start brainstorming gift ideas, but what is there to give – or –gift – when everyone will have the same idea? Do something different then: give a gift of hope, of reflection… and of literature? The book The Gift (Xulon Press, 2011) by retired Texan social worker Lila Ellexon Senter makes a perfect gift for anyone who seeks the real meaning of Christmas in this age of consumerism. The Gift is a wonderful collection of ‘word gifts’ that are word sharing and reflecting on. The book contains literary gems from well-known...
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...different, the experience is priceless. The whole experience was so heart-warming and from that experience I’ve learned a lot. First, you can feel the Christmas spirit anytime of the year even if it is not yet on season. Having a community service there with some of the kids is like celebrating Christmas emphasizing the joy of loving and giving. The Christmas is in my heart; the nursing of those little kids, the playing with them, and the giving of gifts to them are just some of the affirmation of the true spirit of Christmas I felt while doing the service. Second, all that we have is indeed a great gift from our Loving Father. Through this activity, I’ve come to realized how lucky we are to have our loving parents with us in our lives. The kids made me more love my parents and appreciate every single thing they’re doing for us, their children. Third, these kids are not sinister instead they are so lucky. They are lucky for they have been saved from experiencing a more hurtful one and are now being taken cared of those people who are all so warm and caring. They are lucky for they have bunch of sisters and brothers who will heed them every time they needed them the most and unlike their parents, will never leave their side. Fourth, the true essence of love. Even if we just had a short time bonding with them, I had learned the true essence of love. That you can give your love even to those who you just met and make friends with. And that love is the best thing you can give to someone...
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...Based on a true story, the film opens with the usual callous killing among three groups of soldiers - German, French, and Scottish - who face an oncoming Christmas Eve in the trenches, the realities of fighting have precluded their getting time to retreat for air. But a miracle happens: among the Germans is a famous opera tenor Nikolaus Sprink (Benno Fürmann) who has aligned with his fellow troops in the trenches, hoping he can bring some minor sense of Christmas and understanding to them. His soprano partner Anna Sorensen (Diane Kruger) finds a way to be with him in the trenches on Christmas Eve, 1914. Meanwhile the disgruntle troops of all three sectors are planning meager festivities and a bit of relaxation even in the trenches as the bodies...
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...The poem, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” could be analysed by using a marxists theory approach to explain the true meaning of the poem. I believe this to be true because in the poem there are many references to the differences in social classes between the Who’s down in Whoville and the Grinch. In the poem it clear that the differences are both socio-economic, social and emotional. The Grinch lives in a cold, empty cave as is shown by these quoted lines; “But the Grinch who lived just North of Whoville (3-4)…Staring down from his cave….” (20). He has very few material possessions and even fewer friends or means of changing his lot in life. Even the things that he does own, like his shoes “…were too tight.” On the other hand, the Who’s live...
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...Christmas Traditions In Beijing, about two weeks before Christmas, all the big shopping malls decorating both their insides and outsides with beautiful Christmas trees, colored ribbons and glaring illuminations, set Christmas discounting information on posters on the gates. Crazy customers with large alacrity rush into their shopping heavens to choose on-sales goods as Christmas presents for themselves, their families and friends. The scene is spectacle. It seems that Christmas is merely a shopping season and entertaining festival for Chinese. But what is the true meaning of Christmas? What are the roots of those Christmas traditions? Christmas is the abbreviation of Christ’s mass. It is the commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ for Christians. No exception, millions of people around the world celebrate Christmas on the widely accepted day, December 25th every year. They bought their Christmas presents a couple weeks before Christmas Eve, put green Christmas trees with decorations in the houses, and prepare pleasant hearts to welcome the Christ’s birth, one of the most important festivals in the year. Christmas traditions accompanying them to have great holidays during Christmas provide them a sense of warmth and satisfy. As an evergreen conifer decorated with pinecones, candy coated angels, colorful Christmas balls and fake icicles, a Christmas tree is the essential compose of the celebration of Christmas. The origination of Christmas trees can be traced to...
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...The Grinch is outcasts by of Whoville’s society. He was different from the rest of the Whoville people because of his physical appearance and his hate for Christmas. Even though it may seem like he did this to himself, but Augustus Maywho and his classmates’ fault when he was younger. He was humiliated in front of everyone and Martha May, the person he actually liked. He was too embarrassed to stay, so the Grinch ran away, never to be seen by The Whos again. Everyone describes the Grinch as evil and a monster, but The Who people don’t know him as well as they think. The Grinch did hate Christmas, but it wasn’t his fault. When he won the award for the Holiday Cheermister and went to the event he was having fun in his own way, The...
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...different, the experience is priceless. The whole experience was so heart-warming and from that experience I’ve learned a lot. First, you can feel the Christmas spirit anytime of the year even if it is not yet on season. Having a community service there with some of the kids is like celebrating Christmas emphasizing the joy of loving and giving. The Christmas is in my heart; the nursing of those little kids, the playing with them, and the giving of gifts to them are just some of the affirmation of the true spirit of Christmas I felt while doing the service. Second, all that we have is indeed a great gift from our Loving Father. Through this activity, I’ve come to realized how lucky we are to have our loving parents with us in our lives. The kids made me more love my parents and appreciate every single thing they’re doing for us, their children. Third, these kids are not sinister instead they are so lucky. They are lucky for they have been saved from experiencing a more hurtful one and are now being taken cared of those people who are all so warm and caring. They are lucky for they have bunch of sisters and brothers who will heed them every time they needed them the most and unlike their parents, will never leave their side. Fourth, the true essence of love. Even if we just had a short time bonding with them, I had learned the true essence of love. That you can give your love even to those who you just met and make friends with. And that love is the best thing you can give to someone...
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...Brittany Prunsky Episodes of World War I The Christmas Truce of 1914 “Christmas Eve was, in the way of weather, everything that Christmas Eve should be’. Christmas Day itself was a perfect day. A beautiful, cloudless blue sky. The ground hard and white ... It was such a day as is invariably depicted by artists on Christmas cards - the ideal Christmas Day of fiction. And indeed, the curious manifestations taking place along considerable stretches of the British front that day had a look of the most surprising fiction” (Terraine). The wonderful events that occurred over the Christmas holiday of 1914 revealed to all that the human spirit seems to have a way of peaking through at rather disastrous times showing that even in times of chaos, a glimmer of hope can be seen through the compassion that humans undoubtedly possess. This was proven true during one of the most violent and fatal wars in history. World War I, also known as The Great War, spanned from 1914 until 1918 experiencing around 37 million war casualties (“First World War Casualties”). During the horrors of the war, an almost unexplainable incident occurred; the Christmas Truce of 1914, which restored a bit of hope in many men living in hopelessness. Neither a civilian nor a soldier during World War I could have anticipated the Christmas Truce of 1914 due to its story like characteristics. Although at times seen as merely a myth or a small incident blown widely out of proportion, this truce absolutely...
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...not just for himself but, thinks less about himself and more about others. I don’t think that Scrooge from A Christmas Carol fits the definition of hero to me. Scrooge is a greedy, selfish, and unthankful man. Here are some of the reasons why I don’t think Scrooge meets up to the meaning of a hero. “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends” ~ J.K. Rowling. This quote explains most of what my definition of a hero is. It explains that a hero needs bravery to stick up not just for himself, but even more, bravery to stick up for others. Scrooge does show bravery but, mostly the bravery is only to himself. For example, when Scrooge put the candle top the first spirit because he didn’t want to see the past anymore. That shows Scrooge being brave only toward himself, but not toward others. The Man In The Water is a good example of why Scrooge is not a hero. For example, The Man In The Water was always polite and generous to the others that survived the plane crash. He would always pass on the lifeline and floating ring on to the next person. On the other hand, Scrooge will never do anything nice for...
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