Introduction My friends and I decided to go on a one week holiday this summer to a place we didn’t visit before. We were thinking about the romantic Paris or exotic Madrid. We have a budget of £1000 each and we are four of us. We also have to bear in mind that being in a foreign place we need to have some extra cash left just in case‚ and we also want to buy souvenirs for friends and family and maybe treat ourselves. We had to take into account the advantages and disadvantages of both places
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speaking Spanish‚ but‚ then again‚ my family has had a Spanish-speaking housekeeper since I was six weeks old. I learned Spanish as I learned English‚ and while other kids were learning to count to ten‚ I learned in both Spanish and English. It felt natural‚ like it was a part of me‚ a part that I hoped to never forget. As I grew into my toddler and childhood years‚ I became reserved‚ engaging less and less in conversation and losing my natural touch in the language. I had forgotten‚ despite my attempts
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back of my mind‚ and resurfaces to my thoughts when I’m in any social setting regarding Spanish—my second language. I am 3/4 Puerto Rican and 1/4 European‚ though my pigment carried from the European side‚ as I have the typical blonde hair and blue eyes. My father was born in Puerto Rico and my mother‚ although being born here‚ her mother was Czechoslovakian and Polish‚ my mother’s father was born in Puerto Rico much like my own father. It always boggles me why I don’t look more Spanish due to the
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It was not a transient love-one that stayed by my side during the good times and vanished during the bad-but rather a love so deep that few would understand. It was not the love for a person‚ but the love for a language. It was the love for Spanish. Having been born and raised behind the Iron Curtain‚ in a country where Western influence was limited and the official and only language was romanian‚ I was on my own. Everyone around me‚ especially my family‚ had trouble understanding what could possibly
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Christmas holiday Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus. The English term Christmas (“mass on Christ’s day”) is of fairly recent origin. The earlier term Yule may have derived from the Germanic jōl or the Anglo-Saxon geōl‚ which referred to the feast of the winter solstice. The corresponding terms in other languages—Navidad in Spanish‚ Natale in Italian‚ Noël in French—all probably denote nativity. The German word Weihnachten denotes “hallowed night.” Since the early 20th century
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Luba Msuku Holidays Holidays are for being lazy. And watching TV all day and night. They are for surfing on big waves. Playing in mud and getting dirty. Watching DVD’s. They are for spending time with your family. Swimming with your friends. Making cupcakes with your mom. And flying kites. Having picnics with your family. Watching clouds. Or sitting under a tree. Playing with your brother. Spending time with sister. And going to the beach. And collecting sea shells. Making necklaces. Picking flowers
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because I couldn’t think of one tradition off the top of my head that was special and unique to my family. I sat there and wondered‚ should I tell the truth and reveal the fact that my family doesn’t have any traditions? Should I make one up and fake my way through the entire thing just to get a good grade? Should I take someone else’s family tradition and call it my own? As you can probably tell‚ I was completely stuck. I feel as though my family traditions are ones that are shared with other families
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were playing holidays‚ to sport would be as tedious as to work.” I believe that many of us can have different views on what the holidays really are. To many they are just a time to receive gifts and to others they are a time to reunite with family I believe a lot of us have gotten confused as to what the holidays really are. Every advertisement in this years Thanksgiving edition of the Boston Globe was a command to hurry up and spend money for the holidays. It seems worse now
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To Me To me holidays are more then just presents and food. They are truly family days. All the holidays are spent with the family. They not only call Thanksgiving just because the turkey but they call it because people give and take. That’s what they day is based on. Not to be selfish‚ that is how we celebrate the holidays. In many ways‚ a lot of thing in life are taken for granted. When you’re a young kid‚ it is all about the presents‚ but as you grow older you mature and come to the realization
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Journal Entry #1 : Free Writing : My Favorite Holiday As an immigrant from Vietnam living in The United States‚ I have been celebrating many holidays every year such as July 4th‚ Christmas‚ Easter‚ Labor Day... However‚ my favorite holiday is still Tet Nguyen Dan‚ which is usually called Lunar New Year. With the whole family here‚ we can still celebrate Tet annual as a traditional custom. It is not only a traditional celebration when the new year comes‚ but also the most important annual celebration
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