Christmas is celebrated by many people. We can celebrate it by having family gatherings, have fellowship by food, exchanging gifts, and letting people know how grateful we are for them. Some other people think of Christmas as a very religious time of year, when the prophecy of Jesus Christ coming back and being born was fulfilled. A prophecy is a prediction that you think will come true. Jesus fulfilled many prophecies that were predicted in the old testament.…
Christmas is a holiday celebrated around the world. Children wait all night the evening before for santa to place their gifts beneath the tree. Excitement rages from them the morning of December twenty-fifth; pretty wrapping paper and shiny bows glisten under the christmas tree lights while the bulbs upon it sparkle so elegantly. However, Christmas is not about all these aspects that it is displayed as. Christmas has more meaning than pretty gifts and how many gifts each child has under the tree. This holiday is above the amount of money one kid gets while the next gets so little. Though some see Christmas as a materialistic holiday, it has far more depth than so little meaning. The Holiday of Christmas contrasts greatly with celebrations…
The salvation army supports the community many ways during the christmas holidays. They have an annual “Fill the Kettle for Christmas” there is also a “Santa Shuffle” to raise money, and there is also a Christmas hamper program.…
If you’re looking for something that explains the origins of Boxing Day, well, you’re not going to find it here. The day-after-Christmas holiday is celebrated by most countries in the Commonwealth, but in a what-were-we-doing-again? bout of amnesia, none of them are really sure what they’re celebrating, when it started or why.…
Christmas, coming from Old English Cristes maesse or "Christ 's mass," is a celebration of the nativity of Jesus Christ.…
A traditional teaching surrounding the birth of Jesus is the Christmas Story. Christmas is the time to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Christmas time is a time of Giving in the same way as the time when Jesus was born, where the three wise men from the East brought gifts to the baby Jesus…
Winston Churchill once said, “Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.” As the big day draws near, it is important to reflect on the roots of the global holiday as well as the direction in which it is heading. Christmas is a tradition rooted deep in the history of western society. It has undergone many changes since it’s earliest celebrations. Even today, the holiday is constantly changing. Each year brings new innovations to Christmas. In the dawn of the holiday, it was minor and focused on the birth of Jesus, the light of the world. In the 19th century, Christmas was a time of family and goodwill to mankind. Today, though there still remains aspects of religion and selflessness, more than ever it has become a holiday consumed by commercialism. It is a development that is not likely to go way any time soon.…
1. Buddy’s friend is different than other 60 year olds because of her mentality: she has the mind of a child, and thinks in the same way as a person of a younger age would.…
Let’s face the facts…. Christmas is in December. It’s October and not even late October at the time I’m writing this; and I’m already finding this gross red and green, Christmas related, candy cane striped trash sneaking its way into all of the stores! And this is just unacceptable! I mean, it is one thing for craft stores, like Hobby Lobby, because they have all seasons all the time and just shuffle stuff to the front as it gets closer to their respective holidays, but when it comes so Sam’s Club, Walmart, Dollar General, and huge chain stores like these, there is no reason to have Christmas stuff even showing up until AT LEAST after Halloween. And even yet, what kind of nutjob puts up Christmas decorations before Thanksgiving!? I don’t even…
" Hanukkah, which means "dedication" in Hebrew, begins on the 25th of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar and usually falls in November or December. Often called the Festival of Lights, the holiday is celebrated with the lighting of the menorah, traditional foods, games and gifts" ("Hanukkah", 1996-2012). Hanukkah can easily be looked at as one of the best known Jewish holiday not just for its religious significance, but for its proximity to Christmas because the eight day festival begins on the 25th and adopts many of its customs like decoration and…
What does Hanukkah mean to you, your family, your religion or beliefs? Hanukkah is a celebration that takes place for eight days. During Hanukkah Jewish people eat many different interesting foods. Hanukkah is a celebration of the cleansing of the Temple by Judas Maccabeus ("Hanukkah: History | ReformJudaism.org"). Jewish people play games, sing songs and eat interesting foods. The Jewish religion is the main religion that celebrates Hanukkah. Hanukkah has the most interesting foods, but are they the best tasting foods?…
$75 million, multiple releases, and games have been made especially for this movie. Yet, people are still fighting, whether The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween or Christmas movie. Some people say that there is evidence that The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween Movie. Then some say The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Christmas movie. This essay will explain to you why The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween movie.…
In the United States, strange things are happening during the holiday season. A jolly “Merry Christmas” is met with offense, nativity scenes illicit anger, and people are fighting over tradition! People have named this “The War on Christmas”, which is a tad dramatic, but there is a ridiculous amount of unnecessary conflict surrounding the holiday season. These conflicts primarily began to arise in the 1950s, due to a growing diversity in the United States. For example, during that time Minnesota dealt with a series of church-state controversies in public schools, including the question of student involvement in Christmas activities in school (Dierenfield). However, it was also in the 1950s…
It’s December 20th, 1995, just 5 days till Christmas. David and his family are just now getting ready for the Holiday season. David and his father, Dan start decorating the outside of the house. They both decide to go all out this year. They go and buy fifteen strands of lights. They buy a blow up Santa on his sleigh, a blow up Rudolph, and a blow up Grinch. They buy a bunch of candy cane lights to poke into the ground around the sides of the driveway. They finally get back to the house and start putting up the decorations. They put the lights all around the house and their bushes. They put the candy canes around the driveway. David got to put up Santa and the Grinch. Dan helped David put the Grinch up. David put Rudolph up too.…
The Halloween season is here, and that means it’s time for Halloween movies! Maybe you’re a horror movie fanatic, or you prefer spooky but silly comedies. If you’re like me, you’re part of the second group- so here are the best Halloween movies for people who don’t love sleeping with the lights on.…