and "days of obligation"‚ from The Sabbath‚ which occurs every seven days‚ to holidays like Christmas and Easter which are observed only once a year. Christmas is probably the most note able of all these. Not only is it observed by the Christians but it has become so ingrained in modern American society it is expected by all to receive a "Christmas break" in late December. Employers often give a Christmas bonus around the time to all of their employees‚ regardless of religious beliefs. The year’s
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The Merry Wives of Windsor: Domestic Setting as Enabling and Restricting for Female Gender Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor‚ written sometime between 1597 and 1598‚ takes place in predominately domestic settings‚ namely Page’s house‚ the Garter Inn‚ and Ford’s house. These domestic settings allow for an intimate look into the lives and gender relations of the English middle-class characters. This paper will pay particular attention to Act 4 Scene 2‚ which takes place in Ford’s household
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Mary (joanne) Joseph(vivian) Innkeepers (main: stephanie kwan) 3 wisemen Setting: Christmas Story outline: It’s Christmas but everyone is too busy to celebrate. Alex and Amelia‚ the married couple are a perfect example. They are too kicked up about the money they are earning‚ concentrating on their job so much that they have to go to work even on Christmas without any holiday. However‚ on Christmas day‚ an elf FiFi turns up at Alex’s and Amelia’s home and destroys their working plans
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stories. Poets have the ability to transfer their experiences and history into descriptive poems that readers can interpret in different ways. Poems written about civil rights are often the most confronting‚ as they are relatable for so many people. Merry-Go-Round by Langston Hughes in 1942 uses a seldom-seen point of view to show the unjust of segregation in America. Civilisation by Oodgeroo of the Noonuccal Tribe in 1964 uses heavy contrast between her people’s traditional culture and the new Western
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Does the spirit of Christmas bring meaning to your life as Christian-Catholic-Muslim? a) As a student As a student‚ Christmas means a good long vacation. To be able to share and cherish with old friends‚ new found friends‚ to our families and to everyone that’s been part of our lives. It’s also a time to forgive and forget about all the pain and trouble caused by our classmates or instructors. So let bygones be bygones so to speak. It’s the best time to be merry outside school pressures
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The Merry Widow In searching for an art piece that was relevant to our reading‚ I stumbled upon Jessica Li’s “The Merry Widow”. It is painted on an oil canvas that measures 7x9‚ located in the Dana gallery in my hometown of Missoula Montana. Jessica‚ the artist grew up in Mill Valley in California and painted in New York City for 20 years before moving to Northwest Montana. Jessica unusually meticulous oil painting techniques is grounded in the varnish mediums of the Dutch Golden Age. The New York
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I liked the cement mixer and played with it as much as or more than I played with the other toy vehicles I owned. At some point‚ several weeks or months after Christmas‚ however‚ my biological parents led me to believe that it was a magic and/or highly unusual cement mixer. Probably my mother told me this in a moment of adult boredom or whimsy‚ and then my father came home from work and joined in‚ also in a whimsical way. The magic—which my mother likely reported to me from her vantage on our living
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That’s why we forgive people even if they hurt us. We love people who don’t love us. And we smile despite every painful crash in our hearts. At the end of the day‚ lessons we get are answers to our decisions. Happy Birthday Jesus Christ :* Merry Christmas to all. Godbless :) Good Night Sweety :"> In life‚ we always search for answers because we want to prove to ourselves that we made the right decisions but the truth is we can’t search for what’s not there. Things happen because it’s meant to
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“God save you Ebeneezer! And a merry Christmas to you!” bellowed a voice from the window. Through the foggy glass‚ Scrooge could make out the rather large outline of none other than Peggy Harker‚ a worker at the local orphanage. Scrooge crinkled his nose in disgust and shooed her away with a flick of his hand. Peggy Harker‚ persistent as the rain during a wet monsoon month‚ continued to say “My oh my‚ it is extremely cold… mind if I come in?” in which Scrooge acknowledged with a harsh grunt.
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INT. SCENE 1 INTRODUCTION TO WHOVILLE – DAY (EVERYONE SHOPPING AND HAVING FUN. MAYBE AN OPENING SONG? WELCOME CHRISTMAS?) Have this scripture come up on screen at the beginning before it starts. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. Ezekiel 36:26 The Whos come out on stage and mingle around shopping and chatting‚ hustle and bustle. NARRATOR: Inside a snow flake like the one on your sleeve there happened
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