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    What Is a Hero to Me

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    little things and that still make them heroes. Animals can do similar things. When I was a little girl I believed that a hero is a rich person who will always buy candies and toys for kids‚ since their parents could not afford it‚ a person like Santa Claus or someone who will make poor children happy. In my neighborhood there were many children like me‚ looking for a new toy around holydays or birthday‚ but not everyone was lucky. Parents who did not work and struggle with poverty ruin little dreams

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    told him‚ "can believe anything. You have no idea what I can believe." "Really?" "I can believe things that are true and I can believe things that aren’t true and I can believe things where nobody knows if they’re true or not. I can believe in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny and Marilyn Monroe and the Beatles and Elvis and Mister Ed. Listen-I believe that people are perfectible‚ that knowledge is infinite‚ that the world is run by secret banking cartels and is visited by aliens on a regular basis

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    literature. In the Grinch who stole Christmas‚ the Grinch is the antagonist who possesses an active hatred towards Christmas and the citizens of Who-ville. There are many questionable sections in the poem that distinguish it as a myth rather than reality. To begin with‚ Santa Clause and the Grinch are characters of the imagination‚ used in a mythical sense and never brought to reality. Secondly‚ the author says “THEN He loaded some bags And some old empty sacks On a ramshakle sleigh And he hitched

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    that most of the kids in my class believed in Santa Claus. I didn’t know who this man was‚ and was very surprised to find out that he was the person who supposedly gave me my presents. I told my fellow classmates that that was impossible because I knew that it was my family who gave me my presents‚ not some fat man in a red suit who went down my chimney. I didn’t even have a chimney. My classmates looked at me in horror‚ promptly telling me that Santa Clause was real because their mommy and daddy

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    The Grinch Every kid loves Christmas. They love the presents‚ the festivities‚ the decorations and of course the food. Well‚ the citizens of Whoville are no different‚ in fact‚ they may be a little over the top. The Grinch the movie is based off of the book How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr‚ Seuss. The film stars Jim Carrey as The Grinch and was released on November 8th of 2000 which is only a year after I was born. Although I was young when I was first introduced to the movie‚ as I grew

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    While people worship the Santa Claus‚ religions focus more on their origins. Christmas is a time to sit back and have a good time whether it be opening presents‚ or talking about the true meaning of Christmas. What a lot of people fail to realize is that for some religions they don’t follow the traditional Christmas standards. Many questions are being asked as in‚ what exactly goes on during the most wonderful time of the year? Do you have traditions that specifically fit into your lifestyle? What

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    gathering when everyone is enjoying the traditional fried foods to celebrate as part of the holiday activities. Here comes Christmas; Christmas has many activities to relish. There is the myth about Santa Clause for the kids to believe that he brings gifts for Christmas which leads for the children to leave milk for Santa Clause. Next‚ there are Christmas Carols sung and Christmas programs and plays being held in schools and churches. Also‚ Christmas is all about being thankful and being with family members

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    The book begins with the rescue basically‚ of this young boy named Dave Pelzer. During an examination by the school nurse Dave said he ran into a door‚ the nurse reminds him that he said that the week previous. Dave then changes his story saying he was playing baseball and got hit by the bat accidentally. This leads to the nurse examining Dave further‚ having him take off the torn clothing and revealing the scar on his stomach from where his mother had stabbed him. Dave is brought to the teacher’s

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    As time went on‚ stories of the boy bishop of Myra continued to grow and spread throughout the land. One such story is of Nicholas and the three generals. This legend is set during the reign of the Emperor Constantine when Nicholas was bishop of Myra. Constantine sent three generals to settle some unrest in a distant area of the Roman Empire. While on their way‚ the generals and their soldiers ran into a storm and had to stop over in Andriaki‚ which was the port of Myra. While they were waiting

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    Identification Santa has been in business for over 2‚000 years and he has one job- bring children joy on Christmas morning. The task seems easy enough‚ but with a growing population‚ advancing technology‚ and more ‘trend-savvy’ children‚ the big man can hardly keep up! Santa’s main problems lie in market trend analysis‚ meeting production requirements‚ and inefficient planning for the holiday season. The presented case refers to the Timmy the Tinsel Town Train CD-ROM situation where

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