Christmas Eve As I entered our car, a fear came over me as if it were a wet blanket, cold as ice. I remember just last year, Christmas Eve and my grandparents, the happiest time of my life. The feeling of love, as if it were everyone's day. But today something was different. The Christmas Eve, just one year ago today started out at my father's house. It is a large house, but old, the windows leaked and if you were to sit in the livingroom chair you would almost always need a blanket. The
It is Christmas Eve at my grandparent’s house. I am sitting around the table in the noisy dining room with my whole family. As the seven different fish dishes finish cooking, my grandfather begins to place each one on the table in front of us. My favorite Christmas Eve dish is the first to come out—linguine with clams. As my grandfather enters the room, my senses are suddenly overwhelmed with the smell of the homemade white sauce and the fresh shellfish. My grandfather slowly sets the bowl of linguine
In my family, Christmas Eve is a time for food, gifts, and laughter. My family, in particular my mom and myself, spend hours in the kitchen on both Christmas Eve day, as well as the day before, preparing traditional French dishes. Typically, Christmas Eve is held at my mother’s house, which is packed to the rafters with the kids coming home for the holidays. My mother’s extended side of the family are normally invited, as well as my mother’s closest friends. Which of my mother’s friends are invited
14-year-old girl in America trying to establish her identity and fit in. Tan is in love with the minister’s son, Robert. For Christmas, Tan prays for Robert and a slim new American nose. Tan’s parents invite the minister and his family over for Christmas Eve dinner. Under those circumstances, Tan is overwhelmed with fear of what Robert will think of her family’s shabby Chinese Christmas. Tan’s mother prepares a strange Chinese menu consisting of prawns, fish, tofu, and squid. Tan is ashamed of her family
Unmask In “God in the Doorway,” Annie Dillard conveys a shift in her perception of God by associating fearful childhood experiences with her current interpersonal relationship with God. Santa Claus appears in Dillard’s doorway on Christmas Eve and as a young girl Dillard reacts in fear of a powerful, omniscient god-like figure and runs away. (M.S. 1) Dillard later realizes Miss White, her elderly neighbor, dressed-up as Santa Claus intending to shape a loving relationship with Dillard. Miss
voice then they will start to think that Santa isn’t real. If children heard Santa in a womanly voice then it could ruin their Christmas. Also, if a child doesn’t think that Santa isn’t real then they could go around to other people telling them that Santa isn’t real. If they go around telling other people that Santa isn’t real then that could ruin someone else’s Christmas. And, in the the story A Secret Santa Into Her Role even said that kids could get scared from her voice and think that Santa isn’t
The Christmas holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ in the Christian faith has expanded beyond its religious significance and been transformed into a cultural phenomenon observed by both believers and non-believers. According to a Pew Research study conducted in 2013, 92 percent of Americans and 96 percent of Christians participate in Christmas festivities. The same study also revealed that 81 percent of non-Christians, including atheists, Buddhists, and Hindus, also observe the holiday
Our Italian Tradition It was Christmas Eve. I sat, huddled in a ball, behind the armchair in my living room. I was trying to be as still and patient as I could be. I remember moments where I held my breath thinking if she heard me breathe, she would leave and I would never get a chance to see her. I could feel myself drifting off to sleep, but I tried to resist. All I wanted was to see her just once. Usually, I would be scared at the thought of a witch, but she was different. She was a magical
Jennifer Mentz Period 3 Spanish 2b A Christmas in Spain In Spain, they celebrate Christmas almost like how everyone else celebrates it but not quite the same. What they do in Spain is they have "Hogueras" (bonfires). This tradition was made before Christmas became a tradition. During Christmas, people get their families to all celebrate a holiday that brings them all together. Its cheerful and happy times. In Spain they have things that some people don't do anywhere else. Some of the things I thought
Christmas is a period of time, including 25 December, when Christians remember the birth of Jesus Christ. I think Christmas is also a season of presents, joy and family getting together. Many children believe the tradition that Santa Claus visits them with his special sleigh carried by his magical reindeer that can really fly! Santa Claus only comes when children are very well-behaved. He arrives on the night of Christmas Eve to bring presents for the children. The youngsters leave carrots for the
Powder Powder, a short story written by Tobias Wolff, is about a boy and his father on a Christmas Eve outing. As the story unfolds, it appears to run deeper than only a story about a boy and his father on a simple adventure in the snow. It is an account of a boy and his father’s relationship, or maybe the lack of one. Powder is narrated by a grown-up version of the boy. In this tale, the roles of the boy and his father emerge completely opposite than what they are supposed to be but may prove
only shame one should have is the shame that results from acting critically upon one’s differences. Only years later does Tan come to the realization of her mother’s good intentions. Tan reflects upon the event, stating that for that particular Christmas Eve dinner, her mother had chosen all of her favorite foods (Tan 2). From this approach, Tan reveals that the dinner symbolized her heritage, and altogether, was something she should have been proud
is marked by the handful of movie marathons featuring holiday classics. The Christmas holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ in the Christian faith has expanded beyond its religious significance and transformed into a cultural phenomenon observed by both believers and non-believers. According to a Pew Research study conducted in 2013, 92 percent of Americans and 96 percent of Christians participate in Christmas festivities. The same study also revealed that 81 percent of non-Christians, including
integration of the cultures of the native Indigenes (indigenous people), Spanish colonizers and African slaves. And Christmas season is one of the most beautiful times of the year to witness these traditions. The Christmas season is a time for the Latin American community to showcase their culture, customs and traditions. In Brazil, the sea plays a special role during this time as Christmas is celebrated with the music of the waves. Countries like Bolivia and Ecuador celebrate with their traditional delightful
Every person thinks about a certain question at least once in the lifetime. The question that is most thought about is, ¨Who am I?¨ Many people would respond with their name, their parents, or where they live. Others use their reputation, their occupation, and their looks. At last, a few others identify themselves by their significant actions they have done. In some stories, characters try to find out who they really are. In the short stories ¨Fish Cheeks¨ by Amy Tan, ¨Two Kinds¨ by Amy Tan, and
Christmas, few people stop to think how it originated. Started as a pagan holiday during the time of Romans, it developed in to a Christian celebration dedicated for Christ. People in different age groups, both kids and adults, enjoy the season of Christmas. Christmas has been very big and an inspiring holiday for many families around the world for many centuries. Packed with busy shoppers, jingle bells, colorful lights and Santa Claus, Christmas is thought by many people to be “the most wonderful
The whole family comes together for this special holiday. We have so many traditions of that particular day. When I was a child in the month of December, every morning my father would put Christmas songs in my room. The very first song that he would play is ,“It’s the Most Wonderful time of the Year” this song gives me joy to this present day. I would wake up to this song and find my dad in the living room waiting for a dance, he would spin
A Christmas Carol – Chapter Summaries Stave 1: The scene is set as a foggy, cold Christmas Eve in London in which a mean, selfish, old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge works in his counting-house. This counting house was co-owned by Jacob Marley, Scrooge's now dead business partner, who had died seven years earlier. Scrooge has a clerk, Bob Cratchit, who he employed to work for him but treats the man poorly refusing to pay a single cent for another lump of coal to heat up the freezing office (which
who love you the most you usually exchange gifts with. I realized my mom, dad and brother probably felt the same way I did. I bet my little brother Jimmy was probably crying that I wasn't there to read him a Christmas story and tell him Santa was coming soon. My mom was probably baking Christmas cookies alone because I wasn't there to help like I did every year. Dad was probably decorating the tree. I cried because I was so selfish to leave them. I knew they probably missed me and truth be told I missed
of being around. However, riddle me this, why do other kids think this is amazing? The gifts? Sure, I understand that. But everything else? What part of that could ever make you want to jump for joy in any way whatsoever? Not only is the whole Christmas Eve thing creepy, but don’t even get me started on the mall Santas. I know they aren’t the real Santas but either way, knock off Santas are just as creepy, smiling at you all big and excited like they know you’re internally having a major freak out