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Christmas Tree Gift Giving
780 wordsChristmas The year's most celebrated holiday is celebrated on December 25 th, both in homes and churches worldwide. The meaning for Christmas is to recognize Christ's birth, of which the exact date is not known. During the fourth century the Bishop of Rome set December 25 th as Christ's birth date. Some authorities claim that the choice of December 25 th was made because it coincided with Chanukah, Mithraic's feast of the sun god, and the people of northern Europe's winter solstice feast. The wi...
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People I Love Spend The Day Christmas
540 wordsChristmas to me is a celebration, which includes spending time with my family, decorating the entire house, inside and out, and shopping, for the people I love. Doing this with the people I love is what means the most to me. Spending Christmas with my family is very important to me. We usually gather and celebrate at my parents house, in East Tennessee. My husband, our three children, and myself travel from California. My two sisters, their husbands, and children come from a nearby town, for our...
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Death And Burial In Ancient Egypt
1,106 wordsTo every Egyptian death was seen as a desirable transformation, the passage of the true eternal life (Guide to The Valley of The Kings page 159, 1996). Death in no instance was considered a tragedy or an end but as a welcomed transition into the Afterlife. As death was of such an importance it was necessary that great care be taken for a smooth transition to immortality, this is a major reason that the Pharaohs contents of the tomb were of such importance. Egyptians emphasis on the importance of...
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Form Of Art Medieval Times
1,486 wordsToday I am having a conversation with two persons who work in the sphere of theater art. Thou both of them come from the similar type of environment, the difference between them is obvious. The actors are belonging to the different epochs, one to the medieval type of theater, and the other is the modern professional commedia del " arte performer. Our conversation occurs in the form of double interview, where both respondents are asked the same questions. The purpose is to discover the nature of ...
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Jinoti Dumplings Boiled Disappeared Riding Nian People
1,296 wordsThe Chinese New Year is now popularly known as the Spring Festival because it starts at the beginning of spring. The beginning of spring is usually around the forth or fifth of Feburary. Its origins are too old to be traced but several explanations have been presented. All agree that the word Nian, now chinese for year, was originally the name of a monster that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of the new year. One legend goes that the monster had an enormous mouth that co...
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