Taylor Hardy Analysis

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“You must give everything to make your life as beautiful as the dreams that dance in your imagination.” ― Roman Payne

For the last three years, I have helped organize and assist in coordinating my town’s Breakfast with Santa program. Each year the program is hosted at a local daycare. The program provides each child with a wrapped gift and a Christmas related book. They are also given the opportunity to take pictures with Santa and make crafts. For many of the children, the only gifts that they receive for Christmas are those donated by volunteers. As a

It is thought that in about 280 CE, the man now known as Santa Claus was born. This man’s full name was St. Nicholas of Myra. There is close to no information on this man, but there is legends. No one knows whether they are true or not. A famous legend tells of a story, where St. Nicholas helped a poor father and his three daughters. The father did not afford to pay his children’s dowries, and was consequently forced to sell them into slavery. But before the father could sell his children into servitude, St. Nicholas came in the night, and provided the unfortunate father with money for his daughters.

As well as the movie adding the songs, it also added the kids getting a special ticket. Each child had a certain a letter at the beginning of their train ride, punched by the conductor. When the kids were done experiencing the North Pole, the conductor punched out a word pertaining to each kid. The main kid got the word believe punched into his ticket because he did not believe in Santa at the beginning of the movie. The African American girl got leader punched into her ticket because she was the one that always knew what to do. The poor boy, Billy, also got believe because he didn’t think Santa was real either.

From The First Present To The Present tells the story of how Kris Kringle became Santa Claus. Kris and his wife first started giving homemade toys to the children of their church in their little mountain village. Kris was walking in the forest looking for a tree to cut down. There he met two elves, Isidone and Orrie, who invited him to visit their village at the north pole. Once there the council of elves encouraged

Taylor fulfils the task of the philosopher in his text. He creates conceptual clarity, and his text is logically structured. Finley, on the other hand, is a historian, not a philosopher. Therefore, he presents a chaotic text, with no clear structure. It is more informative than argumentative, and -unlike Taylor who stays true to his argument, resulting to a final conclusion- he works backwards on his argumentation. He chooses to first present his conclusion, which is unclear to the reader, and then work his way back to the argument, which mostly consists of random observations. This makes his text less coherent and harder to understand, and proves how different the two texts

Once the leaves begin to alter their color for the winter, most houses and businesses also change their appearance for the winter. Many families drag out their boxes of red and green to decorate their house for the holidays. Parents may brave a line stretching down the mall so their child can tell Father Christmas, or Santa Claus, what he or she wishes to unwrap on Christmas morning. Some parents question the effect of a child’s health or morals associated with the belief in Santa Claus, but, with research and psychologists weighing in on the subject, there is no tramatic evidence apparent in letting a child have faith in Santa Claus. Evidence gathered may suggest a benefit for children. Children should have the oportunity to believe in Santa Claus because it stems creativity and can improve mental health, shows youth an example of giving without expecting anything in return, and when the time comes, forces kids to distinguish between fantasy and reality.

“We go to church as separate families, then come back to Gomie’s house. We fill up on enormous amounts of food... the children would go to sleep and be woken up at midnight to find Santa was in the house, which is usually one of the male adults dressing up. We give out the presents there from all the aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents.”

Dreams of a White Christmas Without a doubt, Santa Claus is one of America’s, if not the world’s, most iconic figures. A symbol of the secular West’s religion of consumerism, Santa Claus and his twelve reindeer have hijacked the holiday dedicated to the birth of Jesus Christ, and replaced it with the gospel of spending. As both a cultural icon and the patron saint of capitalism, the depiction of Santa Claus in recent years has been seriously debated. While today he is near universally depicted as a portly old man, in a red and white suit and with a long, white beard, some argue that Santa’s image should reflect the changing demographics of the American public. Last year, a national debate ensued after author Aisha Harris wrote for Slate

Christmas, is the most wonderful time of the year. A time for family, friends, and food. Stories of the year are shared by all, for the children stories of Christmas are told. Frosty, Rudolf, Mr. Scrooge, and James Penguin are all fairly classic Christmas stories known by most. Here is a new one to add to your Christmas collection. A Christmas Present by Richmal Crompton. This story takes place in the home of John Clay and his wife Mary’s aunt and uncle’s, but her aunt happens to be deaf.

Volt and Taylor are electrifying. I love their connection and their friendship. They were so different, but I guess opposite attracts. Taylor is a teacher and a very simple girl, not Volt’s regular type at all. But for some reason he was drawn to her and she was to him. But he was a man whore and she didn’t want to be just one of his conquest. Instead they had an agreement and being really good friends. They were sweet and funny, I just couldn’t wait for him them to get together. As they go on to their very friends only rule, their attraction for each other they had to keep denying. I didn’t realize at first when I started reading this book, that this was a series with a bunch of books attached to it, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Even though

Santa lives in a magical place filled with little elves running around. He lives in a little village called the North Pole. Christmas presents are stored at the North Pole. Everyone talks about the North Pole because of how much snow there is and how the Christmas trees are perfect and pretty. Santa’s reindeer live at the North Pole, where they can eat as many carrots as they want. Every letter a child writes to Santa is sent to the North Pole. Santa has a

Everyone has always wondered how Santa delivers gifts to all of the children in one night. Truth is, he isn’t even the one who delivers them. It is the reindeer. The North Pole is a part of an alternate universe where they travel through portals to bring the presents to everyone in one night. This is the same alternate universe of monsters, superheroes, famous princes or princesses, characters in books, greek gods and goddesses, and other figments of children’s imaginations such as the tooth fairy or the Easter bunny. The measure of time is drastically different, making it easy for them to do all of this in one night. Every hour in human’s time, is a day in reindeer’s time. This year, something truly terrible has happened. Someone has stolen the Holly jolly Christmas Spirit, and there is no way for the reindeer to give the people presents. The Holly Jolly Christmas Spirit is what powers the portals and allows the reindeer to travel between universes. Santa has put to use his two greatest reindeer, Donner and Comet, to fix

Holiday décor lined the streets bringing magical delight to everyone who attended the event. Celebrating the diversity within the community the holiday display featured a 50-foot Christmas tree, giant Menorah, and Kwanzaa candelabra. Ol’ Saint Nick arrived in true fashion on a bubble blowing fire truck as children screamed with delight and glee. Live music, food, cocktails, merchandise vendors, and holiday activities for kids made this event enjoyable for the entire family. Toy soldiers stood guard as children eagerly waited in line to take a photo with Santa Claus and his elves. A giant fun slide, bounce house, and rock wall kept kids engaged as parents grooved to music selections from The Journey Church Band, School of Rock, and the Funkabilly Playboys. This holiday event truly was a perfect way to kick off the most wonderful time of