Giving gifts is known to be a tradition in the Christmas Eve. ... Although the story "Christmas Carol" take place in a different time period, still holds values and lessons that are important in society today. ... Christmas Carol emphasize the theory of money cannot buy happiness by showing Scrooge decision of choosing money and personal gains over family and love. ... Dicken's, "A Christmas Carol," shows that society should learn to live by imposing morals everyday and not just in holidays or special occasions. ... A Christmas Carol makes readers aware of their personal attitud...

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• Grade Level: High School

"A Rose For Emily," by Faulkner and "A Christmas Carol," by Dickens do not have quite the same theme, but the over all concept of the stories are very similar. "A Rose For Emily" sends out the message of having to let go of the past, while "A Christmas Carol" focuses more on the fact that money doesn't make happiness and to give to the less fortunate. ... In "A Christmas Carol," Scrooge was also a very bitter man. ... He showed him happy Christmas times and warned him about ignorance. ... All in all, these two stories, "A Rose For Emily" and "A Christmas Carol" have a common concept b...

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• Grade Level: High School

(Dickens, "A Christmas Carol", p.1359, III. 1-7, from "No body" to "dark master!") This passage told by the narrator gives an accurate description of the character of Scrooge, through the thoughts and actions of the people around him. This gives the reader an idea of what people expect and feel t...

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Human-sized Santa Clauses projected the best smiles as they sit under a humongous Christmas tree bejeweled with gaudy Christmas balls. ... Filipinos are fond of carolling during Christmas. For the month of October, lovely voices are heard from children and choir groups roaming at night and singing Christmas carols. ... And the most terrible, children will have been carolling as early as November one during the hype of Halloween. ... The famous Christmas carol "Joy to the World" exhorts us to joy because "the Lord is come....

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• Grade Level: High School

Michael was woke up by his lovely wife Carol, which made him notice that she was wearing the silk toed stalking he bought her for $1.00 for Christmas. That wasn't all what he bought for her during that lovely Christmas day where he, his wife Carol and their son Peter opened up their presents. ... He wished he bought more presents for his family but The Vancouver Sun didn't print on Christmas Eve or on Christmas. ...

• Word Count: 398
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• Grade Level: High School

Christmas Joy I think Christmas has always been one of my favorite holidays. Maybe because of the special atmosphere that you can feel everywhere, in shops, restaurants , pubs and even streets, where you can hear the magical carols, or maybe it's because of its religious background, but what I can tell you for sure is that I can't think of anything more exciting than the image of the entire family preparing the Christmas Tree or fixing the Christmas dishes. ... On Christmas Day, we get up and we go downstairs to take the goodies Santa has left for us. ... The car ride there, is alway...

• Word Count: 2511
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School