... . Teen-agers and adults alike are attending Christmas festivities throughout the month of December. Children are busy playing in the snow as they anxiously await Christmas Day to reveal what is in those beautifully wrapped packages under the tree. Families rush here and there, buying presents for one another and picking out the perfect Christmas tree together. Shopping centers are jam-packed with people because of ... all the great deals and sales they have to offer. Whoa! Take a time-out. Step back, and look at what ... ? Or is it more than that? How about a time when families get toget...

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... did. That morning my dad would torture me by telling me how he saw Santa that night. I was up and out of bed by six, waiting patiently by the tree until my parents got a cup of coffee and sat down. I was so hyper that I did not need anything to wake me up. I loved to open presents ... what we got. That was my Christmas as a six year old kid. I was not old enough to see the true meaning of Christmas. As I got older Christmas got to be a less of an important day of gift giving. Today it is a season of love, community and family. Christmas is more a time to help one another ... . Christmas ...

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... array of Christmas odor engulfs me, and makes my mouth water. As I yell "HELLO" I hear voices laughing, talking, and asking who's at the door? In the next second "Millions" of relatives are giving me there greetings and gladly inviting us into the house. As my family and I are quickly made comfortable I look around to see who will be joining us. Plates full of Christmas ... cousins faces as they think of rapidly ripping radically at the smooth silky present paper. "Santa is Coming! Santa is Coming," my cousins chanted enthusiastically Just then a load voice yells," Time to open presents...

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... a promotion to counting horse-drawn carriages. He's elated by this promotion because only a couple dozen carriages cross per day, giving him an opportunity to meet his love on his time off. Maintaining love that is pure and staying true to it rewards the main character. This love also brings up many questions that are ultimately left unanswered. Who this mysterious girl is ... , if they have ever met, and if he ever tells her how he feels are the questions that are brought to the readers mind. Antiques or handmade ornaments on a tree cause you to ask questions of where they have been and...

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... eating a few macaroons and hiding them in her pocket'. This is normally portrayed in a very childish manner on stage and normally has Nora tiptoeing' about the stage. Shortly after we see another example of Nora's regressive qualities after she has been told off' by Torvald for being a spendthrift'. We know ... that he is right for we have just witnessed her pay twice the amount requested for a Christmas tree as a tip for the delivery boy. Nora turns and walks away from Torvald giving a sulky whatever you say'. This childish sulking obviously works with Torvald as he immediately produces...

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