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Chicken puff paste, duck, fish, vegetables, sounds like a great Christmas dinner, right? According to mymerrychristmas.com this is what christmas dinner looked like 100 years ago. Today on Christmas we have a very different menu than americans did 100 years ago. Turkey, steamed vegetables, pie, cookies, rolls, and christmas candy and so much more. This year's christmas compared to past years has definitely taken a turn. Over the years christmas has definitely changed. But is it better than Christmas 100 years ago? While there are some similarities between gifts from Christmas now and 100 years ago, there is definitely a change in price and lots of aspects that go into buying the gift and what the gift is. According to mymerrychristmas.com, a popular gift in 100 years ago were dolls. Lots of the little girls dolls 100 years ago were homemade or if they were bought they would cost anything from one dollar to the maximum of five dollars. Today dolls are still a very popular gift however it is very rare to find a homemade doll. A very popular doll is an american girl doll which cost anything from one …show more content…

According to pictures on mymerrychristmas.com santa looks a lot different than he did 100 years ago. On my merrychristmas.com santa was used in an ad holding gun, today santa is often used in ads such as the coke-a-cola and etc. However today he is used way differently than he was 100 years ago. Not only was santa holding a weapon in the add he was also dressed in a really dark color. It made the ad look like he was almost a scary person who you would not want to be around. Today santa is always dressed in bright inviting colors. Santa is not known today as a scary person companies use santa to convince people to buy their product. I don't know but to me santa holding a gun does not make me want to buy the product. I guess we got a new and improved version of santa through the

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I also found that Scrooge is the same Christmas hater in the book and in the movie. Scrooge is visited by the same three spirits in the movie and book. You can’t forget that runs a business in both the movie and the book. Some differences that I found is that in the book, the first spirit had the cap under its arm, while in the movie, the cap was in its hand. Another difference I found is that in the movie, in the scene where Scrooge is taken to the past to see a boy abandoned by his friends and alone in the school reading, Scrooge didn’t weep for him.

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As a young adult, I can say that Christmas gift giving is likewise to language. Similar to how I grasped the language of English and developed it as I got older, gift giving has also grown with me throughout my childhood up till now. Both have evolved into society and culture. Christmas has transformed into a "cultural ritual" celebrated year after year all because of social norms. The idea that society celebrates Christmas and gift giving without having to be forced represents how culture regulates societal behavior.

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Well I have seen a lot of film versions and no stage versions, and since I like to have fun I will be talking about the differences between "A Christmas Carol" and "A Muppet Christmas Carol". Now besides the Muppets I would say the movie is very accurate, from the costume designs, to the story. They even add direct quotes from the book sometimes, but with every adaptations some changes were made here and there. Of course they had to cut some material out to make the movie a certain time, and they had to make the content a little more enjoyable for their modern audiences so they made the dialog a bit more "with the times". They also added some more personal choices like adding musical numbers which I find is very fitting for the story.

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Christmas is seen as something joyful and family oriented which the Who’s admire, while on the other hand the Grinch despises such festivities. The Grinch stole everything from the Who’s houses “On their walls he left nothing but hooks and some wire.” which led to making an image of evil. Grinch

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They both feature a man who hated christmas and later found the value of christmas. In “A Christmas Carol” Ebenezer Scrooge, a grumpy old man who only cares about money gets visited by a ghost of his business partner to help Scrooge enjoy Christmas(O'connor). From the visit of his business partner and other Christmas Ghost with him, Scrooge find for the first time in his life Friends and family to celebrate Christmas with. Second of all the Grinch discover the act of giving from Scrooge. In the movie the Scrooge started to help out the less unfortunate with his money.

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In the movie The Grinch, he says “I hate Christmas, I hate it,” He says this after getting bullied by his classmates and decides to run away. This shows that the Grinch hates Christmas from a past traumatic event. This is why the Grinch hates the sounds and lights from the Wwhos, as it reminds him of when he was a kid at Christmas. The Grinch is broken, not purely eEvil. So this gives him a big uprise when he changes, overcoming childhood trauma.

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In both,he’s scared the most by Christmas Future, shot down by The Ghost of Christmas Present, most contempt with the The Ghost of Christmas Past. Of course there are some differences too. The most obvious is the change in dialogue. Another huge

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Throughout history dolls have been given to children to pass the time, to spark their young imaginations or as tools as reassurance. However, in some cultures doll were given to the young to serve as a tools of education teach them about subject that are entertaining and personal creative way. Native Americans across North America have used dolls to teach their young about their ancestors and the ancestral ways for centuries with these dolls called Katchinas. That comes from the Hopi Indian tribes. The British first recorded encounter with the Hopi People was during the 16th century.

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When people are asked to name some of the classic Christmas movies, they are quick to say movies such as Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (1964), Frosty the Snowman (1969), and How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), but they forget to mention the dismal, chilling The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993). But why is that, doesn’t Tim Burton still show the joy that Christmas brings, but in a slightly new perspective? Aren’t The Nightmare Before Christmas and How the Grinch Stole Christmas quite similar depictions of how some may deal with the “Christmas blues”? The Nightmare Before Christmas and How the Grinch Stole Christmas both originated as poems with rhythms similar to most Christmas poems. Tim Burton and Dr. Seuss both portray the cliché themes

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Therefore the recorded copy changes the words from the original story. There are similarities and differences here are some of the later. In recorded version people will talk to the mean old mister Scrooge on the street and not stand as far away from him as possible. The written story puts into great detail where Scrooge lives. The Ghost of Christmas Past looks a lot different in the movie.

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