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Christmas tree

In my house we always get a real christmas tree and it always is the biggest one we can find. We always put it in our living room and because it has a high set sealing we have never had a problem fitting whatever tree we have found. We tend to get the tree two-three weeks before christmas and once christmas is over we lug it out to the side of our house. We leave it there until the tree completely dies and then we set it on fire. It makes a big fire for a few minutes then it tends to die down. once it has completely stopped we send it away never to see it again. Then we do the same thing the next year. once there was a tree that i was going to set on fire but my stupid cousin got to close and it caught his pants on fire, luckily he was near the hose and we quickly put him out. From then on when i set the tree  on fire he has to wait inside.

hopes

My hope for my country is that we become a more safe group of individuals. The shootings that have been going on in the news lately have been showing that people all over the country are killing others for some unknown reason. Killing others is a rather messed up thing to do. If you want to kill yourself because you don't love how your life has turned out well then that is fine, but you don't have to kill others in the process of killing yourself. If you started to kill other people 99.99% of the time you will not survive the shooting. I think there is some blame on how video games present killing to the people that buys the games. Seventeen years is a long time that you have to wait to be able to purchase a rated M game, but not all seventeen year old guys are ready for it. A lot of them find pleasure when killing others and the next step after killing people in a game is to kill people in real life. Media portrays violence as something that its not, killing others is a lot worse than movies make it out to be. In the real world the main character doesn't have the ability to take a large number of shoots to themselves without  a fatal outcome. In most cases they would end up in morgue.

puritans

To understand the puritans and what they had to go through to live in america, it is necessary to take a closer look at the past to better understand what was required of our ancestors so i can be here today. In the story the issue that the puritans had was when they got to america it had such a giant change to the type of environment that the puritans were used to. Half of the puritans died while in the new world,  only 50 people lived while the rest had to be buried or burned. Another problem that the puritans had was the location in which they decided to settle at, they decided to make camp close to a lake but that was not a good idea due to all the insects.

Christmas time

Although Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year it is also a very stressful time too. When the Christmas season rolls around you have to really plan ahead for the holiday. With my family it is so big that you have to go shopping a couple of times to be able to get everyone a present. Some people are easier to shop for like my cousins, but the most difficult ones are my aunts. They are all old and I don’t usually know what to give them. They are old and they are women that are one bad combination. Also you have to deal with the lines. There is only one other time that is worst then Christmas time lines and that is black Friday. Anyways, when shopping you always worry that they won’t like the gift and that they will just pretend that they like it. That is very irritating, because you can usually tell when someone is lying. I just wish I had easier family members to shop for.

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Holiday food:

1. Turkey- the way my dad makes turkey there is never enough to go around the table even with the biggest turkey you can find.

2. Pumpkin Pie- Of all types of pie pumpkin pie is the best in my opinion because I prefer not to eat a fruit pie.

3. Fudge- The thick creamy melt in your mouth fudge that my aunt makes is the best and I wish I could have more.

4. Stuffing- I enjoy eating the stuffing that goes along with the turkey because it makes my taste buds explode with joy.

5. Cookies- Everyone loves cookies and in my opinion sugar cookies are the best that you can get.

6. Cider- I love the sweet and sour taste that you get when you start gulping down cider. I prefer apple cider over any other type of cider you can get.

7. Mashed Potato- Out of all types of potato used products I would have to say I enjoy mashed potatoes the most. The nice smooth taste of the potato is great.

8. Green beans- The amount of butter and garlic my cousin puts on it to make the green beans make the vegetable from being good to being great.

9. Cranberries- it seems like a rather random food to love but the truth are told I have loved cranberries my entire life and I will love them the rest of my life.

10. Yams- though in the past I have never been a big Yams person but lately in the past few years I have really loved it. It just shows how peoples taste change as they get older.

Holiday Music

1	White Christmas	Bing Crosby
2	The Chipmunk Song	The Chipmunks
3	Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer	Gene Autry
4	I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus	Jimmy Boyd
5	Jingle Bell Rock	Bobby Helms
6	The Christmas Song	Nat King Cole
7	Snoopy's Christmas	The Royal Guardsmen
8	Here Comes Santa Claus	Gene Autry
9	Little Drummer Boy	Harry Someone Chorale
10	Donde Esta Santa Claus	Augie Rios

These are the best Christmas song of all time and I think they will live on forever as the best songs for the holidays.

Holiday Movies

1. Elf-This funny movie is about a baby boy who crawls into Santa’s gift bag while he is delivering presents to an orphanage. Once at the North Pole the head elf agrees to raise him as his own. Later Buddy figures out that he isn’t an elf and sets out to find his father.

2. Polar Express- This movie is about kids that believe in Santa get taken by train in the middle of the night to the North Pole to meet Santa. The main character in the movie meets new people and eventually meets Santa. Although the other kids in the end as they grow older they think he isn’t real but he knows for a fact that he is in fact a real person.

3. The Grinch who stole Christmas- Mike Myers plays the best Grinch ever and whenever you see him that is who I instantly think of. Mike plays the Grinch who had a bad life experience as a child and now loathes Christmas. A little girl Cindy Lou who isn’t afraid of the Grinch goes and confronts him and she tries to change his mind about Christmas.

4. Charlie brown Christmas-A classic Charlie brown movie about him and his friends having Christmas together as a type of family.

5. Santa clause- Tim Allen plays Santa and when the original Santa falls off his roof he disappears. Tim Allen takes the suit and puts it on to become the next Santa clause. It shows the story of Tim Allen character and how believing in something that you have been told isn't true isn’t always true.

6. Shrek the Halls- A Christmas version of Shrek and how he and his family fight. Until it is gone and he realizes what he truly had to begin with.

7. Rudolf the red nose reindeer- A classic cartoon that shows the life story of Rudolf the reindeer. I tell you about how he got to be Santa’s head reindeer. If you haven’t seen this movie, what do you live under a rock. It is definitely worth the time to watch.

8. A Christmas Carol- The Ghosts from Christmas past, present and also future visit scrooge so that he can find the true meaning of what Christmas is about. A story written by Charles Dickens

9. Home Alone 2- A boy who is going on vacation with his parents and siblings accidently gets separated from his parents and takes a flight to New York. While there he gets into trouble and prevents crooks from steeling all the money from the toy shop. He ends up playing pranks on them and they eventually get caught.

10. A Christmas story-A young boy who all he wanted for Christmas was a red rider gun. Although everyone warned him that if you have a gun you will shoot your eye out. Guess what he does? He shoots himself.


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power

Military delegates arrived for the 18th Communist Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday. The weeklong meeting helps with the naming of China’s top leader, who will replace Hu Jintao. The meeting also introduces a new generation of party leaders. Based on what we know, the chinese are getting ready to change all of there current leaders and replace them with the next generation that will rule over china. Hopefully they will be good people that wants to be close friens with the United States.