APPENDIX 1.6aa)Firstly, the date easter is celebrate changes every year. I feel that this is very interesting because most festivals have a fixed date. But usually, easter falls 2 day after Good friday. Easter is usually also associated with chocolate eggs and rabbits. The hare is symbolically associated with the moon and therefore may have indirectly become associated with Easter since the date of Easter is determined by the phases of the moon. The Egg is also associated with easter beacuse it is a symbol of fertility and re-birth. Every Easter day, people will draw picture and decorate the eggs which i feel very meaningful. According to my reserch, people believe it is a symbol of the the stone blocking the Sepulchre from being 'rolled' away. Some people, however, just exchange chocolate eggs with one another as an easier option.
Each year on the 25th December, my family will celebrate the annual holiday, Christmas. Christmas is a very important day because it commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ. I feel that Christmas is a time of happiness and joy. My family celebrates Christmas by going to my grandmother’s house in the evening. At there, all my relatives will be present and we will exchange gifts we bought for each other. We then went to East Coast Park and had barbeque. We ate delicious foods like seafood such as prawn, crabs oysters and fish. To me, Christmas is a time where everybody gets together, bond and strengthen our relationships, and also get to understand one another better at the same time. My family always spent our time during this occasion preparing the ingredients for the barbeque feast at night, and also shopping for gifts. While doing so, it bonds my family together as we all co-operate to search for, and buy the ingredients and gifts. We also spent much time planning for the event, like how to make it a memorable one. At midnight, everyone in my family will open all the presents and check what we have gotten. I always loved Christmas since young as I will get to meet up with all my relatives and cousins whom I rarely met. In the meanwhile, we can also exchange common interests and understand each other better. To me, Christmas will always be a memorable time for me, and my family.
b)
Comparing my personal experience with what Jess experienced with his family, I find that there are quit a few differences. Such as, how we spent our time. Even though it is near Christmas, the siblings still spent most of their time quarrelling with one another. But I this spent my time preparing for the Christmas party at night, such as shopping for gifts and searching for ingredients. Also, Jess spends most of his time during Christmas milking Miss Bessie and with his close friend, Leslie whom was all totally unrelated to him. But I spend most of my time with my family and relatives instead of with my friends. From here, I can say that Jess spends his Christmas very unhappily as he rarely spent time with his family. This may be because of the financial difficulties Jess‘s family is facing, hence does not have enough money to celebrate the occasion properly (eg. buying foods and gifts).
c)
2 of the festivals which my friends and i have done are Easter and christmas. There are many interesting details about easter. There are also many good things about Christmas. Firstly christmas allows you and your family to bond together, and people often decorate the place with christmas tree. People also hang many colourful decorations around Christmas tree to make it more beautiful. At the top of the tree, there will be an angel or a star placed, representing the host of angels or the Star of Bethlehem from the Navity story. People also exchange gifts as a form of love and care for one another. Christmas and Easter and all associated with Jesus. Christmas, marks the birth of Jesus, while Easter marks the death of Jesus. From all of what i have said, this shows that Easter and Christmas all helps to bond family together, forming closer relationships between the family.
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BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA
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