Christmas.

Merry Christmas! 

Christmas is both a sacred religious holiday and a worldwide cultural and commercial phenomenon. For two millennia, people around the world have been observing it with traditions and practices that are both religious and secular in nature. Christians celebrate Christmas Day as the anniversary of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, a spiritual leader whose teachings form the basis of their religion. Popular customs include exchanging gifts, decorating Christmas trees, attending church, sharing meals with family and friends and, of course, waiting for Santa Claus to arrive. December 25–Christmas Day–has been a federal holiday in the United States since 1870.






Christmas Tree Story.






Long before the advent of Christianity, plants and trees that remained green all year had a special meaning for people in the winter. Discover the history of the Christmas tree, from the earliest winter solstice celebrations, to Queen Victoria and all the way to the annual lighting of the Rockefeller Center tree.

Santa Claus.






The man we know as Santa Claus has a history all his own. Today, he is thought of mainly as the jolly man in red, but his story stretches all the way back to the third century.

Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle and simply "Santa", is a figure with legendary, mythical, historical and folkloric origins who, in manywestern cultures, is said to bring gifts to the homes of the good children on the night beforeChristmas, December 24. However in some European countries children receive their presents on St. Nicholas' Day, December 6.


The modern figure of Santa Claus was derived from the Dutch figure of Sinterklaas, which, in turn, was part of its basis in hagiographicaltales concerning the historical figure of Christian bishop and gift giver Saint Nicholas. During the Christianization of Germanic Europe, this figure may have absorbed elements of the godOdin, who was associated with the Germanic pagan midwinter event of Yule and led theWild Hunt, a ghostly procession through the sky.

Thanksgiving Day.

Thanksgiving Day. 

Thanksgiving Day (Jour de l'Action de grâce in Canadian French) is a national holidaycelebrated primarily in the United States and Canada as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Several other places around the world observe similar celebrations. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States and on the second Monday of October in Canada. Thanksgiving has its historical roots in religious and cultural traditions, and has long been celebrated in asecular manner as well.

Observed by	United States  Canada  Liberia  Puerto Rico  Norfolk Island  Grenada[1]
Type	National, cultural
Date	2nd Monday in October (Canada) 1st Thursday in November (Liberia) Last Wednesday in November (Norfolk Island) Fourth Thursday in November (USA)
2013 date	October 14, 2013 (Canada); November 7, 2013 (Liberia); November 27, 2013 (Norfolk Island); November 28, 2013 (USA)
2014 date	October 13, 2014 (Canada); November 6, 2014 (Liberia); November 26, 2014 (Norfolk Island); November 27, 2014 (USA, Puerto Rico)

In the English tradition, days of thanksgiving and special thanksgiving religious services became important during the English Reformation in the reign of Henry VIII and in reaction to the large number of religious holidays on the Catholic calendar. Before 1536 there were 95 Church holidays, plus 52 Sundays, when people were required to attend church and forego work and sometimes pay for expensive celebrations. The 1536 reforms reduced the number of Church holidays to 27, but some Puritans, the radical reformers of their age, wished to completely eliminate all Church holidays, including Christmas and Easter. The holidays were to be replaced by specially called Days of Fasting or Days of Thanksgiving, in response to events that the Puritans viewed as acts of special providence. Unexpected disasters or threats of judgement from on high called for Days of Fasting. Special blessings, viewed as coming from God, called for Days of Thanksgiving. 

For example, Days of Fasting were called on account of drought in 1611, floods in 1613, and plagues in 1604 and 1622. Days of Thanksgiving were called following the victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588 and following the deliverance ofQueen Anne in 1705. An unusual annual Day of Thanksgiving began in 1606 following the failure of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605 and developed into Guy Fawkes Day.

 “We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” –Cynthia Ozick

Missing U.

''This is the tale of the letter named I,
A lonely author who lived life with a sigh.

Follow along with I as she journeys to discover her missing U!''

This story, taken from a computer graphic video, talks about the letter ''I'' that can't find her ''U''. There were clouds without ''U'',so she starts a journey to find her missing letter, from the urban chaos to a cliff, near the sea. She jumps on a ship and she land on a ''J_ngle'', facing her fears through her way. After that, she finds Umbrellas, Ukuleles and even a Ufo. 

''You're welcome the stay, but you won't see much here. When the B_rds flew away [...] and F_sh are long gone, no [...] P_e, there's plenty of sorrow, but not even... I.''

''I'' and ''U'' finally found each other and that was the day that ''I and U'' became ''We.''

This story was incredibly amazing, emotional and well done. A Story that how love can be a great way to find each other and stay ''Together.''