Okay, so I'm going to start doing this thing where I put a kind-of subhead like thing. For example, I will chop up my post, like this:
Whisper
So, I did get a hamster for my birthday! He is a Winter White Dwarf hamster, and I named him "Whisper". My dad came up with the name. When I first got him, he bit me (a lot, about 4 times), but now he never bites me. Since I couldn't dress up a hamster for Halloween (or can I?), I bought him orange fluff, or stuffing, for his cage. I really do love him. He's very cute. Here's a picture of a Winter White:
Day of the Dead
I've decided what I want for my costume this year: a Day of the Dead girl. They look like this:
Yeah...The makeup looks hard, but we'll find a way to do it.
Christmas in October
I like to do random projects just for fun. I decided to make a report about the origins of Christmas. Here's what I got so far:
Christmas
Traditions Origins
Where
did Santa Claus come from?
First
of all, Santa Claus is a warm-hearted character who supposedly delivers
presents to boys and girls around the world. He wears a red suit and hat, has a
long white beard, rosy cheeks, and flies from house to house by magical
reindeer that fly. There are many different stories that make Santa Claus who
he is today. One of the earliest Santa Claus stories was from the 4th
century in Myra. There was a bishop, Saint Nicholas, who was known for being
generous to the poor. He threw coins
through the window, and in some variations, a chimney, so that a father could
pay his dowry for his daughter to get married. Children heard about Saint
Nicholas, and decided to hang stockings in hope of him visiting. Soon,
Europeans developed a holiday called “Saint Nicholas Day”, when people would
exchange gifts. This holiday was merged with Christmas. Sinterklaas was a Dutch
version of St. Nick. Sinterklaas had merged with Oden, the Pagan god of Yule
who flew an eight-legged horse. The name “Sinterklaas” was Americanized into
“Santa Claus”. Clement Clarke, a New Yorker, wrote “A Visit from Saint
Nicholas” or more commonly known as “The Night before Christmas”. He portrayed
Sinterklaas as a jolly elf with a pipe. He also gave him a bag of toys for all
children. He also made him ride a sleigh pulled by reindeer, rather than
horses. Although Clarke created a lot of the modern Santa, Thomas Nast
tremendously helped, too. In 1862, a popular magazine, Harper’s Weekly, hired
Nast to illustrate some Christmas images. He created some of the newest Santa
features, such as the Naughty or Nice list, living in the North Pole, and a
chubbier character. Retailers discovered the plump, happy Santa could be used
to help advertise products. Santa Claus became more and more popular throughout
the ages.
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