In Charles Wedd’s poem “The Death of Santa Claus” the speaker compares Santa’s death to how children react to finding out that Santa isn’t real to show how much of an impact Santa and all of the other holiday heroes have on children. In the first half of the poem, Wedd is describing how Santa died through the third person showing how Santa isn’t able to get to a hospital because of how far it was from him, but also how even when our kids believe in our holiday heroes, one day they will find out that there is no Santa, Easter Bunny or even the Tooth Fairy. In the second half, Wedd moves to an eight-year old's perspective from where the child still believes in Santa only to have the kids at his school tell him the Santa is not real. Wedd starts …show more content…
Claus but all the elves and reindeer run outside to try and help Santa off the ground from the fall. While they all try to help him, Webb says "Rudolph's nose blinks like a sad ambulance light," which compares the light of Rudolph's nose to the light from an ambulance. While transitioning from Santa's side of the poem, Webb moves to an 8 years old's perspective, who still believes in Santa but in lines 24-26, the young boy talks to his mother he tells her "stupid kids at school say Santa is a big fake." The mother is caring and loving and sits with him on their purple-flowered couch and takes his hand into her own; the boy's mother knows then that she would have to tell her son that what the other kids told him was true. In Line 29-30 Webb says that the mother has "tears in her throat, the terrible news rising in her eyes." While some may think the lines are flipped around, Webb flips the words around to show that the mother was getting choked up from the tears that would soon be flowing down her face, while also letting the reader know that the young boy could see that his mother was going to tell her the terrible news that she had been dreading of telling
The scene before this metaphor describes the author 's realization of his forever departure from his childhood world as his presents are no longer from "Santa Claus", unlike his younger brothers. Christmas is a holiday filled with joy and laughter, however for the author, this Christmas meant the mark of his entrance in the adult world. As he said on page 344, paragraph 4, "...so much surprised as touched by a pang
a prison or a treadmill; he did not think for a second that the places
This leads into the most important difference between the book and the movie. In the movie it depicts that going to the North Pole to see Santa was all a dream, while in the book it made it all seem real. When children go see this movie, they might think that since the boy is having a dream that Santa must not be real. A lot of research has been done about kids believing in Santa. Gail Vines wrote about “the Santa delusion” from psychologist’s perspectives. According to Gail Vines (2007), children are able to
Santa Claus is seen sitting next to two young girls, one is praying, while the other has a fascinated gaze emanating among her face. They are all present inside of a Cabin with the floor and walls made out of a similar gradient wood texture. Components of the background consent of a Christmas tree, wreath, stuffed animal, lamp, dog, and presents. The author’s contact information is accessible for the audience without a need for an outside source.
In the poem “The Death of Santa Claus” by Charles Webb, the speaker compares the end of his childhood and his loss of childhood innocence with Santa dying. The child compares heart attacks and such to the “death” of his childhood. In Charles Webb’s poem “The Death of Santa Claus”, the speaker compares the death to the loss of innocence in a child.
old sinner! Hard as a steel and sharp as a flint, from which no steel
Santa Claus was well-known as a kind man who had a long white bread, wore big red-white clothes and carried children’s gifts with his flying reindeers as a vehicle. Christians all around the world have had Santa traditions since the 1820’s, which is lying children to believe in Santa, hang a sock on the window, behave nicely and go to bed early so that Santa can come and give them presents (Sleepypanda 2013). Until December 2016, psychologists claimed that Santa myth could destroy children’s trust to parents. "All children will eventually find out they've been consistently lied to for years, and this might make them wonder what other lies they've been told," (Boyle & McKay 2016)
How do you view Christmas ungrateful and greedy or giving and geneset? Charles Dickens wrote a play called the Christmas carol it was published on December 19, 1843. One of the main characters was Ebenezer Scrooge. On Christmas Eve Ebenezer Scrooge was haunted by three spirits the names were spirits Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Scrooge change through the three spirits. Scrooge did not like Christmas but in the end, he was very giving.
on his head, on his eyebrows and on his wiry chin. He carried his own
David Sedaris explains the different holiday practices Americans and the Dutch have. He talks about how Americans and Dutch people celebrate Christmas, also how they view the tale of Santa Claus. As Sedaris says, the American figure, Santa Claus, is “jolly and obese,” yet the Dutch figure, Saint Nicholas, is portrayed as “painfully thin, and not unlike the pope.” The differences between the Dutch and American Christmas figures and traditions provide evidence of the differences between their national character. Americans, with their fat, jolly Santa and tradition of opening presents on Christmas day are more materialistic and consumerist than the Dutch, whose skinny St. Nicholas and less gift-centered Christmas traditions are evidence of their
“Bah, humbug!” This well-known phrase is popular thanks to Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. In this literary classic, Dickens tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a “tight fisted...covetous old sinner” (12). Through a series of hauntings by various Christmas ghosts, Scrooge realizes the error of his ways and changes completely into a warm-hearted, generous man. Scrooge’s tale is a familiar one; countless movies have been filmed, plays have been produced, and references made in other stories and television shows. Each rendition of A Christmas Carol provides its own spin, but none are quite as unique as the “Epic Rap Battles of History: Donald Trump vs. Ebenezer Scrooge.” This rap battle uses key phrases, symbolism, and the assumption that the viewer is familiar with A Christmas Carol to tell Scrooge’s story with an unmistakably modern twist.
The Victorian Period lasted from 1832 to 1901 under Queen Victoria’s reign. The culture revealed in this era was a time of rapid change, social inequality, industrialization, supernatural and religious beliefs, and was accurately reflected in the works of Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol. Roles of men and women were strictly defined, as were economic statuses. The hustle and bustle of the streets led to illnesses. Working conditions were destitute and unsanitary. Children often had little to no education, unless very fortunate. New advancements in technology arose, after the industrialization of the United Kingdom began.
What if I was to tell you that the jolly, friendly, and innocent wonderworker that is Santa Claus that we all know and love, didn't always make the ‘nice list?’ Siefker bridges the gap between truth and fiction by embedding the notion that Santa Claus has taken on some strange identities over the past hundreds of years- each varying in name, personality, and drapery. In a daunting and unruly thesis, Siefker unfolds the evolution of Santa Claus and exploited his time as Robin Goodfellow; who is sometimes referred to as Puck, the Pagan fairy of mischief (Wright). However irrational this truth may seem, it is noted that Santa Claus is derived from an accumulation of tales, the earliest of which begin in year 260 AD with the birth of Saint Nicholas
The ability to tell Santa about your fondest dreams seems to resonate with children and adults alike. Dick and his band of elves have passed along notes appealing to Santa’s spirit of charmed kindness that sometimes appear to be more of a cry for help and hope rather than a request for a gift.
He over exaggerates often throughout the article, however he has a few solid points. I agree that it does not do much for their imagination, although studies have shown that it helps children throughout their stages of development. When lying to your child about the story of Santa Claus, you help stimulate the cognitive development that a child needs in order to grow into a healthy human being. Santa Claus continues to be a pertinent issue in society amongst parents and their children today. It can be very challenging to know which side you agree with based on your family culture, how you cultivated and what you believe in. In today’s society, few children believe in Santa because of so many available outlets pertaining to the issue. While children can easily receive an answer to their question, there has been an abundance of parents interested in what they should tell their children. Parents who want to make sure they are doing the right thing, however they sense not having the answers to everything dealing with this controversy. Santa Claus is a part of an everlasting Family Tradition that has been a part of Christmas for numerous years and will continue to