Traditions And Customs Of The Holiday Season

I am very fortunate to be able to attend 5 different Christmas's almost every year.
Three of these events are the commonly known Christmas. Sitting around with our family or friends, watching movies, having a huge dinner and opening gifts. A Christmas dinner for my family consists of a turkey (or two), stuffing, many different types of potatoes, beans, gravy, and a variety of vegetables.
The fourth Christmas that my family has is a smaller evening, with just my mom and siblings. Seeing as my mom works most Christmas's, we wait until the evening to sit down and open up gifts with each other. We spend a good hour opening up presents from each other, our mom, and even Santa.

Our final Christmas is at my Grandma and Opa's house. My Grandmas is Danish and my Opa German, so this dinner is a little different. The same situation happens with presents and stockings, but dinner changes.With this dinner my Grandma does not enjoy turkey, so we always have a ham, with crackling on the outside (a sort of pork rind), a mound of mashed potatoes, red cabbage, brussel sprouts, beans and a few smaller pieces. After the kids clean off the table and we all talk for about half an hour, we have a competition. It's a Danish tradition to have a huge bowl of rice pudding and drop one shaved almond in and stir it around.

Whoever finds the almond in their pudding receives a prize picked by my Grandma. But, you do have to eat all the pudding in your bowl until you may claim your prize. Naturally, this turns into a huge competition with us. Me and my uncle always fight over how we think the other took not one but two scoops and a war breaks out. All is well though as after all this is cleaned up and coffee and drinks are distributed. presents are opened. What a surprise it is that Santa went to their house to.

What's A Storyboard

Making a storyboard for a business video, is a form of organization or planning. It is a sequence of drawings, mainly with dialogue and a certain direction to follow. It can represent the shots planned for a movie or television show as well.

To make a storyboard you first need to draw or print a group of squares on your paper, many templates are available online in a print friendly form. These squares each represent a frame or scene. You can obtain these pictures in anyway, by drawing, digitally or by photographs.

A space has to be saved either beside or underneath each scene to be able to write the script or story, much like a comic book.  Notes about camera angles or any other detail would also need to be made at this point.

Storyboards to not have to be incredibly detailed, as they are not the final product.

Lest We Forget: Part B

Even though I don't have any family who fought in a war, I still hold Remembrance Day close to my heart. I believe that it is extremely important to remember the people who fought and/or fight for our freedom. Without them, our country would not be the place it is today. Normally every year I attend a Remembrance Day Service, or attempt to. I used to be a girl guide, and with that came me walking and being involved in the annual ceremony. So it is like a tradition for my attendance.

Captain Miles Shelby, CD
Age: 31
Home Town: New Westminster, British Columbia
Unit: 431 Air Demonstration Squadron (The Snowbirds) 
Deceased: December 10, 2004
Incident: Mid-air collision with another Snowbirds aircraft.    

Sapper Stephan John Stock
Age: 25
Home Town: Campbell River, British Columbia
Unit: 1 Combat Engineer Regiment (1 CER) 
Deceased: August 20, 2008
Incident: Improvised explosive device, Zharey district, Afghanistan
 

Social Media Safety

  This presentation was shown to us in a very unique way. The white hatter started his presentation like any other person, but unlike any presenter I've seen, was very emotionally invested in his presentation. He genuinely  loved what he was doing, which made the presentation much more enjoyable.

Stay Safe Online

 He taught us about the technical points of social media and it's risks. Showing us how easy it is to get our personal information stolen. Also, helping us protect or phones from potential risks.

 
  It is important not to post any personal information online, such as home address, phone number, full name, etc. Also to be sure your phone or personal profile settings are as secure as possible.

  The only way to keep everyone around you safe is to make sure any pictures of friends on profiles are safe, and to share your knowledge about internet safety.

  It is important to talk to an adult if you feel like your safety is at risk, and to tell then about everything that has gone on in the situation.

  I believe that the presentation was very helpful. The way it was presented made the audience to pay more attention then they would at a regular assembly. It was a long, but information packed presentation.

12 Tips For Safe Social Networking

Lest We Forget: Part C

Lest We Forget: Part A

Remembrance Vignette 2014

Remembrance day was brought about to remember all fallen and some active members of the armed forces. On November 11th at 11 am in 1918 World War I was ended. Sadly it did not end soon enough, as around 100,000 soldiers died in World War I and II.

 In Canada, this day, is a federal statutory holiday.  A 2 minute silence is shared at exactly 11 am, as well as all government buildings flying the Canadian flag. To show respect for the troops many people wear artificial poppies on the the left side of their chest. The US also honors troops with this day, but to them it is called Veteran's Day. 

Before 1931, Remembrance Day was known as Armistice day, until a bill was passed to change it. In the States this day was also known as Armistice Day, their holiday changed in 1954 though, into Veteran's Day. Every year there is a national ceremony held in Ottawa, at the National War Memorial. 

The Canadian War Museum

Halloween

There are multiple different origins concerning Halloween, for each tradition or custom. The whole idea of Halloween coming from a specific and individual origin.

Origin Of Halloween:  Over 2,000 years ago the Celtics celebrated a pagan festival called Samhain. During Samhain, the living and dead were believed to intermingle, without ghost being able to realize what was occurring. This made them unable to contact any living being.

Trick-Or-Treat, Candy And Costumes:  The Celtics are said to have dressed up as ghouls, so the dead would believe they were also deceased and would not bother them. While others offered candy or sweets to make them happy. The Catholic clergy in Medieval Europe took on the tradition of going door to door in costumes and requesting gifts.
 
             (Halloween Candy - Candy Corn)                           (Halloween Costume - The Tin Man)

Zombies, Witches, Werewolves, Vampires And Ghosts:  All of these have always been seen as evil beings, and the Bible warns to not have any contact with them.

                                                       (Skater Dressed Up As Dracula)

Pumpkins/ Jack-O-Lanterns:  There are multiple origin stories about Jack-O-Lanterns, none being 100% sure. The tradition is believed to have started in Ireland though, where turnips where carved instead. The faces carved are supposed to represent ghouls or spirits. Some say they were only used as lanterns, others say they represented a soul trapped in purgatory. Although, neither of the stories can be verified and there are most likely other stories out there.

                                       (Example Of Some Carved Pumpkins/Jack-O-Lanterns)