Anthro 121 gonzo

1. It’s beginning to look a lot like
Christmas
Andres
Gonzalez
Dr. Leanna
Wolfe
Anthropolog
y 121
Section
3027
8 December
2014

2. during the day and
reports to Santa at
night. At night,
while the children
are fast asleep, he
reanimates with
the Christmas
spirit and travels to
the north pole. If
he is touched by
the children, he will
lose his magic and
the children will
lose their chance
for presents.

3. Everyone in the family is involved in the
Christmas celebration. It is a tradition to
dress the family pets according to the
holiday. Here, Rex the family guard dog is
dressed as Santa’s best friend.

4. children to be on
their best behavior.
Like the Elf on the
Shelf, the advent
calendar is used to
influence the
children’s behavior.
It is a friendly
reminder that
comes with a small
gift and treat
every day,
beginning
December first, up
to Christmas day.

5. The importance of Christmas is further instilled in
the children by encouraging them to make some of
the decorations displayed in the house. I am very
found of this tradition. It encourages the children
to be creative and apply themselves

6. Santa by writing
him various letters
with wishes and
updates of their
lives. It is a very
personal and often
secret letter left
only where Santa
may find it. It
contains their
wishes, goals and
achievements. All
of which, are meant
to persuade Old
Saint Nick.

7. Various
decorations
are
displayed in
the house as
a tradition
of showing
their
devotion and
Christmas
spirit. The
more effort
they show,

8. Aside from
showing their
Christmas spirit
outside, the
wreath is a
symbol of eternal
prosperity and
life. It is the
unending cycle of
joy brought by
the holidays.

9. They have a tradition of placing small gifts along
with joyful wishes and kind notes inside their
stockings. It is a much more personal, thoughtful
and meaningful approach to giving gifts to family
members.

10. There final tradition is to build
a Gingerbread house for Santa
Christmas Eve. They prefer
gingerbread houses over
cookies and think that Santa
should have only the best. They
imaging that Santa gets bored
of all of the houses with
cookies, this unique treat is a
nice change of pace.