At the beginning of my Christmas break, I was sitting by a smoky, hot fire with some hot coco with marshmallows in it with a warm blanket on a cold day.On the second day of break, I was riding my four wheeler drifting on the icy roads trying to go get more wood for my family's fire at my grandma and grandpa's house .But when I got there and there was a big puff of smoke in the back and it smelled like a fire so I ran back there, but it was just my grandma and grandpa making a fire so they could…
Every year on Thanksgiving, before having a Thanksgiving. I have a friendsgiving with my family and my mom’s friends. I love this tradition because I get to be in a place full of people i love and in return love me. Annually, on the Monday before Thanksgiving, my mom and her friends get together to see who brings what. Usually, I am in charge of making mini pumpkin pie cupcakes and I also help make pies from scratch with my aunt. Usually on the Tuesday I go to the store with my mom and her…
elements such as the economic, the technological, the legal aspects, while, the micro-environment revolves around competitive forces. Hilton Hotels retain a position as one of the global leaders in the hospitality field as a part of the Hilton Worldwide web ten styles of…
For years and years families and friends have gathered together to celebrate holidays with each other. These are the times that people hold near and dear to their hearts. They cherish each memory that is made at these festivities for the rest of their lives. Christmas and Thanksgiving are the two most commonly celebrated holidays in North America. These two holidays are set apart by many differences. Traditions, purpose of the holidays, and the decorations are three points of contrast. Some of…
Pearl Continental Hotel Lahore Introduction: Pearl Continental Hotel is a hotel chain in Pakistan. It is owned and operated by Hashoo Group, which also owns Hotel One, a chain of budget hotels as well as Marriott Hotels in Islamabad and Karachi. When Hashoo Group acquired Pakistan Services Limited in 1958 it changed its name to Pearl Continental Hotel. It has properties in Lahore, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Karachi, Peshawar, Gwadar, Muzaffarabad and Bhurban. The Pearl Continental has honored of…
There are three main schools of thought in International Relations and they are realism, liberalism, and constructivism. Liberalism is the paradigm that in short, holds the belief that emphasizes the importance of the international institutions that would serve to check relations with other international state actors. Realism stems from the notion that in this anarchic international stage, each state is out to better itself and the only way to survive is to gain more power. Constructivism is a…
Cultural Identity Do you celebrate any holidays almost the same way each year? In my case, I celebrate Christmas Eve and Christmas day the same way once a year. It is a time that I get to see and spend time with many members of my family that I do not usually get to see any other time of the year. I really enjoy Christmas Eve and Christmas day for this reason. It is my favorite time of the year and to top it off, in my opinion, waking up to snow covering the ground on Christmas is the best…
Make some hot chocolate, turn on the Christmas lights and curl up with your young child to enjoy some wonderful winter and Christmas books this holiday season. Reading Olive the Other Reindeer, by Vivian Walsh and J. Otto Seibold, could become a Christmas tradition for parents with young children. Olive is a dog who suddenly thinks she might really be a reindeer after misunderstanding the lyrics of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." She travels to the North Pole to help Santa and even "flies"…
Have you ever had a day that started off so well, and then got so bad. So fast. That is how this day went. Most kids find out at some point or another. For most kids finding out about the “Santa secret” is not that big of a deal. That was not the case for me. I sat at the kitchen table going through piece by piece, trying to figure out the inter working of my new magic kit. In my fourth grade classroom if you did something extra special you get to pick a prize out of a big bucket filled with…
On Christmas Day 2005, the world I knew of as a nine-year-old changed forever. Usually holidays, especially Christmas, are the times for family gatherings and enjoying life around the people you love. This year in particular did not end up like most Christmas’s from the past. I remember sitting on the couch watching television with my brother paying no attention to the ringing telephone. As my mother goes to answer the phone, she then stared at me with a very dull look as if the element of…