HAPPY NEW YEAR On this New Year, may you change your direction and not dates, change your commitments and not the Calendar, change your attitude and not the actions, and bring about a change in your faith, your force, and your focus and not the […]
MERRY CHRISTMAS It’s the most wonderful time of the year! A silent night, a star above, a blessed gift of hope and love. May your Christmas be filled with the true miracles and meaning of this Merry time. May the joy and peace of Christmas […]
This, That, These, Those This, That, These, Those are called demonstratives and they are used to show the relative distance between the speaker and the noun. We use this (singular) and these (plural) to refer to something that is here / near. For example: This […]
Who and Whom Who is often confused with whom. Who is a subjective-case pronoun, meaning it functions as a subject in a sentence, and whom is an objective-case pronoun, meaning it functions as an object in a sentence. If you can replace the word with […]
LA LÉGENDE DE SAINT NICOLAS Selon la légende,3 petits enfants partis glaner aux champs se perdirent sur le chemin du retour. Ils aperçurent de la lumière sortir des fenêtres d’une maison. Ils se rapprochèrent et frappèrent à la porte. Un homme leur ouvrit la porte […]
The Man Behind the Story of Father Christmas/Santa Claus St. Nicholas was a Bishop who lived in the fourth century, in a place called Myra in Asia Minor (now called Turkey). He was a very rich man because his parents died when he was young […]
The Legend of Saint Nicholas Long ago, in a far off land known today as Turkey, there was a boy named Nicholas. Nicholas was a person who created numerous miracles and accomplished many good deeds. As a teenager, Nicholas inherited a vast fortune, but he […]
Capital letters and punctuation Capital letters are very important in English punctuation. They are used: 1. at the start of a sentence The day is sunny. Paul, do you need some help? 2. with proper nouns (particular persons, places, and things): His name is […]
A bundle of Nativity nerves Three years ago, our neighbors decided to host a live Nativity. They spread fresh straw in their barn, mounted a star in the rafters, and built a makeshift cradle in the manger. We got a call: Could we loan them […]