How can i Compare Halloween to Christmas in a five paragraph essay?

Question

i'm trying to wirte a five praragraph essay comparing Halloween to Christmas.

Answer 1

1st paragraph - ou line what you will talk about, similarites, differences and where it originated.
2nd para delve into origiunation
3rd para- delve into similarites
4th para- delve into differences
5th para- conclusion (only like 3 sentences though) rapp up everything you talked about

Answer 2

Are you comparing similarities or differences???

Differences:
1. Candy VS Presents
2. Pumpkins VS Chritmas Tree
3. Friends VS Family
4. Candy Feast VS Chritmas Ham
5. Scary stuff VS Santa!!!
6. Late Nite VS Early Morn

Similarities:
1. Both give out stuff.
2. Both include a heavy amount of decorations.
3. Insomnia: sugar rush OR Pre-Christmas anticipation
4. Shopping: candy, costumes, decorations, presents, tree, wrapping paper

Answer 3

1. Origins - Celtic ritual versus an event in the Christian calendar.

2. How important both are to children, and in what ways

3. Mode of celebrations - pumpkins and paper ghosts versus Christmas trees and nativity scenes.

4. Countries that celebrate Halloween and those that celebrate only Christmas

5. Business importance of both events to the American economy.

Answer 4

how about a paper on which of the two Holiday's has the monopoly on the modern day market.....Mass marketing my man.. Think about it. Do you spend more at Christmas.. with all the shiny lights and choir music? Don't get me wrong, I love it. My house is always decorated for both Holiday's. More so on Halloween, but that's a different issue... Hope it sparks some thoughts.....
Best of luck!

Answer 5

The best way to write a paper is to use this simple plan...Tell em what your gonna tell em then tell then tell em what you told em. Have an opening paragraph and discuss what your going to say in the following paragraphs. In the next paragraph compare one aspect of the two holidays...like the weather during each of the holidays. In the thrid paragraph compare another difference like the traditions that go with each holiday. In the fourth paragraph compare one last difference like the meanings of each holiday. Finally a conclusion paragraph that will recap what you just said. Tell em what your gonna tell em, then tell em, then tell em what you told em. This works for every paper!

Answer 6

Both are conversions of Ancient Pagan holidays. So you could compare the customs that came from the older traditions and how they were converted to the newer version of the holiday. For example. Trick or treating started by ancient Pagans to remember their ancestors. They would dress up like people who had died and go from door to door to help remember them. They were given treats to feed them from door to door. The Christians had changed to custom to be that people should dress up like their favorite or Patron Saint.

For Christmas, Santa Claus is seen as St Nicholas the bishop who gave treats and toys to children. But the icon of Santa Claus started with the Pagan Holly King. He and the Oak King battle twice a year on each of the solstices. The Holly King dies on Yule, the Winter Solstice and returns to battle to Oak King again on Litha, the Summer Solstice.

Answer 7

Focus on the pagan/heathen beliefs that form the basis of the two holidays. They are also both thought to have originated with the ancient Germanic tribes (Scandinavians, Germans (of course), Frisians, etc), so you may want to examine cultural imagery that the two share.

At least, that's what I'd do.

~Morg~

Answer 8

Watch the Disney movie "A Nightmare Before Christmas" and it might spur some ideas.

Answer 9

Christmas/Halloween= GOOD/evil.

Answer 10

Talk about the religious aspects between the two.