Christmas in Lithuania

Almost everyone in Lithuania has a Christmas tree in their home which is decorated with electric lights and ornaments purchased in the store. There are some people who still follow the old traditions and use hand crafted ornaments to decorate the tree. It is done especially if the family has little children who like to make ornaments from paper or something else in

Christmas celebrations begin on Christmas Eve. It is the customary for the family to gather for mealtime around dusk where the table has been decorated with hay covered by a white linen tablecloth. A white candle is lit and prayers of thanksgiving are recited

Christmas eve is a more important day in Lithuania than Christmas day. In the evening on Christmas Eve families gathers together an

Christmas Eve

There are not many nations in the world that celebrate Christmas Eve so devotedly as the Lithuanians. Christmas Eve is more important than Christmas day in our country and in my family too. All customs center round the celebration of the birth of Jesus and intertwine with the symbols of the Last Supper.

On the 24th in the morning we clean and decorate our house. Then

Christmas in United States of America

This year on christmas holidays i most of time i spent in my home. The bigest part of my freetime i was watching TV because i like to watch films about christmas and santaclaus, so that i decide to whrite about christmas traditions in USA and Santa Claus.

Santa Claus was born in US in the 1860’s he was named this as he had a white beard

Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy in 1451. Living by the Mediterranean Sea he longed to be a sailor. He began sailing on Italian ships at the age of 14. When Columbus was 25 he was sailing on a ship headed for England. A group of French pirates attacked his ship. Columbus was hurt, but managed to grab onto some floating wood and make his way to shore.

Columbus opened a shop th

Cicero’s Influence to the Roman Republic and History of the World

The fact that Cicero was one of the best lawyers, orators, and political philosophers in the world, is not surprising to a lot of students, scholars and educated society. However, “Cicero’s heritage is so rich and diversified that something new can always be said” (Habicht 1). Not only the personalit

Crimes and punishments, identifying criminals

Crime situation in the world is getting harder to control. We all know that these days it’s very hard for people to find a good job. So they start to steal. They steal in order to get some money, and to live from that: to pay bills, taxes and buy food, or just to have fun.

The world is developing, so the crimes don’t stand b

Cinema

There are different kinds of films. Western, love stories, cartoon, tragedies, horror films, detective stories, feature films, musicals. Your choice depends on your mentality and intellect.

I_m impressed by feature films, especially with distinguished actors or actresses. There are names in the cinema history, which are regarded unique and timeless. Such is Greta Garbo, who h

Cinema is one of the youngest forms of entertainment

Such forms of entertainment like books, theater, and sports games were known even in antiquity. Circuses, funfairs, carnivals, roller – coasters and carrousels were made up many years ago as well, whereas cinema came into being only in the end of nineteenth century. Lumiere brothers demonstrated the very first motion picture in 1

SUMMER

Summer (June, July and August) is a relaxing time when the Brithish make the most of the warm sunshine. Nothing can be more pleasant that a leisurely picnic in the heard of the countryside, a peaceful cruise down the river or for the more active a hike along our dramatic coastline. Pub gardens and pavement cafes are hives of activity and long summer evenings are perfect for barbecu

All Amenities are more or less essential in the city. But the most indispensable are sport centers, theatres and museums, clubs and discothques. First of all, city people need good and various sport centers. Living in a noisy and polluted environment we drain our bodies. Just doing sports after work or school we can keep our bodies in good condition. Secondly we are in need of more relaxation f

Why I love city Kaunas

Firstly I love city kaunas because it is my native town, I have lived here for eighteen years so I am used to it and I know the main entertaining places and amenities in town. Kaunas is the second city (by it‘s size) in Lithuania and it is lovely because it is not overcrowded and there are no trafic jams. So you can get fast from one part of the city to anothe

These days many young people move from countries to live in the cities. Why is it so? Maybe it is so that they dont have many possibilities to develop themselves. Country life is slow and boring so they choose city apart country, because all the science institutions are established in the cities. Here are many more working places and more opportunities to choose. Living in the city is better i

City of God

City of God, directed by Fernando Meirelles, is based on the actual events

that happened in Rio de Janeiro during the 1960s and 1970s, and which

formed the factual background for Paulo Lins’ novel of the same name.

The movie tells the tale of the rise and fall gang leader Li’l Ze, who were

a king of drug during the ‘70s. The violence

AN INTRODUCTION

The earth’s climate is predicted to change because human activities are altering the chemical composition of the atmosphere through the build up of greenhouse gases – primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. The heat-trapping property of these gases is undisputed. Although uncertainty exists about exactly how earth’s climate responds to thes