Technology has rapidly changed the way we live, work, and play. For the past few decades, home computers, smartphones, and other devices have made a huge impact in how people function on a day-to-day basis. But this technology has also made some items obsolete. Over the next 20 years, people […]
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Everything to Know About the 2023 Winter Solstice
The winter solstice is the shortest day and longest night of the year, marking the start of the winter season in the Northern Hemisphere The winter solstice marks the shortest day and longest, darkest night of the year — meaning, days are only getting brighter from here! Also known as […]
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Google has once again reminded users that it’s always watching. In its annual “Year in Search” report, the tech company has unveiled the top Google searches of 2023. This year, the report breaks down the top trending searches of the year into 27 different categories. For example, the top news […]
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A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. A Christmas Carol recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser […]
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A Christmas Carol opens on a bleak, cold Christmas Eve in London, seven years after the death of Ebenezer Scrooge’s business partner, Jacob Marley. Scrooge, an ageing miser, dislikes Christmas and refuses a dinner invitation from his nephew Fred. He turns away two men seeking a donation to provide food and heating for the poor and only grudgingly allows his overworked, underpaid clerk, Bob Cratchit, Christmas Day off with pay to conform to the social custom..
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