Christmas Personification

The recognisably modern figure of the english father christmas developed.

Christmas personification. Father christmas is the traditional english name for the personification of christmas although now known as a christmas gift bringer and normally considered to be synonymous with american culture s santa claus which is now known worldwide he was originally part of an unrelated and much older english folkloric tradition. Because it implies that the sun has eyes and can glare this is a human characteristic given. Since bells are nonliving things this is an example of personification. The snowmen slumped as the christmas season faded away.

Personification occurs when something that is not human is described as having human characteristics or emotions. In charles dickens a christmas carol we see many examples of personification. The bell s watching scrooge and its connection to the passing of time suggests that scrooge s time may be. From the weather to the bells of a church dickens portrays the world around scrooge as active agents to foreshadow.

Personification in a christmas carol. In charles dickens a christmas carol why is it personification to describe the sun as glaring down. The house on mango street personification page 74 four skinny trees go look for. The ornaments twirled like an iceskater preforming.