Christmas Celebrations and Activities

Mrs. B.'s favorites!
On Christmas Eve, NORAD tracks Santa's trip via satellite!
Answers to questions like: How does Santa fit down the chimney?
http://www.noradsanta.com
Santa Claus at Claus.com
A "Santa's Village" full of activities (has a Naughty or Nice meter!)
http://www.claus.com/village.php
Santa's Secret Village
Santa's hideout at the North Pole with lots of activities
http://www.northpole.com/

 

Christmas Around the World
Bill Egan's Christmas Around the World
Lots of countries and a quite lovely presentation of the info.
http://www.angelfire.com/comics/kristmaworld/
Christmas Traditions Around the World (Santa's Net)
...lots of countries, some with a whole page of info.
http://www.santas.net/aroundtheworld.htm
Christmas Around the World (The-North-Pole)
...about 30 countries listed, varied amounts of info.
http://www.the-north-pole.com/around/
Christmas Around the World (SOON online magazine)
... a dozen countries listed
http://www.soon.org.uk/country/christmas.htm
Christmas Celebrations the World Over
36 countries listed (note: has quite a bit of advertising)
http://www.theholidayspot.com/christmas/worldxmas/index.htm

 

 

More Learning About Christmas
Some interpretations of how Christmas traditions came to be
http://www.noelnoelnoel.com/html/trad.html
Santa Claus through the ages
http://www.saint-nick.com/santa/index.html
Christmas Crackers - a story of how they were invented!
http://www.absolutelycrackers.com/historynew.html
The North Pole: Location, Weather, Exploration... and Santa
http://www.livescience.com/41955-north-pole.html
Santa Land
"Taking you back to an era of Holiday Traditions we remember as Children.
Send a letter to Santa, read holiday stories, Find Christmas carols, lyrics, and arts and crafts.
Find Christmas recipes & care for that holiday plant Santa gave you.
Track Santa on Christmas Eve."
http://www.santaland.com
School District 71 has many great links! Here's a few:
Christmas Around the World - Internet Scavenger Hunt
origins of symbols of Christmas, Boxing Day, Christmas crackers
http://sd71.bc.ca/Sd71/Edulinks/xmas/index.htm#top
St. Nicholas
Who is St. Nicholas? Who is Santa Claus? Are they the same?
http://www.stnicholascenter.org/Brix?pageID=23

 

Christmas Story Writing & Word Games
Make your own story - from Black Dog Christmas
http://www.blackdog.net/holiday/christmas/story.html

 

 

Christmas Art & Drawing Activities
Christmas Graphics
possibly the "World's Largest Collection of Christmas graphics!"
http://www.yuleloveit.com
Black Dog Christmas
Go to "activities" for online "build a snowman" and "decorate a Christmas tree"
http://www.blackdog.net/holiday/christmas/index.html

 

Christmas Recipes
Christmas recipes
http://www.puddings.net
Christmas recipes and forum: puddings, desserts, cakes, starters, maincourse,
turkey, sweets, chocolates and gifts, cocktails, juices.

 

Other Christmas Activities
NORAD - North American Aerospace Defence Command
On Christmas Eve, NORAD tracks Santa's trip via satellite!
Answers to questions like: How does Santa fit down the chimney?
What snacks does he like to eat? How does he get everywhere in one night?
http://www.noradsanta.com
Santa's Secret Village
Santa's hideout at the North Pole with lots of activities
http://www.northpole.com/Village.html
Santa Claus at Claus.com
A "Santa's Village" full of activities (has a Naughty or Nice meter!)
http://www.claus.com/village.php

Spoonful (a Disney website)
Recipes, crafts, celebration
http://spoonful.com/christmas

Santa Claus
Countdown to Christmas Clock, vote on your favourite reindeer, lots of activities
http://www.emailsanta.com/
Santa Land - old fashioned traditions, lots of song lyrics
http://www.santaland.com/
Lots of Christmas games and activities with Black Dog Christmas
http://www.blackdog.net/holiday/christmas/index.html
Billy Bear Christmas Maze Game & other activities
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/christmas/maze1/maze-01.htm
Thanks to the "Virtual Teacher" Newsletter for the following fabulous Aussie sites!
Here are some of Cathy's own choices for Christmas activities.
http://www.virtualteacher.com.au/christmas.html
Wonderful resources and links from another Aussie Tech. teacher
The Treasure Hunt for P-3 is really good! There are also Christmas Webquest ideas.
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/denise/Christmas.htm
Christmas gifts
A colorful Christmas gifts' tale,
e-cards, more xmas stories, holiday crafts and forum
http://www.christmasgifts.net/christmasgiftstory.html
My Merry Christmas...an assortment of info.
http://www.mymerrychristmas.com/

 

Email Santa
Santa's Northpole Secret Village
http://www.northpole.com/Village.html
Claus.com "The Merriest Place in Cyberspace"
http://www.claus.com/postoffice/index.php
Santa Claus Official Website
http://www.emailsanta.com/
NOTE:
Many of the larger websites have an email option too.

 

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updated (partially!) Dec. 2013