not boating at Christmas?

Jim C.

Christmas Around the World Sites

http://www.santasearch.org/portal/default2.asp?tree=8 - Great site with many countries and links

http://www.santaland.com/dynamic.html?content=http://www.christmas.com/worldview

Christmas and Holiday Traditions and Customs - http://www.santaland.com/tradit.html

Christmas in Virtual Finland - http://virtual.finland.fi/xmas/

http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/xmas/around.html

http://northpole.net/world.htm - Simple wording

http://www.soon.org.uk/country/christmas.htm - Short for each country

http://www.santaclaus.com/world.html

http://www.theholidayspot.com/christmas/worldxmas/ - Good information

http://www2.worldbook.com/features/holidays/html/world.htm - More good info

http://www.rochedalss.qld.edu.au/xmas/world1.htm

http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Holidays_and_Observances/Christmas/Christmas_Around_the_World/

http://www.californiamall.com/holidaytraditions/

http://www.nanjay.com/DillyDoodles/Christmas/ - Neat site with map at bottom to choose country http://www.homeschooled-kids.com/cmasworld.html

Christmas in Mexico - http://www.nacnet.org/assunta/nacimnto.htm

http://www.inside-mexico.com/featurenavidad.htm

http://www.solutionsabroad.com/a_Christmas_Mexico.asp

http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/jking/jkchristmas.html

Tradition - http://www.mexconnect.com/amex/chaprev/cprv12011.html

Newsletter - http://www.inside-mexico.com/RevistaNewsl.htm

Interactive story - http://www.cedarville.edu/academics/education/resource/schools/chca/2socmma/mlwwebmx.htm

How to celebrate in Mexico - http://www.ehow.com/how_11722_celebrate-mexican-christmas.html

Lesson Plan - http://www.everythingesl.net/lessons/spanish_christmas.php

Lesson - http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/mexxmas.html

Webquest - http://www.studentweb.fontbonne.edu/~aruds565/webquest/

Christmas in England - http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Xmas/ - also has a scavenger hunt/webquest with it.

http://www.christmasarchives.com/gbc.html

http://www.christmasarchives.com/england.html

Christmas in Germany - http://www.goehner.com/travel/herford.htm

http://www.sallys-place.com/food/single-articles/christmas_germany.htm

http://german.about.com/library/blchristm01.htm

A webquest - http://www.kn.sbc.com/wired/fil/pages/webgermanycg.html

General Christmas Sites

Christmas in General - http://www.santasearch.org/portal

Christmas at Alphabet Soup - http://www.alphabet-soup.net/christmas.html

Santa Land - http://www.santaland.com

http://www.ego4u.com/en/read-on/countries/holidays/christmas - Reading comprehension

Stories - http://www.santasearch.org/texts.asp?Do=2&CatID=1

Great Stories for older students - http://www.homeholidaysfamilyandfun.com/files2/articlelist.php?topicid=16

Charles Dickens - http://www.fidnet.com/~dap1955/dickens/christmas.html

Coloring Pages - http://www.wtv-zone.com/Marvaline2/CH/tocolor.html

http://www.coloring.ws/christmas.htm

Christmas Customs - http://www.homeholidaysfamilyandfun.com/files2/viewarticle.php?articleid=9673

History of Christmas - http://www.homeholidaysfamilyandfun.com/files2/viewarticle.php?articleid=823

History of Santa - http://www.homeholidaysfamilyandfun.com/files2/viewarticle.php?articleid=828

Santas other history - http://www.homeholidaysfamilyandfun.com/files2/viewarticle.php?articleid=826

http://www.santalady.com/history.html

Traditions of Gift Giving - http://www.homeholidaysfamilyandfun.com/files2/viewarticle.php?articleid=846

Tradition of the Mistletoe - http://www.homeholidaysfamilyandfun.com/files2/viewarticle.php?articleid=844

Traditions of Christmas Around the World - http://www.homeholidaysfamilyandfun.com/files2/viewarticle.php?articleid=824

Festive Facts - http://www.north-pole.co.uk/festive_facts/index.htm

Christmas Legends, Traditions and Stories - http://christmas-stories.com/christmas-legends.php

Meaning of Christmas Symbols and customs - http://www.bevscountrycottage.com/trumeaning.html

Christmas Poetry - http://www.homeholidaysfamilyandfun.com/files2/articlelist.php?topicid=15 - great for examples to use and having students create their own.

Stories and Coloring - http://www.northpole.com/Overview/StoryList.html - This site also has some great interactive activities.

Just click on Games to Play.(checkers, concentration, flashcards, telling time, crosswords, trim a tree or snowman, word find, etc

Click on Educational Activities for printouts and online activities that are interactive learning activities for students.

Click Christmas Karaoke - sing along songs

There is also a Naughty or nice list

Write Santa a Letter - http://www.santasearch.org/letters.asp?To=1 Great activity for students and you can give them your email address to enter and this would be a real use of email for students.

Another Letter to Santa - http://www.north-pole.co.uk/santa_letter/index.htm

Christmas Activities and coloring - http://www.dltk-holidays.com/xmas/index.html

Neat Site with Printables, online activities and games - http://www.allthingschristmas.com

Christmas Recipes

http://www.homeholidaysfamilyandfun.com/files2/articlelist.php?topicid=17

http://www.santasearch.org/portal/default2.asp?tree=15

http://www.santaland.com/recipes.html

http://www.santas.net/recipes.htm also ideas for what to leave Santa

http://christmas.allrecipes.com/

http://www.christmas-cookies.com/

http://www.usacyber.com/Christmas/

http://imagitek.com/xmas/recipes/index.html

http://www.rd.com/content/openContent.do?contentId=14167

http://www.saint-nick.com/recipes/index.html - Twelve Tastes of Christmas

German Recipes - http://www.germanculture.com.ua/recipes/blxmas.htm

Christmas Clipart - http://www.christmasgifts.com/clipart.html

http://www.santalady.com/victoriang.html

http://www.christmas-graphics.com/

Free Christmas Music midi files - http://www.christmasgifts.com/music.html