Christmas

Christmas around the world

Here is an article about Christmas around the world that was written by
Robin Nobles, an accomplished writer - with articles published on a wide range of topics:
http://www.robinsnest.com/articles/xmasothercountries98.html
[ site qui présente les traditions de Noël dans les différents pays du monde]
Christmas Around the World from The-North-Pole
http://www.the-north-pole.com/around/
[ des textes sur les traditions dans les différents pays.]
Christmas in New York
http://www.nyctourist.com/xmas_in_nyc.htm
[ pour voir les vitrines de Noël et les décorations à N.Y. ]

Christmas/Winter Celebrations

The History of Christmas An interesting history of the Christmas
celebration and its relationship to similar celebrations before the birth
of Christ. It also features some good Christmas background music. (Teacher Resource)
http://www.holidays.net/christmas/story.htm

Christmas Celebrations A very rich site filled with activities,
songs, plays, etc., for the season. Gr K-8
http://www.occdsb.on.ca/~proj1615/christclass.htm

BillyBear4Kids - Holiday Page A fun page for the kids (Gr. 2-5) to
visit and participate in fun filled activities relating to Christmas,
Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa.
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/fun.htm

A Link to Christmas Crafts 23 holiday activities you can do with your Gr K-6 students
http://www.imagitek.com/xmas/crafts/

Celebrate Winter A wonderful site from Education World, with a
wealth of lesson plan ideas and resources. Too valuable to miss. Gr. K-8
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson094.shtml

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas A very nice teacher resource
offering screen savers, wallpaper, printable gift tags, and an impressive
list of links to related sites.
http://www.kate.net/holidays/christmas/

The Gift of the Magi Online version of O. Henry's classic story,
courtesy of the Gutenberg Project. An excellent feature is the linked net
dictionary to define difficult words. Gr 3-6
http://www.auburn.edu/~vestmon/Gift_of_the_Magi.html

Yes, Virginia. There is a Santa Claus The famous 1897 New York Sun
editorial answering Virginia's letter. Still touching after all these years. Gr 2-8
http://www.educa.rcanaria.es/usr/zonzamas/virginia.htm

Christmas Carols
An interesting site that plays MIDI versions of Christmas Carols and provides the words online.
Good background music without going to the mall. Gr K-8
http://www.ylw.mmtr.or.jp/~johnkoji/hymn/xmas/

Christmas Music from MerryChristmas.com
http://www.merry-christmas.com/xmas-music2.htm
[ fichiers midi de musiques de Noël, sans paroles, pour illustrer vos pages. Bon son. My favorite is Jingle Bells Rock.]

Crafts
Christmas Crafts This is a site you have to love, since it combines
recycling with art. The link below takes you to the TrashMatcher, where
trash is matched to an art project. I recommend the Luminary (Gr 3-8) and

the Origami Boxes (Gr 4-8), but there are plenty of others from which to
<>choose. Add this site to your Art bookmarks.
<>http://users.hsonline.net/kidatart/htdoc/matchtmp.htm

Online Shopping and Charities (from : [learn-net])
This holiday season, if you're planning to shop for gifts online, make a
difference with your wallet by using one of these sites as your shopping
directory. When you use one of these sites to access an online store, a
percentage of the money you spend will be donated to the charity of your
choice. [J'ai sélectionné pour vous dans la liste les sites les plus
lisibles ou interactifs, qui ne demandent pas d'enregistrement préalable et
présentent bien cette notion de 'Charity', si présente dans les pays anglo-saxons]

CharityWeb
http://www.CharityWeb.com
[ Dès la 4ème. Site bien fait, sans enregistrement préalable, qui renvoie
vers Amazon et eToys. On peut utiliser ce site pour faire découvrir aux
élèves ce phénomène nouveau qui consiste à acheter en ligne et choisir une
organisation caritative à laquelle un don sera envoyé pour chaque achat.]

iGive
http://www.igive.com
[ pour lycée, pour faire pratiquer la même activité que ci-dessus en
autonomie (en salle ou labo multimédia, en espace langues, au CDI). Des
liens dès la page d'accueil permettent de considérer tous les aspects. Les
élèves produiront ensuite un compte rendu écrit ou oral]

My Cause
http://www.mycause.com
[ intéressant pour sa vaste liste interactive de 'Charities' ]

<>Santa's Secret Village @ North Pole (Cool Web Sightings - Issue #54)
http://www.northpole.com
<>[From the Website] Santa's Secret Village is full of original art,
<>animation and stories. The stories are all original works commissioned by
<>northpole.com and each has a cheerful message. Santa's Mailroom is very
<>active during the holidays. You can send your Wish List to Santa and he
<>will write back to you! Mrs. Claus has lots of yummy recipes in her
<>cookbook. You can view and print recipes for breads, cakes, cookies,candy, pies and other treats.
<><>des histoires de Noël http://www.northpole.com/Overview/StoryList.html
<>et des recettes http://www.northpole.com/Kitchen/Cookbook/

Christmas selection from Yahooligans!
http://www.yahooligans.com/school_bell/social_studies/religion/christianity/Christmas/
[ a tremendous page of links]
The Virtual Quincy Christmas directory
http://www.virtualquincy.com/quincy/holiday/xmas.html
[ For more links (over 100) to Christmas related websites ]