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Erin Bouma's Recommended

WEB CHRISTMAS RESOURCES

www.theholidayspot.com/christmas

Many Holiday activities, recipes, pictures to color, jokes, an online quiz and much more.

www.mymerrychristmas.com

A good source for Christmas Legends, Traditions and Culture (films, jokes, music, etc.).

www.noelnoelnoel.com/html/trad.html

Good texts, some personalized, on Christmas traditions (candy canes, yule log, wreathes, etc.).

www.worldofchristmas.net/christmas-stories

A broad collection of 22 Christmas stories and legends told in brief texts, a variety of Christmas song lyrics and holiday humor, Christmas games.

www.northpole.com

Santa Claus at the North Pole- an interactive, educational website for Young Learners.
The “Elf Pal Academy” is especially good: with wordsearches, flashcards. Online coloring book, telling time and learning letters, for example.

www.northpole.net

Another North Pole site, this one featuring Santa and Mrs. Santa, FAQs and a “Fun and Games” section (riddles, crafts and coloring pages). Also Christmas around the World Section.

www.kinderthemes.com/Christmassongspoemsandfingerplays.html

A selection of Young Learner holiday songs, poems and fingerplays.

http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems11.html

A Canadian collection of elementary songs and poems for the holiday.

www.preschooleducation.com/schristmas.shtml

Words to simple Christmas songs for Young Learners based on traditional melodies.

www.merry-christmas.com/stories-poems/index.htm

Christmas stories, poems and jokes for kids.

http://lnstar.com/mall/main-areas/santafaq.htm

Santa Claus Facts from around the world – interesting texts and trivia.

www.ylw.mmtr.or.jp/~johnkoji/hymn/xmas

Midi Files of Christmas Carols in English and other languages.

www.wilstar.com/xmas/xmasjuke.htm

More Christmas songs, including non-religious ones.

SNOWFLAKES SPECIAL

http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/dstredulinsky/home.html

Dave’s Snowflake Page. Several patterns to beautiful snowflakes to cut out.

www.benjerry.com/fun_stuff/holidays/winter_holidays/crafts/snowflakes/index.cfm

Two very simple (4-fold) snowflake patterns and one 6-fold pattern.

www.papersnowflakes.com

Extensive patterns for snowflake-making from simple (2-, 3-, 4-sided geometry) to more complex, with extras: Hawaiian designs, 3-D designs, fan-fold designs and many more.

www.highhopes.com/snowflakes.html

Simple paper snowflake patterns based on 6-point folds.

http://snowflakes.lookandfeel.com

Make-a-flake online program to create your own unique flake. You need to master the cutting technique. There is a gallery of flake artistry.

www.popularfront.com/snowdays

Create your own snowflakes online, send them to your friends. Catch a flake as it falls from the sky and respond to the creator if you like.

www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/class/class.htm

A guide to (and classification of) naturally occurring ice crystal snowflakes. Scientific.

Compiled by Erin Bouma