Museum of Science
Museum of Science and Industry: Chicago: Christmas Around the World and Holidays
This interactive museum will help students explore Christmas traditions, trees specifically, from around the world.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Super Santa Junior
Super Santa Junior is a simple and fun game for younger children! Simply click with the mouse to keep the Santa flying. Avoid hitting the ground and fly between the candy canes. Collect as many presents as you can!
ABCya
Ab Cya: Super Santa
Super Santa is a simple and fun game for kids of all ages! Simply click with the mouse to keep the Santa flying. Avoid hitting the ground and fly between the candy canes. Collect as many presents as you can!
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: A Lesson Before Dying: Symbolism
React to chapter nineteen from A Lesson Before Dying to establish our initial understanding of the symbolism of the Christmas program.
A&E Television
History.com: How Christmas Was Celebrated in the Middle Ages
Long before Santa Claus, caroling and light-strewn Christmas trees, people in medieval Europe celebrated the Christmas season with 12 full days of feasting and revelry culminating with Twelfth Night and the raucous crowning of a "King of...
A&E Television
History.com: Dreaming of a White (House) Christmas: 17 Photos
Christmas at the first residence has evolved from an understated, intimate affair in 1800 to an all-out media event.
A&E Television
History.com: 7 Latin American Holiday Traditions
Holidays in Latin America celebrate faith, family and community in a festive, sometimes whimsical, style. Traditions range from waking people up with Christmas songs in the middle of the night to sculpting massive radishes to burning...
A&E Television
History.com: How 25 Christmas Traditions Got Their Start
Christmas in America has been filled with traditions, old and new. Some date back to 16th-century Germany or even ancient Greek times, while others have caught on in modern times. Here's a look at 25 ways Americans have celebrated the...
A&E Television
History.com: Saturnalia
Saturnalia, held in mid-December, is an ancient Roman pagan festival honoring the agricultural god Saturn. Saturnalia celebrations are the source of many of the traditions we now associate with Christmas.
Library of Congress
Loc: Everyday Mysteries: Who Invented Christmas Lights?
Do you love looking at Christmas lights? At this Library of Congress site, the question is answered on who invented the first strand of lights that now light up the Christmas season.
Lingolex
Lingolex.com: The Vocabulary of Christmas (Navidad)
Take advantage of the side by side word translation of Christmas words and subjects. These words can be taught at any grade level.
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Christmas Traditions in France and Canada
This resource describes the differences between French and Canadian Christmas celebrations, in French and English. The embedded links in the text contain the most extensive information. Link to French version is at bottom of home page.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Christmas Stories and Poems for Little Ones by Emma C. Cheney
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Christmas Stories and Poems for Little Ones by Emma C. Cheney (1890), a collection of illustrated Christmas poems and stories.
Other
Santa's Net: Christmas in Germany
A description of Christmas traditions celebrated in Germany.
Topmarks Online
Topmarks: Christmas
Discover the festive facts and the background to Christmas and its traditions.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Holidays for Kids: Boxing Day
Kids learn about Boxing Day. The history and facts about this holiday popular in England the day after Christmas.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Holidays for Kids: Christmas
Kids learn about Christmas. The history and facts about this holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ.
Center for Literacy and Disability Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tar Heel Reader: Winter Holiday Images From Around the World
This e-book takes a tour around the world highlighting the ways different nations celebrate the winter holidays.
Center for Literacy and Disability Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tar Heel Reader: Christmas (43)
E-book pinpointing several common Christmas traditions from Santa Claus to Elf on the Shelf.
Mayaco
Mayaco: Holiday Traditions
Good, thorough description of Christmas in a number of countries, including Spain and Mexico. Even includes a few holiday recipes.
TES Global
Tes: Forms of Poetry: Haiku. Theme of Winter: Worksheet
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learners will learn about the form of a haiku. Students will read several examples of haikus and then write their own haikus about the topic of Christmas or New Year's Eve.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: The Letter F Kindergarten
[Free Registration/Login Required] A Christmas themed activity for studying the letter /f/. Includes a graphic organizer, identification of upper and lowercase /f/, identification of the initial sound in Christmas vocabulary words, and...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Twas the Night Before Christmas
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart features Clement Clarke Moore's poem, 'Twas the night before Christmas, and includes some Christmas math problems at the end.