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NWT Literacy Council
Nwt Literacy Council: How to Kit: Literacy Activities for Holidays [Pdf]
'Literacy Activities for Holidays' is an extensive collection (150 pages) of activities for celebrating the traditional holidays of Valentines Day, Halloween, Easter, Christmas and Thanksgiving. Birthdays are also included.
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas: Describe Christmas or Other Holiday
Various listening examples of native speakers in different dialects describing the Christmas and other holiday traditions. Uses a variety of tenses. Provides a transcript as well so you can read along. Great way to bring native speakers...
New York Times
New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Winter Holidays
The New York Times Learning Network has developed interactive & printable crossword puzzles. The theme of this one is Winter Holidays.
BBC
Bbc Newsround: How to Wrap the Perfect Christmas Present
Learn how to wrap and gift your family and friends with beautiful presents for the holidays.
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: Christmas and Holiday Traditions
This page offers a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using 22 vocabulary words pertaining to Christmas and Holiday Traditions. It also provides an extensive Vocabulary Word List for Christmas (354 words).
Other
Kiddy House: All About Christmas Kids and Teachers
Check out this awesome secular Christmas resource. This site offers songs, customs, themes and more.
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.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: All About the Holidays
We celebrate many holidays but have you ever wondered how the tradition began? Find out through a collection of short, fun and informative videos about Christmas, Columbus Day, Halloween, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, President's Day, Ramadan,...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Christmas
Join the characters from the Arthur stories and PBS TV series as they celebrate different holidays. Five cartoons with brief accompanying text take children through Christmas.
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...
Other
American Antiquarian Society: Visions of Christmas
Online exhibition that presents the history and traditions of the Christmas holiday through the years. Here you can discover the origins of Santa, the Christmas tree, and the poem "A Visit from Saint Nicholas".
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Christmas Day, December 25
Christmas traditions are unique to each family. But we share a common origin of this special holiday. Learn about the fundamentals of this celebration at this Library of Congress site.
Other
The First Christmas Card Produced in England
At this site learn about how the first Christmas card came about and how the tradition spread across the world.
Museum of Science
Museum of Science and Industry: Christmas Traditions in Germany
A look at how Christmas and its holiday traditions are celebrated in Germany.
Other
Mexican Culture Official and Religious Holidays
Descriptions of Mexican holidays and festivals, along with related pictures, can be found at this website.
Mayaco
Mayaco: Holiday Traditions: Mexico: Feliz Navidad
The story of a Christmas tradition in Mexico, "Feliz Navidad". Recipes are also provided for some traditional Mexican holiday treats.
Discovering Lewis & Clark
Discovering Lewis & Clark: Holidays on the Trail
This section of the larger website Discovering Lewis & Clark examines how the Corps of Discovery celebrated three special days-Christmas Day, New Year's Day, and Independence Day-with a mixture of traditions.
Other
Inside mexico.com: Christmas in Mexico
Find out how Christmas is celebrated in Mexico. Try simple Christmas recipes and read about traditional songs.
Other
Christmas Customs
Brief outlines of customs and food traditionally found at Christmas in the U.S., U.K., the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Austria, Denmark and France, as well as others. Common legends, games, and history of the holidays give ample...
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: Holidays
Fun module on American holidays provides students with one or more videos for special holidays in each month of the year and offers links to related resources, such as Veterans Museum and Memorial Center, Martin Luther King, Jr. Historic...
Lin and Don Donn
Lin and Don Donn: Holidays: Christmas
This site provides links and ideas for lesson plans about Christmas. Also provides basic information about the history of Christmas traditions in America.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Holidays for Kids: Christmas
Kids learn about Christmas. The history and facts about this holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ.
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.
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.