Christmas Celebrations Around the World

Christmas Around the World Scavenger Hunt #1

Auntie Claus

Education World : Holiday Resources
http://www.educationworld.com/holidays/archives/december.shtml
Recipes, activities, games, clip art for Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa,
and Ramadan

Ed Helper : Christmas
http://www.edhelper.com/Christmas.htm
Math and art connections, puzzles, stories about Christmas
 

Newsword
http://www.newsword.com
Site has seasonal activity sheets, mostly word puzzles.
20 HANUKKAH - 1,673KB; 17 puzzles
December 20 - December 27. The observance begins at sunset the previous
day.
25 CHRISTMAS
- Christmas at the North Pole - 945KB; 18 puzzles
- The Christmas Story - Luke 2:1-20 - 1,291KB; 19 puzzles
26 - Jan. 1st KWANZAA - 978KB; 16 puzzles
 

ABC Teach : Christmas

ABC Teach: Hanukkah
http://www.abcteach.com/directory/theme_units/month_to_month/l_december/hanukkah
 

Scholastic News Special Issue Online: Holidays around the World
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/holidays/
Learn about the world's major winter holidays and traditions such as
Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Ramadan, and Winter Solstice. Includes
information about symbols and traditions,  lesson helpers for teachers,
and links to related encyclopedia articles.
 

Santa Claus and Christmas at the Northpole
http://www.northpole.com/
Enjoy Christmas at the North Pole in Santa's Secret Village. Send a
letter to Santa or a Christmas card to a friend. Find recipes, stories,
etc.

Christmas Jokes
http://www.christmasjokes.co.uk/jokes/
Here's the place for a  little classroom humor such as this..
What did the elf say was the first step in using a Christmas computer?
"First, YULE LOGon"!

The calendar leads to some good resources for Hanukkah, Kwanzaa,
Christmas, and Human Rights Day
Also, Snow and Ice links are
available  http://www.teacherplanet.com/resource/snowice.php

Yahoo Directory: Holidays and Observances
http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Holidays_and_Observances/
Links for every holiday you can imagine. This will lead you to many good
sites and resources,
such as the more than 800 sites for Christmas and over 100 sites for
Hanukkah

EdHelper: Christmas Activities
http://www.edhelper.com/Christmas.htm
Word searches, mazes, dot-to-dot, crosswords, & other activities

Gander Academy Christmas Page
http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/christmas_teacher.htm
New address for the Gander Academy site about Christmas

Christmas Around the World
http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/wes/webquests_themes/christmas_theme/christ
mas_world/world_christmas.html
 

Christmas Printables and Crafts
http://teas2dine4.com/4xmasprint.html
 

Virtual Christmas Tree
http://www.christmastrees.on.ca/virtual-tree-farm/seedlings/16.html
The site has the stages of growth and caring of a Christmas tree. There
are also
some recycling suggestions. This comes from the Christmas Tree Farmers of
Ontario
 

World Wide Chanukah Live
http://www.chabad.org/holidays/chanukah/article.asp?
This site has links that will lead you to other good Chanukah pages
 

EdHelper: Hanukkah Activities
http://www.edhelper.com/Hanukkah.htm
Crafts, games and other fun activity ideas
 

Teach-nology - Hanukkah
http://worksheets.teach-nology.com/misc/hanukkah/
This very useful searchable site has links to resources on many topics
including Hanukkah and Christmas
 

Kids Domain
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/ <http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/>
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/xmas/
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/xmas/
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/chanukah/
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/chanukah/
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/chanukah/
The Kids Domain is place to check for any holiday. Links here are up to
date and will lead you to some fun and free things for your students