Holiday Resources on the Internet
General Holiday Sites
1. The Holiday Spot
http://www.theholidayspot.com/
2. Calendar: Holidays and Dates
http://www.web-holidays.com
Many links, including history, recipes, crafts, and more, for most of
the international holidays listed on the calendar.
3. Holidays on the Net
http://www.holidays.net/
Includes excellent separate pages for Amore (Valentine's Day), Ramadan,
Martin Luther King, Purim, Easter, Passover, Mother's Day, Father's Day,
Shavuot, Independence, High Holy Days, Sukkot, Halloween, Los Dias de
los Muertos, Thanksgiving, Chanukah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Mardi Gras, and
Holocaust Remembrance.
4. Class Brain - Holidays
http://www.classbrain.com/artholiday/publish/
5. About > Personal Web Pages > Holidays
http://personalweb.about.com/cs/holidays/index.htm
Includes links to selected personal Web pages celebrating holidays for
New Year’s, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Chinese New Year, Valentine's
Day, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, St. Patrick's Day, Purim, Passover,
Easter, Cinco De Mayo, Shavuot, The Spring Season, Mother's Day, Father's
Day, U.S. Independence Day, Bastille Day, U.S. Labor Day, Rosh HaShana,
Yom Kippur, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Ramadan, Hanukkah, Advent (including
pages of Advent Calendars), Christmas, Boxing Day, and Kwanzaa.
6. How Stuff Works: Culture Channel
http://people.howstuffworks.com
Links to a number of lengthy explanatory articles about and related to
holidays: Christmas, Christmas lights, Christmas trees, frankincense and
myrrh, mistletoe; Cinco de Mayo; Easter, date of Easter; Halloween, candy
corn, candy tampering, pumpkin carving; Hanukkah, the Hanukkah Menorah;
Kwanzaa; Labor Day; Mardi Gras; Martin Luther King, Jr.; New Year's Auld
Lang Syne; Ramadan; Rosh Hashanah; St. Patrick's Day; Thanksgiving; Valentine's
Day; wedding planning; and Yom Kippur.
7. Librarians' Index to the Internet: Subject: Holidays
http://search.lii.org/index.jsp?more=SubTopic14
8. Holidays & Festivals (Orange County Library System - NetLinks
- Multicultural Resources)
http://www.ocls.info/Virtual/NetLinks/netlinksList.asp?NLSubcategoriesID=121&bhcp=1
See also their Spooky Florida section (http://www.ocls.info/Virtual/Galleries/Holidays/spookyFlorida.asp?bhcp=1
)
9. Kate.net: Holidays
http://www.kate.net
Deceptively simply looking site, but has extensive links to many, many
items for each of the following holidays or celebrations: Back to School,
Birthdays, Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa, Easter/Passover, Fourth of July,
Graduation, Halloween, Mardi Gras, Memorial Day, Mother's Day/Father's
Day, New Year's, Seasons, St. Patrick's Day, Thanksgiving, and Valentine's
Day.
10. Open Directory - Society: Holidays
http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Holidays/
11. Resources for Winter Holidays (extensive list from Waterboro Public
Library in Maine)
http://www.waterborolibrary.org/oldsite/christm.htm
Includes Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Winter Solstice.
12. Yahoo! Society and Culture: Holidays and Observances
http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Holidays_and_Observances/
Enormous worldwide list; searchable by holiday, country/region, or month.
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General Holiday History & Traditions
13. History Channel: History of the Holidays
http://www.history.com/genericContent.do?id=53343
14. History of the Holidays
http://www.billpetro.com/HolidayHistory/default.htm
15. Holiday Memorabilia
http://antiques.about.com/cs/holiday/index.htm?terms=holidays
16. Holiday Traditions
http://www.californiamall.com/holidaytraditions/home.htm
17. Holiday Traditions Immigrate Too
http://immigration.about.com/library/weekly/aa112699c.htm?terms=holidays
18. Yahoo! Society and Culture: Religion and Spirituality: Faiths and
Practices
http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Religion_and_Spirituality/Faiths_and_Practices/
19. Yahoo Kids! Around the World: Holidays [aimed at young audiences]
http://kids.yahoo.com/directory/Around-the-World/Holidays
20. History Channel – Holiday Histories
http://www.history.com/exhibits/
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Christmas
21. Christmas in Cyberspace: A Christian Perspective
http://www.njwebworks.net/christmas/
22. A Holy Christmas
http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermons/christmaspage.php
23. SantaSearch.com (broad content aimed primarily at children)
http://www.santasearch.org/
24. Christmas Around the World
http://www.the-north-pole.com/around/
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Jewish Holidays
25. Chanukah on the Net
http://www.holidays.net/chanukah/
26. Hanukkah - Celebrate the Festival of Lights (small section of children's
SantaSearch.com)
http://www.santasearch.com/editorial.asp?PID=2
27. High Holy Days on the Net (Jewish Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom
Kippur)
http://www.holidays.net/highholydays/
28. The Jewish Holidays
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/5493/holiday.html
29. Passover on the Net
http://www.holidays.net/passover/
30. WorldWide JewishWeb: Chanuka.com
http://www.chanuka.com/
31. Chabad.org: Holidays (rolling calendar)
http://www.chabad.org/holidays/
32. Jewish Holidays – “customs and traditions of Reform Jews
throughout North America"
http://urj.org/holidays/index.cfm?
33. Mishpacha: a virtual community for Jewish families
http://www.mishpacha.org/indexholidays.shtml
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Thanksgiving
34. Thanksgiving Day: Crafts, recipes, activities, decorations, turkey
tips
http://www.knowledgehound.com/topics/thanksgi.htm
35. Neat craft ideas
http://crafts.kaboose.com/holidays/thanksgiving/index.html
36. Thanksgiving Day Parade
http://www.nyctourist.com/macys_menu.htm
37. Thanksgiving on the Web - Sponsored by Aristotle (lists many sites)
http://home.aristotle.net/Thanksgiving/default.asp
38. Thanksgiving Resources (extensive list from Waterboro Public Library
in Maine)
http://www.waterborolibrary.org//oldsite/thanksgi.htm
39. Pilgrim Hall Museum: Thanksgiving
http://www.pilgrimhall.org/thanksg.htm
40. Plimoth Plantation: Online Learning Center - Investigating the First
Thanksgiving
http://www.plimoth.org/education/olc/index_js2.html
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Easter
41. Easter in Cyberspace: A Christian Perspective
http://www.njwebworks.net/easter/index.shtml
42. A Holy Easter
http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermons/easter.php
43. Easter Around the World
http://www.easterbunnys.net/easteraroundtheworld.htm
44. Easter Around the World
http://www.creativegiftgiver.com/Easter%20around%20the%20world.htm
45. Easter History and Facts
http://sunniebunniezz.com/holiday/easter.htm
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Halloween
46. Ben & Jerry's Halloween
http://www.benjerry.com/halloween/
47. Dark Side of the Net (Halloween and things Goth - not everything
in here is G-rated)
http://www.darklinks.com/
48. Dark Side of the Net: Best Halloween Pages
http://www.darklinks.com/dhauntbest.html
49. Dark Side of the Net: Halloween Webpages
http://www.darklinks.com/dhauntweb.html
50. Fright Night (from the Why Files)
http://whyfiles.org/026fear/index.html
51. Halloween: Pumpkin carving, recipes, costumes, activities, crafts
and more
http://www.knowledgehound.com/topics/hallowee.htm
52. Halloween & The Day of the Dead: History & Facts (extensive
list from Waterboro Public Library in Maine)
http://www.waterborolibrary.org/oldsite/hallo.htm
53. Halloween from Mindspring
http://www.netcom.com/community/featurepgs/halloween97/spooky.html
54. Halloween Magic Guide
http://www.magictricks.com/halloween/halloweenguide.htm
55. Halloween on the Web
http://www.halloween.com/
56. Halloween Online - Your Guide to Halloween on the Internet!
http://www.halloween-online.com/
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Halloween History & Traditions
57. Dark Side of the Net: Halloween Origins
http://www.darklinks.com/dhauntmyth.html
58. Dark Side of the Net: International Customs
http://www.darklinks.com/dhauntworld.html
59. National Geographic: Salem Witch-Hunt Interactive
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/salem/
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Kwanzaa
60. The Official Kwanzaa Web Site
http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/
61. About Kwanzaa
http://www.rats2u.com/christmas/kwanzaa_index.htm
62. Kwanzaa (small section of children's SantaSearch.com)
http://www.santasearch.com/editorial.asp?PID=7
63. Kwanzaa: An African-American Celebration
http://www.globalindex.com/kwanzaa/
64. Kwanzaa Funology
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/funology1/kwanzaa.htm
65. Kwanzaa Traditions: Honoring Black Unity, Family Bonds and an African
Heritage
http://www.drspock.com/article/0,1510,4773,00.html
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Other Holidays
66. Asian Holidays and Celebrations
http://chinesefood.about.com/cs/holidays/index.htm?terms=holidays
67. Chinese Moon Festival | Korean Chusok | Vietnamese Tet Trung Thu
http://www.afk.com/resources/moonfestival.tpl?cart=116157010810802
68. Chinese New Year
http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html
69. The Dragon Boat Festival
http://www.afk.com/resources/dragonfestival.tpl?cart=116157010810802
70. Hindu Holidays
http://www.theholidayspot.com/hindu/
71. Islamic Holidays
http://islam.about.com/cs/holidays/index.htm
72. Lunar New Year (Chinese New Year)
http://www.afk.com/resources/lunarnewyear.tpl?cart=116157010810802
73. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/
74. Memorial Day Resources (extensive list from Waterboro Public Library
in Maine)
http://www.waterborolibrary.org/oldsite/memday.htm
75. Mexican Holidays and Entertaining
http://mexicanfood.about.com/cs/holidays/index.htm?terms=holidays
76. Ramadan (small section of children's SantaSearch.com)
http://www.santasearch.com/editorial.asp?PID=4
77. Resources for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday (extensive list
from Waterboro Public Library in Maine)
http://www.waterborolibrary.org/oldsite/mlkday.htm
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Other Holiday History & Traditions
78. Atheism, Holidays, & Rituals -- Alternative Holidays?
http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/ath/blfaq_ath_hol_alt.htm?terms=holidays
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Special Occasions/Weddings
79. About > Family Internet > Birthday Central
http://familyinternet.about.com/cs/birthdaycentral/
80. LJDigital WebWatch: Wedding Resources on the Web [multicultural]
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA156561.html
81. The Wedding Channel
http://www.weddingchannel.com/home.html
82. Ultimate Wedding
http://www.ultimatewedding.com/
83. The Knot
http://www.theknot.com/
84. Brides
http://www.brides.com/
85. Weddingscape
http://www.weddingscape.com/
86. The Best Man
http://www.thebestman.com/
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Birthdays
87. Birthday Traditions From Around the World
http://kidsparties.com/traditions.htm
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Recipe Archives
88. RecipeSource: Holiday Recipes
http://www.recipesource.com/holiday/
89. Dark Side of the Net: Halloween Food, Recipes and Cooking (includes
links to lo-cal, diabetic, vegan, traditional)
http://www.darklinks.com/dhauntfood.html
90. Gingerbread Lane
http://www.gingerbreadlane.com/
91. Growlies for Groups Online Cookbook (large quantity recipes)
http://members.tripod.com/~lotsofinfo/index.html
92. Holiday & Seasonal Cocktails & Parties
http://cocktails.about.com/cs/holidays/index.htm?terms=holidays
93. Holiday Recipes from allfood.com (recipe browse; choose holiday from
menu categories provided)
http://www.allfood.com/recbrowse.cfm?y=0&r=0&res=x
94. Holiday Recipes from AllRecipes.com
http://allrecipes.com/Recipes/Holiday-Cooking/Main.aspx
95. Holidays & Special Occasions Recipes, Various on About.com
http://holidays.about.com/od/holidayrecipes/
96.
http://busycooks.about.com/library/weekly/blholarticles.htm?terms=holidays
97.
http://homecooking.about.com/food/homecooking/library/archive/blholdaysindex.htm?rnk=r15&terms=special+occasions
98.
http://southernfood.about.com/library/weekly/topicsub5.htm
http://southernfood.about.com/library/holiday/blxmidx5.htm?terms=holidays
99. iVillage.com: The Best Holiday Recipes
http://www.ivillage.com/food/celebrate/winterhol/articles/0,11731,240590_198543,00.html
100. Jewish Vegetarian Dishes
http://www.vegparadise.com/recipeindex.html#Jewish
101. Kosher Cooking: Holidays
http://www.koshercooking.com/recipes/holidays.html
102. Mimi's Cyber-Kitchen: Holiday Central
http://www.cyber-kitchen.com/index/html/gp20.html
Includes extensive recipe links for Chinese New Year, Christmas, Easter,
Halloween, Hanukkah, Jewish High Holidays, Kwanzaa, Other Holidays, Passover,
Purim, Thanksgiving, and Valentine's Day.
103. A Vegetarian Thanksgiving
http://www.vegkitchen.com/thanksgiving.html
104. Vegetarian Holiday
http://members.tripod.com/vegholiday/index.html
105. Vegetarian Holiday Meals [choose that topic from left contents frame]
(includes much vegan)
http://www.vegparadise.com/
106. Yahoo! Holiday Recipes
http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Food_and_Drink/Cooking/Recipes/Holidays_and_Occasions/
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Food Manufacturer's Sites
107. Betty Crocker: Cooking, Baking, and Entertaining
http://www.bettycrocker.com/allabout/aabce.asp
108. Butterball
http://www.butterball.com/en/index.jsp
109. Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk Recipe Search [see "Occasions"
column for holidays]
http://www.eaglebrand.com/recipes.asp
110. Hershey's Kitchens: Holiday Recipes
http://hersheykitchens.hersheys.com/holiday_recipes/index.asp
111. Kraft Interactive Kitchen: Holiday Recipe Ideas and Special Menus
http://www.kraftfoods.com/main.aspx?s=holiday&m=ff/holidayfocus/recipes
112. Land O'Lakes Recipes (search "Holiday" in keyword box)
http://www.landolakes.com/mealideas/index.cfm
113. Nestlé Seasonal Favorite Recipes
http://www.verybestbaking.com
114. Pillsbury Mealtime Ideas: Fall Gatherings
http://www.pillsbury.com/solve/fall_gatherings.aspx
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Food Media Sites
115. Food Network [search "topic" (not "recipes")
for "holiday" or specific occasion]
http://www.foodnetwork.com/
116. Good Housekeeping: Holiday & Seasonal Recipes
http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/food/
117. Holiday Recipes and Cooking Tips at Epicurious.com
http://www.epicurious.com/recipesmenus/holidays
118. Holiday Menus from Bon Appétit at Epicurious.com [use menu
box]
http://www.epicurious.com/bonappetit/menus/
119. Holiday Menus from Gourmet at Epicurious.com [use menu box]
http://www.epicurious.com/gourmet/menus/
120. Martha Stewart.com - click Holidays
http://www.marthastewart.com
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Help Lines
NOTE: Several of these sites start around November 1 and close by the
end of the year.
121. Butterball: Turkey Talk Line: FAQs (1-800-BUTTERBALL; English &
Spanish)
Open 10 am - 7 pm CST during November and December, also automated information
http://www.butterball.com/en/main_canvas.jsp?includePage=faqs.jsp&t=FAQs&s0=faqs&s1=
122. Campbell's Consumer Line (1-800-257-8443)
http://www.campbellsoupcompany.com/contact_campbell.asp
123. General Mills Products Consumer Line (1-800-446-1898)
http://consumercontacts.generalmills.com/ConsolidatedContact.aspx?page=http://www.bettycrocker.com
124. Hershey Consumer Hot Line (1-800-468-1714)
http://www.hersheys.com/contactus/
125. Land 'O Lakes Holiday Bake Line (1-800-782-9606)
http://www.landolakes.com/common/ContactUs.cfm
126. Libby Consumer Hot Line (1-800-854-0374) [FAQ page]
http://www.verybestbaking.com/advice/faq/results.aspx?ID=6&name=Libby%27s%20Pumpkin%20-%20Canned%20Pumpkin&keyword=
127. Nestlé Consumer Lines (numbers vary by product)
http://www.verybestbaking.com/general/contactus.aspx
128. Ocean Spray Consumer Affairs Department (1-800-662-3263)
http://www.oceanspray.com/contact
129. Reynolds Turkey Tips Line (1-800-745-4000)
http://www.reynoldskitchens.com/reynoldskitchens/kitchenconnection/contactus/index.asp
130. Talking Turkey
http://www.hoptechno.com/book15.htm
131. USDA Meat & Poultry Hot Line (1-888-MPHotline [1-888-674-6854])
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Food_Safety_Education/index.asp
132.
http://USDA_Meat_&_Poultry_Hotline/index.asp
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Holiday Clip Art
133. Clip Art Resources for Students & Teachers: Religious Holidays
& Celebrations
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/clipart.htm#Religious
134. Clip Art Review (alphabetical index, categorized by topic)
http://www.webplaces.com/html/clipart.htm
135. Dark Side of the Net: Halloween Art, Clipart, Images, and Fonts
http://www.darklinks.com/dhauntart.html
136. Halloween Cavern of Clipart
http://www.halloween-clipart.com/
137. Holiday ClipArt
http://www.desktoppublishing.com/seasonalclip.html
138. Mandy's Web Medley: Holiday Links
http://members.jorsm.com/~bnjkee/holiday.htm
139. Web Clip Art for Holidays and Special Occasions
http://webclipart.about.com/cs/holidaysspecial/
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Holiday Crafts
140. About > Computing/Technology > Desktop Publishing > Computer
Craft Projects and Ideas
http://www.desktoppub.about.com/compute/desktoppub/cs/craftideas/index.htm
141. Aunt Annie's Crafts (with seasonal projects)
http://www.auntannie.com/
142. Craftown: Free Craft Projects and Patterns Menu
http://www.craftown.com/projects.htm
143. Dark Side of the Net: Halloween Crafts
http://www.darklinks.com/dhauntcrafts.html
144. Dark Side of the Net: Halloween Pumpkins and Jack O' Lanterns
http://www.darklinks.com/dhauntpumpkins.html
145. Halloween Costumes for Kids Who Use Wheelchairs
http://www.bridgeschool.org/about/about_halloween.html
146. Hewlett Packard Activity Center (printer projects)
http://h10050.www1.hp.com/activitycenter/us/en/index.html
147. Holiday Craft Ideas for Older Kids
http://parentingteens.about.com/cs/holidaycrafts/index.htm?terms=holidays
148. Holiday Cross Stitch Patterns, Various on About.com
http://crossstitch.about.com/b/a/035383.htm?terms=holidays
149.
http://crossstitch.about.com/library/weekly/aa103101a.htm?terms=holidays
150. Holiday Decorating, Various on About.com
http://interiordec.about.com/cs/holidaydecorating/
151.
http://interiordec.about.com/cs/holidayarticles/index.htm?terms=holidays
152.
http://interiordec.about.com/library/faqs/bl_decorfaq_holidays.htm?terms=holidays
153.
http://interiordec.about.com/library/weekly/aa122099a.htm?terms=holidays
154. Holiday How-To's: Chemistry Crafts and Projects (e.g., make fake
blood for Halloween)
http://chemistry.about.com/cs/holidayhowtos/index.htm?terms=holidays
155. Holiday Jewelry Projects
http://jewelrymaking.about.com/library/blallhol.htm?terms=holidays
156. Holiday Quilt Wall Hanging to Appliqué
http://quilting.about.com/library/weekly/aa020727.htm?terms=holidays
157. Homemade Halloween Costume Ideas
http://www.robinsfyi.com/holidays/halloween/costumes.htm
157. Jack-O-Lantern.com (extensive information about melon carving)
http://www.jack-o-lantern.com/
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Holiday Games and Holiday Humor
158. Interactive Bulletin Boards, Games, Software, etc. [Christmas]
http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermons/christmaspage1A.php#software
159. Christmas Humor
http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermons/christmaspage1A.php#humour
160. Dark Side of the Net: Halloween Humor and Jokes
http://www.darklinks.com/dhauntjokes.html
161. Halloween Jokes for Kids
http://www.robinsfyi.com/holidays/halloween/humor.htm
162. Holiday Jokes from TheHolidaySpot.com
http://www.theholidayspot.com/holiday_jokes.htm
163. Holidays and Seasonal Humor
http://humor.about.com/cs/holidays/index.htm
Holidays and seasonal humor include: April Fool's, Groundhog Day, St.
Patrick's Day, Valentine's Day, Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Easter,
Fourth of July, Winter, Income Taxes, and New Year's Day.
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Holiday Lyrics
164. Christmas Carol Lyrics (Tim's Christmas Page)
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/3680/xmasindx.htm
165. Christmas Carol Lyrics List (international)
http://www.angelfire.com/me/music17/carols.html
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Holiday Music & Sounds
166. Bethany Roberts' Sing-Along Christmas Songs [lyrics and music]
Internet Explorer version: http://www.bethanyroberts.com/ChristmasSongs.htm
167. Netscape/Firefox version: http://www.bethanyroberts.com/ChristmasSongs2.htm
168. Christmas.com: Music [multicultural; lyric and audio]
http://christmas.com/music/worldmusic.html
169. Dark Side of the Net: Halloween Sounds and Midi Files
http://www.darklinks.com/dhauntsounds.html
170. FindSounds (Holidays section)
http://www.findsounds.com/types.html
171. NASA Spooky Space 'Sounds'
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/features/halloween_sounds.html
172. An Online Christmas Songbook [score, lyric, and audio]
http://christmassongbook.net/
173. Standard MIDI Files on the Net - Search Results For "Christmas"
http://archive.cs.uu.nl/pub/MIDI/MIRRORS/SMF/search/Christmas.html
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Holiday Stories (See also: Kids' Stuff: Stories &
Poems)
174. Christmas Stories [and more]
http://www.christmas-stories.com/
175. Christmas Stories and Articles
http://www.joyfulheart.com/xmas/
176. Dark Side of the Net: Halloween Ghost Stories
http://www.darklinks.com/dhauntghost.html
177. Gothic.Net Webzine (horror fiction; use cautiously with children)
http://www.gothic.net/
178. History of Halloween: Ghost Stories
http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/halloween/ghost_stories1.html
179. Holiday Literature
http://classiclit.about.com/od/dayholidayliterature1/Day_Month_Holiday_Literature.htm
Stories & Poems
180. Bethany Roberts'Christmas Library for Kids: Christmas Stories, Poems,
Legends, Plays
http://www.bethanyroberts.com/ChristmasLibrary.htm
181. Christmas Lost and Christmas Found (an interactive Christmas story)
http://www.hyperbole.com/full/features/clcf/globals/pages/toc.html
182. Christmas Stories (children's literature)
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/christmas.html
183. Halloween Haikus
http://longwood.cs.ucf.edu/~MidLink/haikus.html
184. Holiday Stories (Christmas)
http://www.santaclaus.com/stories.html
185. Kid's Domain Christmas Stories
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/xmas/stories.html
186. Kid's Domain Halloween: Spooky Stories
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/halloween/stories.html
187. Scholastic Field Trip: Holiday Stories (December holidays)
http://teacher.scholastic.com/fieldtrp/integrat/holiday.htm
188. Terabithia.com - Katherine Paterson - Library - Christmas Short
Stories
http://www.terabithia.com/library_christmas.html
189. Wacky Anne's Christmas Library [NOTE: will not display in Firefox]
http://wackyanne.tripod.com/library/xlibrary.htm
190. Wacky Anne's Halloween Library [NOTE: will not display in Firefox]
http://wackyanne.tripod.com/library/hlibrary.htm
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Holiday Trivia
191. Christmas Trivia Quiz
http://familygames.com/features/quizzes/xmasquiz.html
192. Facts for Features (U.S. Census Bureau) [holiday facts from the
Census Bureau; aimed at reporters]
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/index.html
193. Fascinating Christmas Odds & Ends
http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermons/christmaspage1A.php#oddsends
194. Holiday Facts & Fun
http://teacher.scholastic.com/holiday/factsfun.htm
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General Holiday Sites for Kids
195. Bethany Roberts' Fun For Kids (children's author; several holidays
included)
http://www.bethanyroberts.com/ForKids.htm
196. Billy Bear's on Holiday
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/fun.htm
197. ClassBrain Monthly Grab Bag
http://www.classbrain.com/artholiday/publish/
198. Dark Side of the Net: Halloween Pages By and For Kids
http://www.darklinks.com/dhauntkids.html
199. Kid's Domain: Holidays
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/
200. Not Just for Kids: Holiday Pages
http://www.grandpatucker.com/kids/rr-holidays.html-ssi
201. Pumpkins and Halloween
http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/pumpkins.htm
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Activities for Children & Parents
202. DLTK's Holiday Crafts and Activities
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/
203. Enchanted Learning: Holiday Crafts and Activities
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/holiday/
204. Family.com: Arts & Crafts: Seasonal
http://familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts/season
205. Holiday Coloring Pages
http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/coloringpages/l/blcolorbk.htm
206. Holiday Family Fun (Christmas)
http://homeparents.about.com/library/weekly/aa112900a.htm?terms=holidays
207. Holiday, Season, and Celebration Crafts and Activities
http://familycrafts.about.com/od/holidays
208. Holidays [activities, gatherings, & projects for all kinds of
family holiday fun]
http://familyeducation.com/topic/front/0,1156,1-31586,00.html
209. Homemade Halloween Crafts for Kids
http://www.robinsfyi.com/holidays/halloween/kidcrafts.htm
210. Kid's Craft Projects: Craftown
http://www.craftown.com/kids.htm
211. Kid's Domain Chanukah Games
http://www.kidsdomain.com/games/chan.html
212. Kid's Domain Christmas Games
http://www.kidsdomain.com/games/xmas.html
213. Kid's Domain Crafts
http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/
214. Kid's Domain Kwanzaa and Online African Games
http://www.kidsdomain.com/games/kwanzaa.html
215. Kid's Domain New Year's Games
http://www.kidsdomain.com/games/newyear.html
216. NORAD Tracks Santa Web Site [Quicktime]
http://www.noradsanta.org/
217. 'Tis the Season: Crafts -n- Activities
http://holidays.cjonline.com/crafts/index.shtml
218. Year Round Holiday Games for Families
http://hometown.aol.com/SAmon349/KidsParties/HolidayFunPg7Val.html
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Educational Pages
219. Celebrations: A Social Studies Resource Guide for Elementary Teachers
[approximately 50 lesson plans on holidays]
http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-celebrations/intro.html
220. Christmas Virtual Field Trip (grades 3-6)
http://www.tramline.com/cross/xmas/index.htm
221. Culture Quest World Tour [games, activities, recipes, and holiday
descriptions worldwide]
http://ipl.si.umich.edu/div/kidspace/cquest/
222. Debbie's Unit Factory: Quality Theme Units for Teachers and Home
Schoolers [elementary level; monthly themes include holidays]
http://www.themeunits.com/
223. Education World > Holidays Center [activities, resources, and
ideas]
http://www.education-world.com/holidays/
224. Education World > Special Theme Page - Celebrating December Around
the World [activities, resources, and ideas]
http://www.education-world.com/a_special/december.shtml
225. The Educator's Toolkit: Holidays
http://www.eagle.ca/~matink/holidays.html
226. Enchanted Learning: Holiday Crafts and Activities
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/holiday/
227. Gander Academy's Holidays and Celebrations Resources on the World
Wide Web
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/celebrations.htm
228. Holiday "Grand Central Station" for Homeschoolers
http://homeschooling.about.com/library/weekly/aa010901a.htm?terms=holidays
229. The Holiday Zone ["written with the ESL/EFL student in mind"]
http://www.theholidayzone.com/
230. Holidays Around the World for K-12 [no longer maintained, but extensive]
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/holidays.htm
231. Idea Box: Early Childhood Education & Activity Resources --
Seasonal
http://www.theideabox.com/ideas.nsf/seasonal
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Mailing & Shipping, Military
232. U.S. Postal Service
http://www.usps.gov/
http://www.usps.com/holiday/mailing-holiday-deadlines.htm
233. Holiday Mailing Deadlines & Tips
http://usgovinfo.about.com/blholidaymail.htm?terms=holidays
234. Special Delivery: Letters to Our Troops
http://www.classbrain.com/artholiday/publish/soldier_holiday_letters.shtml
235. FedEx Tracking
http://www.fedex.com/us/tracking/?link=4&ascend_header=1
236. United Parcel Service (UPS)
http://www.ups.com/
237. Zip Code Lookup and Address Information
http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/ziplookup/lookupmenu.htm
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Travel Information
238. Christmas Holiday family events-- Travel with Kids Christmas holiday
events
http://travelwithkids.about.com/library/holidays/blholidayevents.htm?terms=holidays
239. Christmas in France
http://holidays.about.com/od/holidaytravel/a/francechristmas.htm
240. Deb's Monthly Review: Festivals for Travelers
http://www.lightpatch.com/deb/review/#festvls
241. Holiday Happenings in New York City (many holidays)
http://gonyc.about.com/cs/holidays/index.htm?terms=holidays
242. Open Directory: Recreation: Travel: Specialty Travel: Festivals
and Holidays
http://dmoz.org/Recreation/Travel/Specialty_Travel/Festivals_and_Holidays/
243. Open Directory: Traffic & Road Construction Sites (U.S.)
http://dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Travel_and_Tourism/Traffic_and_Road_Construction/
244. Thanksgiving 2007: Ideas for Thanksgiving 2007 Vacations
http://travelwithkids.about.com/cs/holidays/a/thanksgivideas.htm
245. Thanksgiving Holidays: Tips to avoid stress at Thanksgiving
http://travelwithkids.about.com/cs/holidays/a/thanksgivingtip.htm
246. Travel Now Hotel Reservations
http://www.travelnow.com/
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Health & Safety Tips
247. Articles on Stress & Coping; Dealing with Holidays
http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermons/christmaspage1A.php#stress
248. CSPI's Holiday Safe Food Tips
http://www.cspinet.org/reports/safetips.htm
249. Christmas Food Safety
http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermons/christmaspage1A.php#foodsafety
250. Christmas Safety
http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermons/christmaspage1A.php#safety
251. Dark Side of the Net: Halloween Safety
http://www.darklinks.com/dhauntsafe.html
252. Family and Relationships: Coping with Holiday Stress
http://www.apahelpcenter.org/articles/article.php?id=8
253. Halloween and Diabetes
http://www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/d_0n_c00.htm
254. Halloween Safety: Safety Alert from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/hallow.html
255. Halloween Tips for Parents & Kids (American Diabetes Association)
http://www.diabetes.org/for-parents-and-kids/halloween.jsp
256. Have a "green" Halloween, says Environmental Defense
http://www.environmentaldefense.org/article.cfm?contentid=2364
257. Holiday Decoration Safety Tips from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission
http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/blholidaysafety.htm?terms=holidays
258. Holiday Stress Survival Tips
http://depression.about.com/library/weekly/aa121200.htm?terms=holidays
259. Holiday Toy Recall Checklist from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission
http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa112701a.htm
260. Mental Health for the Holidays from About.com
http://panicdisorder.about.com/cs/holidaymental/a/holidayhealth.htm
261. Simplify the Holidays
http://www.newdream.org/holiday/
262. Surviving Holiday Stress [several articles]
http://stress.about.com/od/holidaysurvival/
263. Winter Holidays Health and Safety from About.com
http://holidays.about.com/od/healthsafety/
264. Yahoo! Halloween Safety
http://dir.yahoo.com/society_and_culture/holidays_and_observances/halloween/safety/
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General Event and Party Planning
265. All About Showers: Bridal & Baby Showers
http://www.allaboutshowers.com/
266. Dark Side of the Net: Halloween Costume Tips, Games, Decor, Party
Ideas
http://www.darklinks.com/dhauntfun.html
267. Growlies Notes, Tips, Tricks and Links -- Party Planning Help
http://www.angelfire.com/bc/incredible/indexnotes.html
268. Halloween Party Ideas
http://www.robinsfyi.com/holidays/halloween/party.htm
269. Holiday Parties at iVillage.com
http://www.ivillage.com/topics/food/0,10707,165864,00.html
270. Land O'Lakes: Entertaining & Parties
http://www.landolakes.com/partyPlanner/index.cfm
271. MADD Safe Party Guide ( includes link to non-alcoholic drink recipes)
http://www.madd.org/madd_programs/0,1056,4841,00.html
272. The Parties Games Ideas Resource Page [from children to adults]
http://freespace.virgin.net/ken.tew/party/list.html
273. Party Planning - Wedding Planning
http://www.partydirectory.com/
274. Party Planning from Party411 & Free Planning Guides
http://www.party411.com/
275.
http://www.party411.com/guides.html
276. Readers' Digest Recipes & Party Planning
http://christmas.readersdigest.com/recipes_party/home.html
277. San Antonio Public Library Party & Wedding Planning [quite multicultural]
http://www.sat.lib.tx.us/html/parties.htm
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Themes
278. FamilyFun: Party Planner
http://familyfun.go.com/parties/birthday/tool/partyplanner_tlp/
279. Free Party Themes from Party411
http://www.party411.com/themes.html
280. Holiday Theme Ideas (aimed at child care centers, but more widely
applicable)
http://daycare.about.com/cs/holidaythemes/index.htm?terms=holidays
281. Kathy's Party Themes (for children)
http://www.kathyskidstuff.com/themes.html
282. Theme Parties
http://www.partydirectory.com/guide/ptytheme.htm
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Paper Products
283. Canon Print Planet -- Throw a Party
http://canonprintplanet.com/party.shtml
284. Hewlett Packard Activity Center [includes section on Party Supplies]
http://h10050.www1.hp.com/activitycenter/us/en/index.html
285. Wedding Crafts Page
http://wedcraft.com/
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Gifts and Shopping
286. BotSpot ® : The Spot for all Bots & Intelligent Agents --
Shopping Agents
http://www.botspot.com/BOTSPOT/Windows/Shopping_Bots/
"A bot is a software tool for digging through data. You give a
bot directions and it bring back answers." BotSpot classifies Bots
and Intelligent Agents by subject; this is the page for the shopping bots,
which compile enormous databases of products sold at online stores. This
page lists them and describes the functions of each. Most of the bots
at BotSpot can be downloaded and used on your computer; some with a fee
and some for free.
287. Shopping Bot Heaven
http://hometown.aol.com/cbtang01
Online Malls & Catalogs
288. Effectiveshopping.com - Your One Stop E-Shopping Mall
http://www.effectiveshopping.com/
289. Google Catalogs
http://catalogs.google.com/
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Gift Ideas
290. Christmas on the Web (emphasis on shopping, but not exclusively)
http://www.christmasgifts.com/
291. Christmas.com: Gift Ideas
http://christmas.com/
292. Christmas Gifts (+ clip art, music and more)
http://www.christmasgifts.com/
293. Dark Side of the Net: Halloween Shops and Products
http://www.darklinks.com/dhauntshops.html
294. Gift Ideas and Shopping Tips from About.com
http://holidays.about.com/od/giftideasshoppingtips/
295. Yahoo! Business and Economy > Shopping and Services > Gifts
and Occasions >
http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Shopping_and_Services/Gifts_and_Occasions/
296. Yahoo! Business and Economy > Shopping and Services > Gifts
and Occasions > Holidays and Observances > Christmas
http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Shopping_and_Services/Gifts_and_Occasions/
Holidays_and_Observances/Christmas/
297. Yahoo! Flowers & Gifts [section has gifts by occasion or recipient]
http://shopping.yahoo.com/
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Gift Registries
298. Christmas.com: Wish List Services
http://christmas.com/
299. Free Gift Registry for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, or any
other gift-giving occasions
http://www.mouken.com/gift_registry/
300. Modern Bride Gift Registries by State
http://www.modernbride.com/registry/
301. Yahoo! Business and Economy > Shopping and Services > Gifts
and Occasions > Gift Registries
http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Shopping_and_Services/Gifts_and_Occasions/
302. Gift_Registries/ Yahoo! Business and Economy > Shopping and
Services > Gifts and Occasions > Weddings > Gift Registries
http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Shopping_and_Services/Gifts_and_Occasions/
Weddings/Gift_Registries/
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Virtual Cards & Gifts
303. 1001 Postcards: Holidays
http://www2.postcards.org/postcards/cards/holidays/
304. 123 Greetings
http://cards.123greetings.com/cgi-bin/cards/sendcard.pl
305. Blue Mountain Arts (frequently includes games and projects by holiday)
http://www.bluemountain.com
306. Dark Side of the Net: Halloween Postcards
http://www.darklinks.com/dhauntpostcards.html
307. Ontario Farm Grown Christmas Trees: Virtual Tree Farm (with activities)
http://www.christmastrees.on.ca/vtfsite/vtfmain.html
308. Unique Greetings: Holiday Snow Globes Cards
http://www.uniquegreetings.com/cgi-bin/snow.cgi?category=home
309. Virtual Cards & Gifts
http://www.angelfire.com/ct/schubass2/CardsGifts.html
310. Virtual Presents
http://www.virtualpresents.com/
311. Yahoo! Home > Entertainment > Ecards > Holidays & Observances
http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Ecards/Holidays_and_Observances
"There Is No Shelf" - YouTube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4CV05HyAbM
Thank you to Suzi Holler and CFLC for sharing these Holiday
Resources!
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