A Collection of the Best Christmas Holiday Resources
Want to know the history of Santa Claus? This Wikipedia article gives you the original Christian origins of Santa Claus, his history in other countries, folklore, Santa’s American origins and NORAD, the program that tracks Santa’s annual trip to deliver gifts.
Wikipedia Article on Santa Claus
Learn where the tradition of mistletoe came into being. Mistletoe in early times was not thought of as a romantic symbol but instead was used for its magical powers. This article shows the use of mistletoe throughout history until it became the sweet Christmas tradition it is today.
History Of Mistletoe
This Christmas quiz starts easily enough then gets harder. Some questions are obscure or not easily known including traditions from other countries. Get through the novice quiz then try the more difficult Christmas quizzes and you’ll have some fun and learn something in the process.
Christmas Trivia Quiz
Family Christmas Online has a section on nativities including history information and photos of styles of nativities from years ago. There is some interesting history about how families collected their nativity sets in the U.S. years ago piece by piece before nativity sets were created.
Nativity History and Information
Santaland has a long list of Christmas traditions from other countries including information on the Magi, the origins of the Christmas card, Christmas symbols, origin of Mistletoe, history of the Christmas tree and much more.
Christmas Traditions Around the World
Do you know how other countries celebrate Christmas? Thirty different countries are represented here with information about their unique Christmas customs. Find out how people celebrate in Brazil, Australia, India, Japan, Nicaragua and elsewhere.
Christmas Celebrations Around the World
Wikipedia has an article for grown-ups about the origins of Santa’s Workshop. Learn about Santa’s home and workshop located at the North Pole, the early stories of Santa’s Workshop in the American 20th century and the beginning of the first Santa’s Grotto in England in the late 1800’s.
Wikipedia Origin of Santa’s Workshop
Christmas for All has a long list of how to say Merry Christmas in different languages! From Austria to Czech Republic to Finland and Turkey you too can say Merry Christmas in a foreign language.
Merry Christmas In Different Languages
NORAD (the North American Aerospace Defense Command) has used their extreme tracking systems to detect and track Santa on his trip to deliver gifts around the world for over fifty years now. You must come back to NORAD’s Santa site at www.noradsanta.org on December 1st to start tracking Santa’s journey.
NORAD Santa Tracker
Theholidayspot.com has listed Christmas traditions around the world. Have you ever wondered how Christmas traditions differ in other countries? Learn how people in Argentina, Ireland, Portugal, Russia and other countries celebrate the Christmas holiday.
Theholidayspot.com Christmas Around the World
