A Collection of the Best Christmas Holiday Resources
The origin of the Advent calendar can be traced back to the 19th Century. Advent calendars as we know them today went through many versions until the paper calendars filled with chocolates of today. Learn the history of the early Advent calendars to modern day Advent calendars. Christmas Resources – History Of The Advent Calendar
Visit this online Advent calendar museum and you will see a number of colorful unique designs and styles of historic Advent calendars from a variety of countries. The Advent calendars are shown in a Flash movie, click on the arrows in the navigation to go to more Advent calendars. Christmas Resources – Advent Calendar Museum
Wikipedia has a history of the advent calendar, including the origins of the original advent calendar and information on modern advent calendars. The article features information on unusual versions of advent calendars including Scandinavian towns that have television show based on advent calendars starting December 1st and a German town that paints scenes at houses [...]
This cute Santa Beard advent calendar is an easy to make craft project you can work on with your children. Instructions as well as a list of supplies is provided. Print out the PDF pattern and get started. Children’s Santa Beard Advent Calender
Suite 101 has an article about creating your own family Advent calendar for the Christmas season. Ideas include making an Advent calendar from poster board, hanging paper take-out food boxes with treats inside on the Christmas tree as an Advent calendar and a cloth version of an Advent calendar. You can get take-out boxes at [...]
This is an interactive Advent calendar using a Grinch like character sitting at the bottom of a fireplace surrounded by presents. Clicking on the presents earlier than December gets you scolding messages. Check out this interactive Advent calender starting December 1st. Dionaea’s Interactive Online Advent Calendar
The Christmas and Santa Claus directory has all sorts of Christmas goodies for you to check into including online advent calendars, Christmas around the world, printable coloring pages, Christmas software, Christmas clip art, Christmas traditions, Christmas crafts and much more. Christmas and Santa Claus Directory
