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1. Family Christmas Traditions Christmas is synonymous with family so as you all gather together this holiday season consider these great annual tradition ideas for your family. If you don't have traditions in your family, there is no time like the present to get started making la...
2. Christmas Traditions Around The World This lens deals with the Christmas Tradition around the world. As a former pastor of a Christian church, I was always on the look for meaningful holiday traditions that would enhance the Christmas experience for my flock. This lens shares some of the...
3. Christmas Customs The Christmas we celebrate today is chiefly the Christmas of the Victorians. Whilst we all understand that the celebration acknowledges the birth of Jesus Christ, and is a very special Christian holiday, few of us ever question the common symbolism...
4. Countdown to Christmas This lens is all about getting ready for Christmas. Not about what gifts to buy your relatives, or how to host a perfect holiday party, but the special, meaningful things that families may do together during the season of Advent. I've found some beau...
5. XMas Advent Calendars 2009 We had an advent calendar for a few years when I was small. It had a strange magic. We had a simple advent calendar: just pictures behind the doors, no candy let alone toys. These days advent calendars come in all kinds of shapes and sizes, with sti...
6. Christmas at AJ's Christmas at AJ's is full of Christmas traditions. There's Christmas stockings that Santa fills on Christmas Eve, presents under the tree, turkey for lunch, games in the evening and of course we have to watch Dr Who. The only thing that is us...
7. Christmas Candy Canes It wouldn't be Christmas without candy canes, those ubiquitous red-and-white striped, hooked sticks of peppermint candy. Find out when and why they were invented, find books and DVDs about their legend, and find some tasty candy cane recipes.
8. Christmas Stocking Holders If you'll be hanging Christmas stockings out for Santa Claus to fill on Christmas Eve, you'll need a good hanger to make sure they stay in place until Old St. Nick arrives. These stocking holders are both fun and functional and will add some...
9. Top 10 Christmas Symbols Christmas is one of the most widely celebrated holiday's in the world. It is a celebration of love, joy and unity; symbolized by familiar images that are designed to conjure up warm feelings of home and the spirit of peace, birth and giving. But...
10. The Very Best Christmas Movies for Families Love Christmas movies?  Me, too.  What a great way to spend a cold winter evening with the family, clean and snug in warm pajamas and blankets, with a big bowl of freshly-popped popcorn and some hot chocolate, snuggled in front of the firep...
11. Santa's Christmas Countdown Join in the big countdown to the magic day...! Sleep tight now ; )
12. Christmas Traditions in Norway Have you ever dreamed of celebrating Christmas in Norway? Although Christmas traditions can vary from family to family, in Norway most families include customs that have developed from Yule and midwinter festivities in ancient times. Before Christia...
13. German Christmas Traditions My mom was born and raised in Germany and I'm half German. Growing up we celebrated Christmas with a lot of German traditions. Here is a collection of the things that are important to Germans at Christmastime including the Christmas tree, the advent...
14. Luminarias - A Christmas Tradition Luminarias (farolitos or lumniaries) have long been a tradition in the American Southwest. Even though the traditional "candle in a paper bag" is being replaced by "electric" luminarias, the tradition continues. The photo at the le...
15. Christmas Unit Study 2 - Social Studies A Christmas Unit Study (Social Studies) ~ Christmas is such an amazing time of year to celebrate the birth of the blessed baby, Jesus. While parents and teachers who are teaching about the events of the Bible, and the events of the seasons, why not t...
16. Twas the Night Before Christmas Twas the Night Before Christmas A Visit from St. Nicholas By Clement C. Moore With Pictures by Jessie Willcox Smith Houghton Mifflin Company - Boston Copyright © 1912 by Houghton Mifflin Company (Copyright has expired, this is now public domain.) INTRO...
17. Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus This classic letter, and the response to it, answers the age old question asked by children everywhere.     Francis Church - It wasn't until after his death in 1906 that it became publicly known that Francis Church had written the editorial r...
18. Christmas Stocking Traditions When I was a child I remember my siblings and I would get so excited about hanging up our christmas stockings. I can still remember the excitement over finding the lumpy, bulging, treat filled socks. This was one of the many highlights of christmas...
19. Beautiful Wreaths for Christmas Christmas is the season for family gatherings and get-togethers with friends and neighbors. We decorate our homes, inside and out. We hang lights from the roof, wrap garland around the posts, and hang a wreath on the door. The wreath says Welcome!
20. Home For The Holidays Christmas Recipes,  Crafts, Traditions, Decorations, Trivia and More...