Mrs. Acton: English

7th - Christmas Around the World sites
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Santa Around the World (Different names/characters)

Traditions from around the world -- many countries listed

Holidays Around the World

Christmas greetings in many languages

Santa's Net: Christmas around the world - many countries, traditions, Santas, foreign greetings, etc.

History of many traditions: poinsettia, holly, fruitcake, Nativity scene, stockings, carols, etc.

Christmas carols history

More traditions around the world (many countries)

More traditions from other countries: Germany, Austria, Switzerland

Christmas in South Pacific (Australia/New Zealand, etc.)

Traditions around the world - History Channel

Santa Claus around the world

Christmas tree history

Christmas trees around the world

Poinsettia Pages

Christmas cards history

Christmas in Hawaii

Christmas in Hawaii

Hawaiian Christmas trees

American Southwest Christmas traditions

Christmas in Washington, D.C.

Santa Lucia Day, Dec. 13

Boxing Day, Dec. 26

St. Stephen's Day

New Year's Day history and traditions around the world

Hanukkah (Chanukah)

Kwanzaa

Music - carols, "The Nutcracker Suite," "White Christmas," etc.

"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" history

Click here to view another guestbook on my site.

I removed my Guest Book temporarily to get rid of the spammers who have been attacking it by the hundreds. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click here for My Trip to Spain

Click here for My Trip to New York City

Click here for more photos on my personal webpage, including family, vacations, pets, and more.


 
 
 
"Richer than I you can never be;
I had a mother who read to me."

                                - Strickland Gillilan
 
 
 
 

Click here to "Ask the Grammar Lady."

Click here for www.dictionary.com.

Click here for Rhyme Zone, an online rhyming dictionary .

Click here for Citation Machine. (Footnotes, bibliographies, etc.)

Click here for 7th Grade Christmas Pictograph Sites

Click here for 8th Grade Revolutionary War Sites

Click here for our Shakespeare WebQuest.

Click here to see our Olympic Gold Medal web sites.

 

 

 

 

 

Click here to e-mail my classroom during the school year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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