Christmas Traditions Around the World
http://www.santas.net/aroundtheworld.htm

Bill Egan's Christmas Around the World
http://christmas-world.freeservers.com//index.html

Some interpretations of how Christmas traditions came to be
http://www.noelnoelnoel.com/html/trad.html

Christmas Around the World
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/xmas/around.html

Santa Claus through the ages
http://www.saint-nick.com/santa/index.html

Christmas in Canada
http://www.craigmarlatt.com/canada/symbols_facts&lists/christmas.html

Boxing Day in Canada
http://www.craigmarlatt.com/canada/symbols_facts&lists/boxing_day.html

Christmas Crackers - a story of how they were invented!
http://www.absolutelycrackers.com/historynew.html

Visit a "real" city called the North Pole in Alaska!
http://www.surfalaska.com/northpole.html

Santa Land
"Taking you back to an era of Holiday Traditions we remember as Children.
Send a letter to Santa, read holiday stories, Find Christmas carols, lyrics, and arts and crafts.
Find Christmas recipes & care for that holiday plant Santa gave you. Track Santa on Christmas Eve."
http://www.santaland.com

School District 71 has many great links! Here's a few:
Christmas Around the World - Internet Scavenger Hunt
origins of symbols of Christmas, Boxing Day, Christmas crackers
http://sd71.bc.ca/Sd71/Edulinks/xmas/index.htm#top

St. Nicholas
Who is St. Nicholas? Who is Santa Claus? Are they the same?
http://www.stnicholascenter.org/Brix?pageID=23

Christmas Word Puzzle
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/christmas/puzzles/wp-xmas.htm

Billy Bear Word Search
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holilays/christmas/p-xmas97.htm

Christmas Jokes and Riddles
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/xmas/games/riddles.html

Christmas Stories - links
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/christmas.html

Make your own story - from Black Dog Christmas
http://www.blackdog.net/holiday/christmas/story.html

Christmas Graphics
possibly the "World's Largest Collection of Christmas graphics!"
http://www.yuleloveit.com

Printable Art Activities (& word searches)
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/xmas/print.html

Black Dog Christmas
Go to "activities" for online "build a snowman" and "decorate a Christmas tree"
http://www.blackdog.net/holiday/christmas/index.html

Billy Bear Arts & Crafts
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/christmas/crafts.htm

Christmas recipes
http://www.puddings.net
Christmas recipes and forum: puddings, desserts, cakes, starters, maincourse,
turkey, sweets, chocolates and gifts, cocktails, juices.

NORAD - North American Aerospace Defence Command
On Christmas Eve, NORAD tracks Santa's trip via satellite!
Answers to questions like: How does Santa fit down the chimney?
What snacks does he like to eat? How does he get everywhere in one night?
http://www.noradsanta.com

Santa's Secret Village
Santa's hideout at the North Pole with lots of activities
http://www.northpole.com/Village.html

Santa Claus at Claus.com
A "Santa's Village" full of activities (has a Naughty or Nice meter!)
http://www.claus.com/village.php

Welcome to the North Pole (nb sometimes freezes computer)
Several activities plus some nice messages from Santa and his troupe!
http://northpole.net/index.htm

Santa Claus
Countdown to Christmas Clock, vote on your favourite reindeer, lots of activities
http://www.emailsanta.com/

Santa Claus Online
http://www.santaclausonline.com/

Santa Land - old fashioned traditions, lots of song lyrics
http://www.santaland.com/

Lots of Christmas games and activities with Black Dog Christmas
http://www.blackdog.net/holiday/christmas/index.html

Billy Bear Christmas Maze Game & other activities
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/christmas/maze1/maze-01.htm

The-North-Pole
http://www.the-north-pole.com/

Thanks to the "Virtual Teacher" Newsletter for the following fabulous Aussie sites!
Here are some of Cathy's own choices for Christmas activities.
http://www.virtualteacher.com.au/christmas.html

Christmas Activities and Lesson Plans from an Australia Tech. teacher
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~ericashadiac/Xmas/

Wonderful resources and links from another Aussie Tech. teacher
The Treasure Hunt for P-3 is really good! There are also Christmas Webquest ideas.
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/denise/Christmas.htm

Some unusual and interesting I.C.T. activities from tech. teachers in Tasmania
(including an interactive advent calendar)
http://www.discover.tased.edu.au/ec/teachers/Xmas/Default.htm

Christmas gifts
A colorful Christmas gifts' tale,
e-cards, more xmas stories, holiday crafts and forum
http://www.christmasgifts.net/christmasgiftstory.html

Christmas links for Woodworkers!
http://www.betterwoodworking.com/christmas_links.htm

Santa 's Net
http://www.santas.net/welcome.htm

Saint Nick.org
http://www.saintnick.org/

Christmas Links from Australia
http://www.virtualteacher.com.au/christmas.html

My Merry Christmas...an assortment of info.
http://www.mymerrychristmas.com/

Santa's Northpole Secret Village
http://www.northpole.com/Village.html

Claus.com "The Merriest Place in Cyberspace"
http://www.claus.com/postoffice/index.shtml

Santa Claus Official Website
http://www.emailsanta.com/

Black Dog Christmas
http://www.blackdog.net/holiday/christmas/addguest.html

NOTE:
Many of the larger websites have an email option too.