Christmas

Christmas

Activity 1: Christmas Traditions

Choose one or more of the traditions below and find out about it using the website provided. For each tradition, complete a note card. You can use the card to give an oral presentation or write a composition.

1. Candy Cane
2. Christmas Cards
3. Christmas trees
4. Poinsettias
5. Santa Clause
6. Christmas carols
7. Christmas stockings
8. Mistletoe and holly
9. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Herbert Hoover Museum: Christmas around the World.

http://hoover.archives.gov/exhibits/christmasworld/intro.html

Soon Online Magazine: Christmas

http://www.soon.org.uk/christmas.htm

Wilstar: Symbols and Traditions of Christmas

http://www.wilstar.com/xmas/xmassymb.htm

Activity 2: Christmas around the World: Treasure Hunt

Use the following websites and other websites to find out the answers to the questions.

Christmas Worldview

www.christmas.com/worldview

Why Christmas?

www.whychristmas.com

Holiday Traditions

www.californiamall.com/holidaytraditions/Home.htm