A&E Television
History.com: 7 Latin American Holiday Traditions
Holidays in Latin America celebrate faith, family and community in a festive, sometimes whimsical, style. Traditions range from waking people up with Christmas songs in the middle of the night to sculpting massive radishes to burning...
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American Antiquarian Society: Visions of Christmas
Online exhibition that presents the history and traditions of the Christmas holiday through the years. Here you can discover the origins of Santa, the Christmas tree, and the poem "A Visit from Saint Nicholas".
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Christmas Day, December 25
Christmas traditions are unique to each family. But we share a common origin of this special holiday. Learn about the fundamentals of this celebration at this Library of Congress site.
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The First Christmas Card Produced in England
At this site learn about how the first Christmas card came about and how the tradition spread across the world.
Museum of Science
Museum of Science and Industry: Christmas Traditions in Germany
A look at how Christmas and its holiday traditions are celebrated in Germany.
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Mexican Culture Official and Religious Holidays
Descriptions of Mexican holidays and festivals, along with related pictures, can be found at this website.
Mayaco
Mayaco: Holiday Traditions: Mexico: Feliz Navidad
The story of a Christmas tradition in Mexico, "Feliz Navidad". Recipes are also provided for some traditional Mexican holiday treats.
Discovering Lewis & Clark
Discovering Lewis & Clark: Holidays on the Trail
This section of the larger website Discovering Lewis & Clark examines how the Corps of Discovery celebrated three special days-Christmas Day, New Year's Day, and Independence Day-with a mixture of traditions.
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Inside mexico.com: Christmas in Mexico
Find out how Christmas is celebrated in Mexico. Try simple Christmas recipes and read about traditional songs.
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Christmas Customs
Brief outlines of customs and food traditionally found at Christmas in the U.S., U.K., the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Austria, Denmark and France, as well as others. Common legends, games, and history of the holidays give ample...
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: Holidays
Fun module on American holidays provides students with one or more videos for special holidays in each month of the year and offers links to related resources, such as Veterans Museum and Memorial Center, Martin Luther King, Jr. Historic...
Lin and Don Donn
Lin and Don Donn: Holidays: Christmas
This site provides links and ideas for lesson plans about Christmas. Also provides basic information about the history of Christmas traditions in America.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Holidays for Kids: Christmas
Kids learn about Christmas. The history and facts about this holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ.
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Christmas Traditions in France and Canada
This resource describes the differences between French and Canadian Christmas celebrations, in French and English. The embedded links in the text contain the most extensive information. Link to French version is at bottom of home page.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Holidays for Kids: Boxing Day
Kids learn about Boxing Day. The history and facts about this holiday popular in England the day after Christmas.
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Mexico Christmas Traditions & Customs
A brief description of Christmas traditions and customs in Mexico.
Mayaco
Mayaco: Holiday Traditions
Good, thorough description of Christmas in a number of countries, including Spain and Mexico. Even includes a few holiday recipes.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Christmas and Other Holidays Around the World
[Free Registration/Login Required] Christmas and many other November and December holidays around the world are explored through engaging web links.
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Christmas Traditions in Brazil
Each country celebrates Christmas in their own diverse way. Find out what the customs and traditions are like in Brazil.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Christmas in Mexico
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart provides a fun way to for students to learn about Christmas in Mexico.
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Christmas World: Christmas in Kenya
Read about how Christmas is celebrated in Kenya. Includes photographs.
Mayaco
Mayaco: Holiday Traditions: Italy
Celebrating Christmas in Italy! Here's the lowdown on how Italians celebrate Christmas from decorations to special food.
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German Embassy: German Holidays
Learn about how Germans celebrate holidays and cultural traditions.