Christmas

Links verified 2/23/09

Have you been naughty or nice? Go Ask Santa for an instant report of what he has written about you on his Naughty or Nice List. Warning: very young children might not understand that this is just for fun.

Send an Email message to Santa. Select the toy you would like the most for Christmas or write a special message to Santa. Check with your parents first, to make sure it's OK.

Go to Santa's Toy Workshop to see the world's most advanced Toy making machine,the Magnetic Kinetic Toy Hulla-Ballu. Warning: this site makes it hard to use the Back button.

Adopt an Elf Buddy. You can have as many as you like. And you can even print out their pictures. Warning: this site makes it hard to use the Back button. Tip: right-click the back button.

Where is Santa? NORAD tracks Santa. [The radar site opens in a new window. Close the window to get back to this list of Christmas links.]

Go to Mrs. Claus's kitchen. She has the most creative recipes this side of the Big Dipper.

Welcome to Santa Claus Elf School. Santa invites you to become an Honorary Elf and earn your very own Honorary Elf Diplomas with your name on them! You can get an Honorary Elf Diploma for each of the 12 games in Elf School.

Get daily updates on Santa Claus and Village news during December! You can keep up with all the fun each day from December 1st to Christmas day by clicking on number for that day's date.

Find out about Christmas celebrations and customs in other parts of the world.

Read the poem, The Night Before Christmas - A Visit from St. Nicholas, by Clement Clarke Moore.

"Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus." From the editorial page of the New York Sun, 1897.

Read the marvelous story by O. Henry, "The Gift of the Magi."

David's Christmas MIDI page has a large selection of music. Two cautions; this is a Geocities site, as soon as the advertisement pops up close the window, and David's music can be turned off with a control bar just below the pine garland near the top of his page. Tennessee teachers, this site may be blocked by the filter.

Desiderata is a delightfully peaceful look at life and the world. This piece was written by Max Ehrmann, copyright 1927.

The National Christmas Tree Association invites you to play Attack of the Mutant Artificial Christmas Trees

More music than you will have time to listen to before Christmas can be found on this Christmas MIDI file links page.

Oh no! It is time to mail those Christmas cards or packages and you don't know Grandma Suzie's zip code! No problem, just ask the U S Postal Service on-line zip code locator. [The USPS site opens in a new window. Close the window to get back to this list of Christmas links.]

Recipes, recipes, and more recipes. Santaland has an index to other recipe sites on the Internet. Some of their links do not work, but you should be able to find anything you are looking for here.

When was the first Christmas card sent? Find out that and more at Santaland's Christmas traditions page.

"Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire," is only one of the songs I found at Santaland's holiday music site. Click on the song title above to hear it, or click on the holly to the left to find all of the songs.

Play the computer in another Christmas Tic Tac Toe game. Instead of "X" and "O", they're playing with Santa and a Christmas tree. You get to choose whether you would like to go first or whether the computer goes first.

Do you think you are a Christmas expert? Take the Christmas Trivia Quiz and find out how much, or how little, you do know about Christmas. Don't worry, the grade won't be on your report card.

Explore Santaland's Kid's Corner. You will find some fascinating sites for Kids!