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December Links

The History of the Holidays

Learn about the history of the holidays, from the History Channel. Includes some December holidays: Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa.
URL: http://www.history.com/historyoftheholidays/index.jsp

The Dreidel Game Instructions

For those people (you know who you are!) who every year come to the library and ask, "Can you find me the instructions for playing the dreidel game?"
URL: http://www.mazornet.com/jewishcl/Holidays/Chanukah/dreidel-games.htm

Christmas In Every Language

It might not be every language, but this site tells you how to say Merry Christmas in a lot of different languages. This site was created by a company that sells gift baskets, so don't try to buy anything by mistake!
URL: http://www.gourmetgiftbaskets.com/Christmas-In-Every-Language.asp

'Merry Christmas' In Different Languages

Find out how to wish people Merry Christmas' or 'Happy New Year' or both in more than 100 languages. Be careful --this site does not explain which greetings it is giving you for each language.
URL: http://www.worldofchristmas.net/merry-christmas.html

Winter Crafts

Craft activities for elementary school kids, from Enchanted Learning. There are also Hanukkah Crafts, Christmas Crafts, Kwanzaa Crafts, and New Year's Crafts.
URL: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/winter/

December Featured Web Sites

Events for December with links to web sites with information and activities related to the events. Since this site was created by the North Carolina Public Schools, one of the events for this month is the anniversary of something important that happened in North Carolina. What is it?
URL: http://www.ncwiseowl.org/zones/elementary/Featured/December.htm

URL: http://www.wssu.org/nes%20library%20page/december.html