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Information, history, and links for some unknown holidays observed in the United States.
http://www.brownielocks.com/month2.html
Directory of links for many different holidays, from the librarians of NOBLE, the North of Boston Library Exchange.
http://www.noblenet.org/year/
Part of KIDPROJ, site is a searchable database of world-wide holidays; all information is written by children.
http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/
Includes free holiday screen savers, coloring pages, games, and puzzles.
http://blackdog.net/holiday.html
Thanksgiving and Christmas sites for children. Includes arts and crafts, coloring pages, and holiday stories.
http://home.amaonline.com/teacherstuff/holiday.htm
Provides weekly themes, holidays, animals, arts, crafts, and fun activities. Created for chronically-ill children, but fun for everyone.
http://www.moonchildren.com/children/
Holiday stories, online games, clipart, printable activities, and coloring pages.
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/fun.htm
Printable templates for children's holiday crafts. Suitable for preschool, kindergarten, and gradeschool kids.
http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/holidays.html
Holiday and seasonal software downloads, jokes, games, coloring pages, stories, and links.
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/
Includes on-line games and puzzles, activity and coloring pages, free original clipart, screen savers, and downloads.
http://akidsheart.com/holidays/holidays.htm
Provides printable word searches, scrambles, mazes, and other games appropriate for children. Graphics intensive.
http://hometown.aol.com/SAmon349...idsParties/HolidayFunPg7Val.html
Hundreds of holiday activities appropriate for preschool and school-age children.
http://www.childfun.com/themes/holidayz.shtml
Short articles explain the histories of most American holidays, their symbols and traditions.
http://www.billpetro.com/HolidayHistory/
Japanese Holiday for 7-5-3 year old boys and girls. Visit a Shinto Shrine in Tokyo. See what kids wear, what they get to eat, and learn about the important symbols of Shichigosan.
http://www.geocities.com/shichigosan2001
Offers stories, poems, and historical background information related to Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, and Halloween.
http://www.new-life.net/seasonal.htm
Games and activities for celebrating the fall harvest season with kids.
http://hometown.aol.com/panda349...arties/HolidayFunPg11DFallA.html
Holiday games, crafts, coloring pages, stationery, and musical postcards.
http://www.primarygames.com/holiday_fun.htm
A daybook of holidays and celebrations around the world. Holidays are listed by date, country, and religion.
http://www.earthcalendar.net/
History, tradition, and facts of this event.
http://www.rumela.com/events/events_september_citizen.htm
Includes crafts, games, recipes, and information on traditions.
http://www.kidsturncentral.com/holidays.htm
Offers a list of federally-recognized holidays celebrated in the United States.
http://www.opm.gov/fedhol/
Provides information, and the history on Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa from the History Channel.
http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/holidays/main.html
Holiday history, games, recipes, crafts, decorating ideas, coloring, clip art, and stories.
http://www.youthonline.ca/holidays.shtml
Activities for the current holiday. Includes games, jokes, poems, book reviews, and music.
http://www.rainbow-magic.com/holidays/index.html
Animated musical greeting cards and interactive fun pages.
http://www.happydaycards.com/kardsforkids.htm
Variety of holiday craft projects for people of all ages.
http://www.geocities.com/kraftproject/home-holiday.html
Offers Christmas, springtime, autumn, and patriotic reads, along with a special tribute to moms, cookie recipes, and gift-in-a-jar ideas.
http://www.heartwarmingholidays.com/dee/home.html
Offers stories, poems, and activities for Christmas, Halloween and St. Patrick's Day.
http://www.sassycats.com/holidayworld.html