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- 12 visitors recommend:
Irish Christmas traditions
Source: Lady Anna
- Nollaig Shona Duit!
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The Origin of 'Santa Claus'
Source: ReligiousTolerance.org
- How did the story of Santa Claus evolve and come to be what we know today? This is a good summary.
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- 1 visitors recommend:
The Real Story of Santa and Those Reindeer
Source: The Physics of Christmas
Author: Roger Highfield
- An amusing collection of scientific observations and trivia about the origins of holiday traditions.
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- 33 visitors recommend:
The Changi Christmas Card: From a prisoner of war
Source: Simon Shelton-Palmer
Country: United Kingdom
- From December 25, 1942, this is a card from an Englishman in a Japanese POW camp and his friends to his wife. It is part of an in-depth, touching site put together by their son.
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- 17 visitors recommend:
Images of vintage Christmas cards
Source: Shari
- Beautiful scans of a few dozen vintage Christmas cards from about 1910-1930.
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- 7 visitors recommend:
Tom and Jerry Celebrate Christmas
Source: Tom and Jerry Online
City: Hollywood, State: CA
- The cartoon enemies, Tom and Jerry, celebrate a joyful Christmas together in this 1946 image.
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- 6 visitors recommend:
Merry Christmas, 1776: The Battle of Trenton
Source: U.S. Army Center for Military History
City: Trenton, State: NJ
- A super high-resolution image of the Battle of Trenton, December 26, 1776, when the Continental Army won its first victory in long months of painful striving, and put new heart into Washington's men.
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- 5 visitors recommend:
16th Irish Division Christmas card
Source: Joe Ryan
Country: United Kingdom
- A soldier's Christmas card from 1917.
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- 20 visitors recommend:
Old-Fashioned Holiday Crafts and Activities
Source: Old Fashioned Holidays
- An index for classic (or just classy) holiday activities. Their Christmas ideas include making a Keepsake Christmas Album (for your Christmas cards), Pinecone crafts, and miniature plant and herb "forests" in glass balls.
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How Christmas Works -- A Guide to Christmas Traditions
Source: How Stuff Works
- Answers to all your Christmas queries, starting at the very beginning (as if they were talking to "a friendly space alien"). Why is there a small evergreen tree in your living room? Why are there poinsettias on the hearth? What, exactly, are the 12 days of Christmas? Why are there oversized socks hanging on your mantel? And what about these fruit cakes?
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- 2 visitors recommend:
Old-Fashioned Holiday Recipes
Source: Old Fashioned Holidays
- Dozens of home cooking ideas and recipes for the holidays.
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'Our Family Tradition' Directory by State
Source: Winter Web Wonderland
- What are your Christmas family traditions? More importantly, what are your neighbors' Christmas traditions? This is a very simple yet very neat directory of private submissions from around the U.S.A. Fun to browse!
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- 21 visitors recommend:
Operation Letters To Santa
Source: Denise Griffitts
E-mail: webmaster@operationlettertosanta.com
- More than 750 pages of traditions, carols, sheet music, lyrics, midis, games, crafts, recipes and more.
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- 2 visitors recommend:
History Channel: Christmas history exhibit
Source: History Channel
- Includes the history of toys and games ... traditions around the world ... the real Santa Claus, and more.
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- 2 visitors recommend:
The Xmas Place
Source: Mike Farnham
E-mail: lightitup@3bubbas.com
- Forums and current Christmas news year-round.
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- 1 visitors recommend:
Letters From Santa Claus
Source: Santa Claus
City: North Pole
E-mail: info@notefrom.com
- "Using our note building process you can
quickly create a custom note from Santa
Claus. You can have us print it on high-
quality paper and mail it in a envelope
postmarked from the North Pole and you can
immediately download and print it at
home."
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- 1 visitors recommend:
Vintage Christmas Art Posters
Source: HistoryImages.com
- Thumbnails and links to classic and vintage Christmas art prints and posters.
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- 1 visitors recommend:
Winter in the City
Source: City Girl
City: New York, State: NY
E-mail: citygirl@winterinthecity.com
- Christmas in New York photos + holiday web coverage.
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- 1 visitors recommend:
Boston Christmas cards
Source: Massachusetts Bay Trading Company
City: Boston, State: MA
- Holiday greeting cards featuring the Old State House in winter, Back Bay skaters, the Charles River in winter, and more.
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'White Christmas' Santa art print
Source: AllPosters
- A 10 in. x 12 in. art print of Harriet Nordby's vintage Santa Claus in white robes.
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Christmas Wishes art print
Source: AllPosters
- A 25 in. x 12 in. art print of vintage Santa Claus and Christmas images.
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- 3 visitors recommend:
Merry Christmas art print
Source: AllPosters
- A 10 in. x 5 in. art print by Jamie Carter featuring old-style children's building blocks spelling out "Merry Christmas."
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- 3 visitors recommend:
Merry Christmas to All art print
Source: AllPosters
- An 18 in. x 8 in. Marilyn Gandre art print.
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- 3 visitors recommend:
Vintage Santa poster
Source: AllPosters
- A 20 in. x 27 in. art print featuring a vintage portrait of Santa.
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- 2 visitors recommend:
Christmas folk art print
Source: AllPosters
- A 23 in. x 20 in. art print of a Christmas home scene in the American folk art style.
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- 2 visitors recommend:
First Christmas art print
Source: AllPosters
- A 9 in. x 13 in. art print of family stockings hung by the fireplace.
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- 2 visitors recommend:
Christmas Window fine art print
Source: AllPosters
- A 12 in. x 16 in. fine art print of a painting by David Doss. Very classy.
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- 1 visitors recommend:
Norman Rockwell Santa Claus art print
Source: AllPosters
- A 12 in. x 15 in. art print of Norman Rockwell's "CHRISTMAS" illustration.
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- 1 visitors recommend:
Christmas Dreams art print
Source: AllPosters
- A 25 in. x 12 in. art print of vintage Santa Claus and Christmas images.
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- 1 visitors recommend:
Christmas Eve '62 art print
Source: AllPosters
- A 29 in. x 23 in. art print of the Thomas Nast illustration featuring a Civil War soldier at the front and his wife at home on Christmas.
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- 1 visitors recommend:
'Christmas Tree' engraving
Source: AllPosters
- A 12 in. x 18 in. art print of an engraving.
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- 1 visitors recommend:
Country Christmas art print
Source: AllPosters
- A 21 in. x 16 in. fine art print. Very nice.
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- 4 visitors recommend:
Silent Night: The Story of World War I Christmas Truce
Source: Amazon
Author: Miranda Carter
Country: United Kingdom
- From an Amazon reader: "In 1914, as the Great War turned from a glorious adventure into a grinder of human meat, something unexpected and beautiful happened. When Christmas Eve arrived, quite against orders, peace mysteriously broke out. In many places along No-Man's Land, soldiers from the opposing armies mingled, traded trinkets, sang songs, and even played impromptu soccer matches. This is the story of that all too brief interlude in that human tragedy that was the First World War." (2001)
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- 7 visitors recommend:
Christmas in NYC computer 'wallpaper' (free)
Source: NYC Tourist
City: New York, State: NY
- High resolution images of the famous, huge tree at Rockefeller Center and the holiday display at Saks Fifth Avenue.
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- 5 visitors recommend:
Connemara marble Christmas tree ornaments
Source: Simply Irish
City: Dublin, Country: Ireland
- A 10-piece collection of Connemara marble decorations.
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- 3 visitors recommend:
Boston collectibles
Source: Massachusetts Bay Trading Company
City: Boston, State: MA
- Cape Cod lighthouses, American Revolution figurines, Yankee Christmas carolers, and other Massachusetts collectibles.
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- 2 visitors recommend:
Patriotic Christmas ornaments
Source: GoCollect
- Tributes for 9/11 and American flag tree ornaments. Might be too cute for some tastes.
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- 1 visitors recommend:
Personalized Christmas Cards in the UK
Source: AK Printing Ltd
City: Grays, Country: United Kingdom
- Christmas card printer: available personalised or supplied as blanks.
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- 2 visitors recommend:
Gourmet Boston gift baskets
Source: Massachusetts Bay Trading Company
City: Boston, State: MA
- Food baskets from Boston and around the Bay State, including a traditional Pancake Breakfast Basket, a Massachusetts Lunch Box, and a Cranberry Lover's Gift Box.
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- 2 visitors recommend:
New England oil lamps
Source: Massachusetts Bay Trading Company
City: Boston, State: MA
- Old-fashioned glass oil lamps handcrafted in Massachusetts.
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- 9 visitors recommend:
A Charlie Brown Christmas (DVD)
Source: Amazon
Author: Charles Schulz
- Could it really be a proper Christmas without Charile Brown and his search for the true meaning of the holiday? (1965)
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- 7 visitors recommend:
It's a Wonderful Life (DVD)
Source: Amazon
Author: Frank Capra
- The classic classic. No Christmas would be complete without Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey and the rest of the gang in Bedford Falls. (1947)
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- 6 visitors recommend:
The Year Without a Santa Claus (DVD)
Source: Amazon
Author: Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass
- Three stop-motion animation classic Christmas specials from the 1970's: The Year Without a Santa Claus, Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey, and Rudolph's Shiny New Year.
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- 6 visitors recommend:
Miracle on 34th Street (DVD)
Source: Amazon
Author: Valentine Davies
- I suppose they still show this at Christmas on some TV channel, but with all the cable networks it's hard to know. It used to be one I never missed. (1947)
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- 6 visitors recommend:
White Christmas (DVD)
Source: Amazon
Author: Irving Berlin
- The all-time favorite Christmas musical with Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, an Irving Berlin song score, and wacky antics abounding. (1954)
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- 2 visitors recommend:
Christmas in New England: video fireplace
Source: Amazon.com
State: MA
- From an Amazon reviewer: "The first 90 minutes are of New England scenes of falling snow, the second 90 minutes is a video fireplace, and the third part is '90 minutes of instrumental Christmas music performed on original instruments of Colonial New England by the New England Christmastide Players.' What is the value of this DVD? Well, I am from New England and live overseas in Muscat, Oman. Yeah...it's not the real thing, but it's the next best thing to being there. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a holiday DVD."
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- 2 visitors recommend:
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (DVD)
Source: Amazon
Author: Burl Ives, et al
- The classic 1964 stop-motion animation special featuring Rudolph and his misfit buddies.
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- 2 visitors recommend:
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (DVD)
Source: Amazon
Author: Dr. Seuss
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas plus Horton Hears a Who on one DVD. Ah, the memories! (1966)
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