Holidays and Celebrations

Many HolidaysThrough the Year

Noblenet Celebrations - Holidays and Celebrations for every month

Sue LeBeau's Celebrations  - by month, lots of great links

DLTK's holidays - crafts, coloring pages, clip art, activities

Christmas

Northpole.com - stuff for kids, parents, and teachers - for recipes click on recipes then Mrs. Claus' Cookbook

How Christmas works - lots of articles - click on topic then scroll down for information

Christmas traditions around the world - from Africa to Yugoslavia

Song lyrics - for many Christmas songs - look at the right of the screen

Day of the Dead

AZ Central - history, photos, foods, crafts,  and postcards

wikipedia - origins in Mexico, information about outside Mexice

MexConnect - scroll down to click on links

Holidays.net - information and photos

MexOnline - history and symbols

diadelosmuertos.us - lots fo information, directions, lesson plans

inside-mexico.com - common misconceptions about the Day of the Dead

Paper Calavera - pattern and directions

Skeleton Puppet - pattern and directions

Sugar Skulls - recipe and directions 

Easter

Easter - Ash Wednesday, Easter, and Passover 

Halloween

Hispanic Heritage Month

Fact Monster - info and links to more sites, quizzes,  and statistics

St. Patricks Day

St. Patrick's Day.com - lots of resources, move mouse over tabs at top for more topics

History channel - history of St. Patrick's Day

Thanksgiving

Encyclopedia Smithsonian - Thanksgiving in North America

Thanksgiving crafts - make a cornucopia, pilgrim log, turkey with things from around the house

Family eductaion - crafts, activities, printables, quizzes, recipes

Thanksgiving WebQuest - some links do not work but a great idea to pattern

U.S. Census Bureau - Facts for Features - facts about Thanksgiving

Pilgrim Hall Museum - Thanksgiving recipes from the past

Holiday Insights - fun, games, turkey trivia, recipes, clipart

Infoplease.com - history, trivia, and Thanksgiving fun