Send a Letter to Santa

Track Santa's Flight on Christmas Eve

Christmas Crafts: Kinder Crafts

Christmas Pictures to Print and Color

Craft Exchange: Christmas Ornaments

Merry Christmas! from Kids Domain

Words to Christmas Songs

The History of Christmas

How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss

Red Boots for Christmas

The Christmas Story

Winter Holidays at Orchard Hill School

Christmas on the Net - The Christmas Tree and The Christmas Stocking

Christmas Stockings

Mistletoe: Kissing Under the Mistletoe

Origins of the Twelve Days of Christmas

Santa Claus in Greenland

The North Pole Times

Christmas Trivia Quiz

Animated Christmas Cards

Holiday Cards

Mark all activities on your family calendar

Make lists

Allocate responsibilities to each family member

Post your lists and calendar in a prominent, easy-to-ready place in your home

Tell people who are special to you that your appreciate them--co workers, bosses or employees, pastors, etc.

Pick out a "Living Tree" then plant it after the holidays.

Chop down your own Christmas tree at a Christmas tree farm with your family.

Make your own greeting cards

Have an old-fashioned caroling party

Build an ornament collection for each child in the family

Invite someone for Christmas dinner that would otherwise be alone

Give a gift of your time to a hurried friend, aging relative or a sick friend. Perhaps you can watch a child while a parent goes shopping or take an elderly friend shopping.

Bake a birthday cake for Jesus and make it an important part of your Christmas meal.

Norwegians celebrate Little Christmas Eve on the 23rd of December. The custom was Americanized in my family by letting each child have one gift to open. We always looked forward to Little Christmas Eve--at least all the surprise wasn't limited to just one day.