The holiday season lends itself to learning about traditions from other countries. Discovering customs from your relatives’ homelands can add new traditions to your celebrations while touching on the history of America being a “melting pot” of cultures. When you visit the following websites, you can click on a country to see how Christmas is celebrated there:
Christmas Around the World from Kids-World-Travel-Guide.com
Christmas Around the World from WhyChristmas.com
If you want to learn more about your ancestors’ homelands, our library has a very useful resource called CultureGrams. It can be found on our webpage in the Research and Learning tab >Homework Help:
Adults with a library card also have access to ancestry resources- Ancestry.com and Heritage Quest under the Research and Learning tab:
Perhaps your family is looking to start a new tradition? Try one of these suggestions from pbs.org:
or Parents Magazine:
And just for fun, here are some “Santa sites” to explore:
Google Santa Tracker has a few learning activities, a few coding activities, and of course, fun games…
This website has the option for kids, parents, or teachers to set up an account-which allows you to write a letter to Santa and receive updates- or just visit the website, which includes crafts, recipes, gift ideas, reading activities, and more games!!
And finally, check out the NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) Santa Tracker for more games and activities, as well as information about NORAD and a countdown to the sleigh sendoff:
As always, we have plenty of books-from all around the world- to help you learn more about your homeland traditions:
We also have many holiday stories, movies, and music cds available to make the season bright. Come visit us and we’ll help you find something to cozy up with on these chilly winter nights! Wishes for peace and happiness during this busy holiday season from all of us in the Youth Services Department!!