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Crafts & Activities
Here are some Christmas crafts. Enjoy! The four videos below are explained in this article here.
Christmas Recipes
There are as many Christmas traditions, and traditional Christmas recipes as there are families in the world! Here is just a tiny taste to help you experience Christmases from around the world.
Click the images for a video version of these recipes. For a printable PDF recipe, click the text buttons below.
Animals of Christmas
Yes, reindeer really exist! Watch the video above for some fun facts about them.
The donkey is of course always depicted carrying Our Lady on the long road to Bethlehem. Click on the picture to join Oliver and Lucas as they visit a donkey farm in Lebanon, not too far from Bethlehem!
Sheep were among the first to hear the news that Jesus was born! Click the picture of the lamb above to watch a video about the shepherd’s voice. Sheep only listen to the voice of their master; and the video shows this proof!
Fun Facts
Library
An Advent Hope
a book about Advent Traditions
A Kenya Christmas
by Tony Johnston
The Light of Christmas Morning
by Susan Joy Bellvance. A book about Christmas traditions
The Night of Las Posadas
by Tomie de Paola
32 pages.
The Legend of the Poinsettia
by Tomie de Paola
32 pages.
The Miracle of St. Nicholas
by Gloria Whelan
32 pages.
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