holidays and special days

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• - Directory of links for many different holidays, from the librarians of NOBLE, the North of Boston Library Exchange.
  
• - Holiday stories, online games, clipart, printable activities, and coloring pages.
  
• - Offers stories, poems, and activities for Christmas, Halloween and St. Patrick's Day.
  
• - Offers a list of federally-recognized holidays celebrated in the United States.
  
• - Holiday and seasonal software downloads, jokes, games, coloring pages, stories, and links.
  
• - Holiday games, crafts, coloring pages, stationery, and musical postcards.
  
• - Holiday history, games, recipes, crafts, decorating ideas, coloring, clip art, and stories.
  
• - Includes on-line games and puzzles, activity and coloring pages, free original clipart, screen savers, and downloads.
  
• - Provides printable word searches, scrambles, mazes, and other games appropriate for children. Graphics intensive.
  
• - Provides weekly themes, holidays, animals, arts, crafts, and fun activities. Created for chronically-ill children, but fun for everyone.
  
• - Hundreds of holiday activities appropriate for preschool and school-age children.
  
• - Japanese Holiday for 7-5-3 year old boys and girls. Visit a Shinto Shrine in Tokyo. See what kids wear, what they get to eat, and learn about the important symbols of Shichigosan.
  
• - Part of KIDPROJ, site is a searchable database of world-wide holidays; all information is written by children.
  
• - Thanksgiving and Christmas sites for children. Includes arts and crafts, coloring pages, and holiday stories.
  
• - Printable templates for children's holiday crafts. Suitable for preschool, kindergarten, and gradeschool kids.
  
• - History, tradition, and facts of this event.
  
• - Information, history, and links for some unknown holidays observed in the United States.
  
• - A daybook of holidays and celebrations around the world. Holidays are listed by date, country, and religion.
  
• - Provides information, and the history on Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa from the History Channel.
  
• - British site for children about local traditions, customs, and folklore celebrates "Pigs Face Day" or "Dragon Battle Day."
  
• - Activities for the current holiday. Includes games, jokes, poems, book reviews, and music.
  
• - Games and activities for celebrating the fall harvest season with kids.
  
• - Animated musical greeting cards and interactive fun pages.
  
• - Short articles explain the histories of most American holidays, their symbols and traditions.
  
• - Offers Christmas, springtime, autumn, and patriotic reads, along with a special tribute to moms, cookie recipes, and gift-in-a-jar ideas.
  
• - Variety of holiday craft projects for people of all ages.
  
• - Includes free holiday screen savers, coloring pages, games, and puzzles.
  
• - Includes crafts, games, recipes, and information on traditions.
  
• - Offers stories, poems, and historical background information related to Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, and Halloween.