A look at the different traditions and ways Christmas is celebrated around the world. Experience Christmas from Australia to Zambia, Italy to China, and many more countries.

A look at how world countries celebrate the different traditions of the Christmas season.

Take a look at how and when Christmas is celebrated in many world countries.

Find out how the history of various Christmas traditions and customs started, how they are celebrated, and what they represent and mean. Included are facts about Boxing Day, Advent, holly & ivy, Christmas cards, mince pies, and lots...

Detailed description of a typical Colonial Virginian Christmas celebration and how it differs from the modern Christmas.

Long before Santa Claus, caroling and light-strewn Christmas trees, people in medieval Europe celebrated the Christmas season with 12 full days of feasting and revelry culminating with Twelfth Night and the raucous crowning of a "King of...

Join the characters from the Arthur stories and PBS TV series as they celebrate different holidays. Five cartoons with brief accompanying text take children through Christmas.

A fun way to celebrate the holiday. Click and drag the ornaments, decorations and gifts to decorate a Christmas tree. You can add a custom message and your name before you SAVE or PRINT.

This resource describes the differences between French and Canadian Christmas celebrations, in French and English. The embedded links in the text contain the most extensive information. Link to French version is at bottom of home page.

Christmas traditions are unique to each family. But we share a common origin of this special holiday. Learn about the fundamentals of this celebration at this Library of Congress site.

A look at how Christmas and its holiday traditions are celebrated in Germany.

TeacherLINK at Utah State University offers a wealth of topics and project information on celebrations held throughout the world. Click on "Topics and Authors," to access a long list of available lesson plans on a variety of...

Explanation of the origins of many of the Christmas traditions that are present today having come from the Middle Ages.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An interactive introduction to birthday, Christmas and wedding celebrations prompting children to draw on their own experiences of these events.

Look at all the decorations used for December celebrations. Book has one to two words per page. Book includes audio narration in English, Turkish, and Spanish with text in English.

Read about how Christmas is celebrated in Kenya. Includes photographs.

Kids learn about the Christmas Truce of World War I when soldiers from both sides of the western front peacefully met in No Man's Land between the trenches and celebrated Christmas during the war.

Russia's Christmas is celebrated on January 7th as part of the Festival of Winter. Gifts are given by Babushka and Grandfather Christmas.

Saturnalia, held in mid-December, is an ancient Roman pagan festival honoring the agricultural god Saturn. Saturnalia celebrations are the source of many of the traditions we now associate with Christmas.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about seven different holidays that are celebrated with lights. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

This lesson plan is themed around Christmas, and teaching pupils about Christmas music.

Learn about how Germans celebrate holidays and cultural traditions.

A description of Christmas traditions celebrated in Germany.

A description of Christmas traditions celebrated in Germany.