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Thursday, December 4, 2014
Full Text of 20 Famous (and not so famous) Christmas Stories
According to this site, "Over the years, Christmas has inspired many authors to write about its spirit and significance. The spirit that embodies charity, forgiveness, friendship, unselfish love and generosity. In the stories that follow, you will find many examples of what makes the Christmas Spirit so unique and special. Though most of these stories have been written for children, readers of all ages will enjoy these skillfully told tales."
Link: http://osr.org/christmas/20-famous-christmas-stories/
OR click on a story title below to link to it:
1. The Gift of the Magi – O. Henry
2. The Little Match Girl – Hans Christian Anderson
3. A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
4. A Letter From Santa Claus – Mark Twain
5. Papa Panov’s Special Christmas – Leo Tolstoy
6. The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
7. The Elves and the Shoemaker – Brothers Grimm
8. Christmas Day in the Morning – Pearl S. Buck
9. The Snowman – Raymond Briggs
10. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer – Robert L. May
11. A Kidnapped Santa Claus – L. Frank Baum
12. The Holy Night – Selma Lagerlof
13. At Christmas Time – Anton Chekhov
14. The Steadfast Tin Soldier – Hans Christian Anderson
15. The Christmas Rose – Lizzie Deas
16. The Nutcracker and The Mouse King – E.T.A Hoffman
17. The Selfish Giant – Oscar Wilde
18. The Christmas Cuckoo – Frances Browne
19. The Other Wise Man – Henry Van Dyke
20 Famous (and not so famous) Christmas Poems
As you go through this selection, you will find that these poems are actually about a variety of different human emotions, ranging from love, loss, humor, politics, beauty, art and of course, charity and forgiveness. But the common thread that runs through all these wonderful pieces of writing is the underlying and overriding spirit of Christmas.
Link: http://osr.org/christmas/20-beautiful-christmas-poems/ OR click on the poem title below to directly link to it:
1. Twas the Night before Christmas – Clement Clark Moore
2. The Three Kings – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
3. A Cradle Song – William Blake
4. Christmas Trees – Robert Frost
5. Minstrels – William Wordsworth
6. Ring Out, Wild Bells – Alfred Tennyson
7. Christmas at Sea – Robert Louis Stevenson
8. Christmas Carol – Sara Teasdale
9. Christmas in India – Rudyard Kipling
10. In the Bleak Midwinter – Christina Rossetti
11. The Boy who Laughed at Santa Claus – Ogden Nash
12. For the Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio – W.H. Auden
13. The Last Christmas Tree – Howard D. Fencl
14. Missing you At Christmas – Tamara Hillman
15. Mistletoe – Walter de la Mare
16. Away in a Manger – Unknown
17. Good King Wenceslas – John Mason Neale
18. How the Grinch Stole Christmas – Dr. Seuss
19. At Christmas – Edgar Guest
20. Little Tree – E.E. Cummings
Link: http://osr.org/christmas/20-beautiful-christmas-poems/
Christmas Games
This site contains the following games and more!
Link: Click game name to link directly
Make music with Christmas bells game
Deck This Tree with All the Ornaments
Super Santa Duder Shooter - Get Santa Down the Chimney
Link: http://www.wartgames.com/themes/christmas.htmlYou can find even more games on the link below:
Christmas Trivia and Jeporady
Songs
Music
TV
Movies
Rudolph
A Christmas Story
Link: http://www.xmasfun.com/Trivia.aspx
Click on the names below to link to other Christmas Games:
Link: http://holidays.mrdonn.org/powerpoints/christmas/jeopardy.html
Internet Christmas Scavenger Hunts
Here are 4 different Christmas Scavenger Hunts about Christmas traditions around the world. Although each hunt has links to pages with information, the links don't work. Perhaps that is better because-without having the links provided, the students must find their own, in turn, practicing their own search skills.
Links:
http://teach.fcps.net/trt3/christmas_1.htm
http://teach.fcps.net/trt3/christmas_2.htm