Poynter Online's Links to the News column compiles Web resources on current and previous news topics. This page links to resources about the holidays. Subject headings include: Thanksgiving, Chanukah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, New Year's Eve, holiday shopping, travel, cooking, and more.
Christmas
History of Christmas (History Channel)http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/holidays/christmas/index.html Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus (Newseum)http://www.newseum.org/yesvirginia/Welcome Christmas (Library of Congress)http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/dec25.htmlWorldView Christmashttp://christmas.com/worldview/How Christmas Workshttp://www.howstuffworks.com/christmas.htm A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickenshttp://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/DicChri.htmlChristmas Songshttp://ingeb.org/catxm.htmlKid's Domain: Merry Christmas!http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/xmas/Countdown 'Til Christmashttp://christmas.com/pe/56Christmas on the Nethttp://www.holidays.net/christmas/Librarians' Internet Index (Christmas)http://lii.orgOpen Directory Project (Christmas)http://dmoz.org/ Wikipedia (Christmas)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas
Kwanzaa
History of Kwanzaa (History Channel)http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/holidays/kwanzaa/hist.htmlHow Kwanzaa Workshttp://people.howstuffworks.com/kwanzaa.htmThe Story Behind Kwanzaa (Festivals.com)http://festivals.com/12-december/celebrations/kwanzaa.cfmKwanzaa Information Center http://www.melanet.com/kwanzaa/Official Kwanzaa Web Sitehttp://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/Kwanzaa Exchange http://www.tike.com/Kwanzaa on the Net http://www.holidays.net/kwanzaa/index.htmLibrarians' Internet Index (Kwanzaa)http://lii.orgOpen Directory Project (Kwanzaa) http://dmoz.org/ Wikipedia (Kwanzaa)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwanzaa
New Year's Eve
Times Square New Year's Evehttp://www.timessquarenyc.org/nye/nye.html First Night Bostonhttp://www.firstnight.org/Tournament of Roses Paradehttp://www.tournamentofroses.com/Kidlink's New Yearhttp://www.kidlink.org/Auld Lang Syne (Robert Burns Country)http://www.robertburns.org/works/236.shtmlChinese New Year (Wikipedia)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_YearLibrarians' Internet Index (New Year)http://lii.org/ Open Directory Project (New Year)http://dmoz.org/ Wikipedia (New Year's Eve)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year's_Eve
Holiday Shopping National Retail Federationhttp://www.nrf.com/ International Council of Shopping Centershttp://www.icsc.org/Tips for Holiday Shopping (FTC) http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/holiday/Holiday Shopping? Don’t Take a Holiday From Savvy Online Shopping (FTC)http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/shopalrt.htm
Driving Home for Thanksgiving? You're Not Alonehttp://www.cnn.com/2003/TRAVEL/ADVISOR/11/18/hln.adviser.holiday.travel/America On the Go (Bureau of Transportation Statistics)http://www.bts.gov/publications/america_on_the_go/BBC - Holiday - Tipshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/holiday/tips/ CNN Travelguide http://www.cnn.com/TRAVEL/ Lonely Planet http://www.lonelyplanet.com/ The Travel Channel http://travel.discovery.com/American Society of Travel Agentshttp://www.astanet.com/ Travel and Tourism Research Associationhttp://www.ttra.com/Air Transport Associationhttp://www.air-transport.org/
Holiday Cooking
Food Network http://www.foodtv.com/food/entertainingAllrecipes.com: Christmas Countdownhttp://christmas.allrecipes.com/Epicurious.comhttp://www.epicurious.com/iVillage http://ivillage.com/food/?arrivalSA=1&cobrandRef=0&arrival_freqCap=2Cooking.com: Recipes http://www.cooking.com/recipes/ Butterball.comhttp://www.butterball.com/en/index.jspBBC - Food - In Season http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/in_season/Washington Post Food Sectionhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/print/food/Hidden Kitchens (NPR)http://npr.org/programs/morning/features/hiddenkitchens/
Additional Resources
The Holiday Season (U.S. Census Bureau, 2004)http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/Looking Into Holidays Past (Library of Congress)http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/doc_analysis/NPR Holidays 2003http://www.npr.org/nprholidays/ Home and Garden Holiday Guide (Washington Post)http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/homeandgarden/holiday/Holiday Tips for Single Parents (Learning Network)http://www.familyeducation.com/article/0,1120,1-20447,00.htmlCoping with the holidays: 12 tips to manage stress and the blues (Mayoclinic.com)http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=MH00030December Holidays (A to Z Teacher Stuff)http://atozteacherstuff.com/themes/winterholidays.shtml
