Each year the President of USA lights the National Christmas Tree. A ceremony takes place with music and entertainment. The first National Christmas tree was lit in 1923. National Christmas Trees The US National Christmas tree is in the Ellipse near the Whitehouse in Washington DC. This year the tree is new:...

Living Advent Calendars are very special versions of Advent Calendars. They are made up of Christmas Lights and decorations being displayed in houses and other buildings. A new display is lit up each day from 1st-24th December. Here are just a few. Perhaps you could search online for others. In Hull in...

Top Ten Reasons Santa does not use the computer: Each time he went out he would have to re-boot or the sleigh might crash The presents may fall out of the net He wouldn’t use chimneys but You Tubes Toys would get mixed up – he only knows email addresses and is not sure whether a child is...

I am pleased to introduce a guest post by my friend from Norway, Renny Bakke Amundsen, who is author of the popular blog RennyBA’s Terella: Christmas in Norway brings a lot of traditions, myths, habits and cultural highlights. Remember, we are on top of the northern hemisphere (the capital, Oslo; 60°N)...

Today’s children’s Advent Calendar page features two children’s Christmas videos.   While searching for these I came across the following Australian versions of Christmas songs. If you live in Australia you are most likely familiar with the first two. Rolf Harris and Six White...