Christmas Traditions Websites – Tom’s Favorites

There are so many, it was difficult for me to choose which ones to write about!  Tons of different Christmas Traditions we all celebrate to all the different things we love to do together as family - from 'everything Christmas' to 'NORAD' to 'Santa Speaking.com'.Here is the list I've come up with: (some of the links below only work with certain browsers)

How Christmas Works, "the complete guide to Christmas traditions," to find out why we put up a tree, why we give presents and what the 12 days of Christmas are. http://www.howstuffworks.com/christmas.htm

Find out if you're naughty or nice with Santa's Nice-O-Meter. http://www.claus.com/naughtyornice/nn_hmpg2.php

Santa Speaking.com features the latest gossip from the North Pole, Santa's Blogs, and even a Reindeer Cam. It also has recipes, the Santa Shop Network, games and more holiday fun. http://www.santaspeaking.com/

All Things Christmas.com features quotes, recipes, ideas and more. Visit the North Pole for holiday games including Attack of the Artificial Mutant Trees, Adventure Elf and Snow Traxx. http://www.allthingschristmas.com/

Santa Tracking:

• NORAD Tracks Santa Claus with the same satellite system used by North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). This site features Santa tracking in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Japanese. http://www.noradsanta.org/

Santa Radar http://www.holoworld.com/santa/

• Santa Scope & Santa Monitor from Claus.com http://www.claus.com/spotter/
• NASA will assist you in keeping up Santa's trek tonight just visit Santa Tracker. http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/home/seasonal/santatrackhome.html
• Travel by GPS Data for Tracking Santa Claus on Christmas Eve http://www.travelbygps.com/special/santa/santa2006.php

Christmas Song Lyrics:

• Christmas Lyrics Page http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~ai251/xcarol.html
• Christmas Songs http://www.nevada.edu/~blake/Christmas.songs.html
• Christmas Song Lyrics for Carols http://www.heavenlyvoices.com/song-lyrics/
• Links2Love Free Christmas Song Lyrics http://www.links2love.com/christmas_songs.htm
• Lyrics to Popular Christmas Songs and Carols http://www.41051.com/xmaslyrics/
• Metrolyrics - Christmas Lyrics 1000 Found http://www.metrolyrics.com/holiday/1
• KIDiidles: Christmas Songs http://www.kididdles.com/mouseum/christmas.html

Everything Christmas features the top ten Christmas novelty songs along with lots of other free fun things to make your holiday happy. http://www.everythingchristmas.com/

Christmas fun, ideas, games and more for the family can be found at Santa Claus at Claus.com. This is a good interactive site especially for young children. http://www.claus.com/village.php

Free Christmas Games has several online versions of Mah Jong including one for kids. http://www.freechristmasgames.com/

The Twelve Days of Christmas - Star Trek Style http://www.worldkids.net/jaguar/humor/xmas.html

Technical Version of Twelve Days of Christmas http://www.byrum.org/misc/christmas/technical.html

Twelve Days of Beta-Testing http://www.aolwatch.org/12beta.htm

A Puppy's Twelve Days of Christmas http://www.nanceestar.com/DogPuppyXmasPage9.html

The Twelve Days of Christmas My Puppy Stole From Me http://www.mindspring.com/~atlnewf/poems/puppy12days.html

Christmas in Hawaii: The 12 Days of Christmas - local style http://melekalikimaka.com/12days.htm

The Twelve Days of Research http://members.tripod.com/~disneyitis/12days-research.htm

"Scrubs" Twelve Days of Days of Christmas http://scrubs.mopnt.com/music/twelve-days/

For Elvis fans Susan's Twelve Days of Christmas http://members.aol.com/crzy4susan/twelve.htm