Christmas Jumble - Santa has jumbled up all his Christmas words. Help him unjumble them

Christmas Carol Find - find the missing word in the lines from Christmas Carols

Christmas Webquest Puzzle - visit a website and find out who the Christmas present giver is in 16 countries. Also an exercise to find the capital and flag of each of the countries.

Christmas Crossword - all the clues have a Christmas theme

Santa's Letter - John's letter from Santa has been torn up. Literacy exercise to piece the letter back again.

Christmas Freeze - fun Christmas PE lesson

Christmas Cracker - fun Christmas PE lesson

Jingle Bells Relay - fun PE lesson for Christmas

Christmas Vocabulary - all the vocabulary needed to write about Christmas

My Advent Promises - Religion worksheet to prepare children for Christmas by asking them to make certain promises

Christmas Table Quiz #3 - eight rounds of six questions, including a tie-breaker round, with all questions based on a Christmas theme

Christmas Table Quiz #2 - eight rounds of six questions, including a tie-breaker round, with half the questions based on a Christmas theme, half on general knowledge

Christmas Table Quiz #1 - eight rounds of six questions, including a tie-breaker round, with all questions based on a Christmas theme

Christmas Around the World - the Christmas greeting from different countries around the world

Writing to Santa - to inform parents of what educational toys could be added to that Santa list (Source: Mags Mc Carthy)

Advent - 5 slides explaining the theme of advent and the advent wreath

Booklet of Christmas Carols

Christmas Play - telling the traditional nativity story.

Nativity Service - including carols, readings and narration.

Christmas on the Internet - booklet of website addresses on the theme of Christmas. (this may be out of date and some addresses may not still exist)

Jesse Tree - commentary to be read when placing a Jesse Tree in School or in church.

The Jesse Tree - explanation of the tree and symbols.

Christmas Carols - words of carols for a nativity play/service.

Christmas Book Report - holly bordered page for a book report

Christmas Carols - booklet of mostly traditional carols.

Christmas songs - words to three modern Christmas songs.

(Dough Recipe in Christmas Wreath #1 below)

(Dough Recipe in Christmas Wreath #1 below)

(Dough Recipe in Christmas Wreath #1 below)

(Dough Recipe in Christmas Wreath #1 below)

Christmas Lanterns

Crib Silhouette

Mr. Donn's Christmas Page - lesson plans and activities

Why Christmas - resources, traditions, customs and everything associated with Christmas

Mrs. Pohlmeyer's Kinder Page Of Christmas Resources - books, poems and literacy activities

Teaching is a Work of Heart - Christmas Resources

Enchanted Learning Christmas - craft work and literacy activities

Christmas at ABC Teach - lots of Christmas Resources

Christmas Resources from Woodlands Junior School, Kent, UK

Christmas - all about Christmas including customs, the story of Christmas, carols etc.

Scoilnet Christmas Theme Page

Lazy Bee Scripts - large range of Christmas play scripts for children

Family Advent Challenge - Nick Harding (Kevin Mayhew Ltd., Suffolk, 2006) ISBN 1-84417-671-1

Available From Veritas Shops

www.kevinmayhew.com

My Favourite Advent & Christmas Activity Book - Jenny Erickson (Twenty Third Publications, Mystic, CT, 2005) ISBN 1-58595-516-7

Available from Veritas Shops

Round the Christmas Tree - Sara and Stephen Corrin (ed.s) (Puffin Books, London, 1985) ISBN 0-14-031777-5

Collection of short stories for children

Things to Make for Christmas - Eric Kenneway (Beaver Books, London, 1985) ISBN 0 09 938140 0

Christmas Wonder - Seán C. O' Leary (O' Brien Press, Dublin, 1988) ISBN 0-86278-177-9

Collection of stories, poems, songs and folklore of an Irish Christmas

A Christmas Carol - adapted from the book by Charles Dickens (Ladybird Books, 1982) ISBN 0-7214-0745-5

"The Gift": Eibhlín Milner (Veritas Publications, Dublin, 1998) ISBN 1 85390 399X (Nativity Play)

"A Lad in a Manger": Michael Forster (Kevin Mayhew Ltd., Suffolk, 1997) ISBN 1 84003 036 4 (Nativity Pantomime)

"The Late Wise Man": Denis O' Gorman & Barry Hart (Fountain Publications, Kent, 1989) ISBN 1 871975 30 1 (Seasonal Nativity Play)

"Alas in Blunderland": Peter Gunning (O' Brien Press, Dublin, 1991) ISBN 0-86278-271-6 (Play)

Christmas in Ireland - introduced by Colin Morrison (Mercier Press, Dublin 1989) ISBN 0-85342-950-2

Short stories, poems and customs about Christmas in Ireland.

We Three Kings - Christmas poems chosen by Brian Moses (Macmillan Children's Books, London, 1998) ISBN 0 330 37055 3

The Puffin Book of Christmas Poems - compiled by Wes Magee (Puffin Books, London, 1988) ISBN 0-14-032922-6

Christmas Poems - chosen by Paul Cookson (Macmillan Children's Books, London, 2000) ISBN 330 392174

Poems for Christmas - compiled by Zenka and Ian Woodward (Beaver Books, London, 1985) ISBN 0 09 9733609