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Celebrates

Winter Holidays  

Around the World

At Big Shanty Media Center we are studying about all the different winter holidays that are celebrated throughout the world.  To find out about some of them, check out the websites below:

History of the Holidays

www.historychannel.com/exhibits/holidays/main.html

Education World Holiday Site

www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson246.shtml

Christmas  is a holiday celebrated by Christians all around the world. 

•  http://infotech.sd36.bc.ca/winter/christmas_information.htm

• Christmas Quiz:  www.familygames.com/features/quizzes/xmasquiz.html

Hanukkah - the Festival of Lights is Jewish winter holiday

• www.harperchildrens.com/holiday/hanu3.htm

• http://infotech.sd36.bc.ca/winter/hanukkah_information.htm

• http://www.geocities.com/bnirenberg/hanuka.html

   

Kwanzaa - an African-American holiday

• www.harperchildrens.com/holiday/kwan.htm

• http://infotech.sd36.bc.ca/winter/kwanzaa_information.htm

• http://www.tike.com/celeb-kw.htm

   

Ramadan - an Islamic (Muslim) holiday celebrated predominantly in the Middle East

• www.colostate.edu/Orgs/MSA/events/Ramadan.html

• http://infotech.sd36.bc.ca/winter/ramadan_information.htm

• http://www.holidays.net/ramadan/

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Chinese New Year - a non-religious holiday celebrated by Chinese people

• www.webexhibits.org/calendars/calendar.chinese.html

• http://www.web-holidays.com/lunar/ http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html

   

Diwali - a Hindu holiday celebrated mostly in India.

• http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/ethnic_relig/diwali.html

• http://infotech.sd36.bc.ca/winter/diwali_information.htm