CBS News | Bushs Light National Xmas Tree | December 4, 2003 20:32:55 The National christmas Tree is lit up, opening appear 43 replicas of beloved characters from children s stories. the official White House christmas tree, a http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/04/politics/main586996.shtml
Extractions: "Separation from loved ones is especially difficult this time of year," Bush said at the 80th annual outdoor "Pageant of Peace" ceremony on the Ellipse. "People in uniform can know that their families miss them and love them, that millions are praying for them, and that America is grateful for the men and women who serve and defend our country."
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Extractions: The Ransom of Red Chief by O"Henry. A short comedy of the kidnapping of a little boy who turns out to be more than his captives can handle. A quote from the story: Yes, sir, that boy seemed to be having the time of his life. The fun of camping out in a cave had made him forget that he was a captive himself. He immediately christened me Snake-eye, the Spy, and announced that, when his braves returned from the warpath, I was to be broiled at the stake at the rising of the sun. It was on the afternoon of the Christmas Eve, and I was in Mrs. Prothero's garden, waiting for cats, with her son Jim. It was snowing. It was always snowing at Christmas. December, in my memory, is white as Lapland, though there were no reindeers. But there were cats. Patient, cold and callous, our hands wrapped in socks, we waited to snowball the cats. Sleek and long as jaguars and horrible-whiskered, spitting and snarling, they would slink and sidle over the white back-garden walls, and the lynx-eyed hunters, Jim and I, fur-capped and moccasined trappers from Hudson Bay, off Mumbles Road, would hurl our deadly snowballs at the green of their eyes. The wise cats never appeared.
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Extractions: I would hope that you're all sufficiently sophisticated to understand that I am, after all, proudly a cat. Therefore, when I talk to you about the following cat-related books I do so from a cat-centric point of view. Humans might have an entirely different interpretation of what makes these books special, and frankly, I couldn't care less. Go talk to my assistant if you have a problem.
InfoDome - Childrens Literature The Old Globe Theatre and Childrens lit. has presented productions appropriate for children throughout its by the Dozen and How the Grinch Stole christmas. http://infodome.sdsu.edu/about/depts/spcollections/exhibits/0104/oldglobe.shtml
Extractions: Scene from the 1950 Old Globe Theatre production of Mary Poppins : (left to right) Bear (Barbara Moore), Jane (Rosemary Faukhauel), and Michael (Richard Coutts). Photograph. (Old Globe Theatre Records) Scene from Old Globe Theatre production of A Christmas Carol , 1949: (left to right) the ghost of Jacob Marley (Richard McCurdy) and Ebenezer Scrooge (Irving Davis). Photograph.(Old Globe Theatre Records) Rehearsal of an unidentified Old Globe Junior Theatre production, 1940s. Photograph.
Online Children's Stories a lot of stories available on the Internet christmas stories. My compilation of links to christmas stories. Tuesday, February http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/stories.html
Christmas On The Net - The History Of Christmas garlands of laurel and green trees lit with candles. the birthday of their Christ child a solemn legends claim that the Christian christmas celebration was http://www.holidays.net/christmas/story.htm
Extractions: Christmas on the Net Holidays on the Net Additional Holiday Celebrations T he history of Christmas dates back over 4000 years. Many of our Christmas traditions were celebrated centuries before the Christ child was born. The 12 days of Christmas, the bright fires, the yule log, the giving of gifts, carnivals(parades) with floats, carolers who sing while going from house to house, the holiday feasts, and the church processions can all be traced back to the early Mesopotamians. M any of these traditions began with the Mesopotamian celebration of New Years. The Mesopotamians believed in many gods, and as their chief god - Marduk. Each year as winter arrived it was believed that Marduk would do battle with the monsters of chaos. To assist Marduk in his struggle the Mesopotamians held a festival for the New Year. This was Zagmuk, the New Year's festival that lasted for 12 days. T he Mesopotamian king would return to the temple of Marduk and swear his faithfulness to the god. The traditions called for the king to die at the end of the year and to return with Marduk to battle at his side. T o spare their king, the Mesopotamians used the idea of a "mock" king. A criminal was chosen and dressed in royal clothes. He was given all the respect and privileges of a real king. At the end of the celebration the "mock" king was stripped of the royal clothes and slain, sparing the life of the real king.
Extractions: The Snow Pixies cousins, the Rain Goblins, don't like it when it snows. That's because it makes all the children laugh and scream with glee, as they run about having snowball fights and making snowmen. So the King of the Goblins, a very fierce and very ugly looking Rain Goblin called Grimbleweed, proclaimed that Old Father Time should be kidnapped. He would be held prisoner until March when winter's time would be over. So the Rain Goblins captured Old Father Time and locked him in the Lightning Tower. What they forgot was, the Wind blew through the tower on its way to the West. So one very windy day, near the end of December, Old Father Time hopped on board the Wind and escaped.
Magespace 99 Christmas Story t be able to come up with another christmas story, and every for her two youngest children on christmas Day to wakefulness as her two youngest children piled on http://www.magespace.net/stories/secrets.html
Extractions: Come on, Emilyhurry up! We dont want Santa to go hungry, do we? Five-year-old Mike Brown exhorted, shifting impatiently from one leg to the other as he watched his four-year-old sister crossing the room, a glass of milk clutched tightly in both hands. Im coming! Emily assured him, her movements slow and deliberate. She knew that spilling the milk would be a tragedy indeedMama had said it was all they could spare, and there would be no more for Santa if this was wasted. Across the room, in the shadows, Stella Brown and her older daughter, Hannah, watched the two children with expressions that varied between sadness and pity. Hannah was twelve and she knew the score, but like Stella there were just some things she couldnt dosuch as sharing the reality of that score with Emily and Mike. Whatcha gonna do, Mama? Hannah whispered under her breath as the two little ones carefully placed the glass of milk on the rickety table next to the tiny threadbare tree. Stella sighed. You know as well as I do, honey...theres nothin we
Extractions: eBags - Click here for savings on kids bags! Kelton is a bustling little town just about half way from here to the North Pole. It sits on the edge of a deep pine forest besides a clean fast moving river. Most of the town's people work in the local toy boat factory. The rest of the people work in stores, restaurants and business offices. The people are hard working, but friendly. They like living and working in Kelton. One cold snowy day in December when everyone was especially busy, two shiny computers moved onto the wooden desk next to, and the large desk across from, Austin's. The computers were new and big with lots of extra curly cables and square boxes and other strange things. They each covered a whole desk. Being a friendly sort of fellow, Austin introduced himself to the newcomers. "Hi, I'm Austin. I sing, 'Tappity-tap, tappity-tap, tappity-tap-tap, brriinngg.' I write business letters, address envelopes and fill in government forms. What do you do?" "I'm a computer. I do everything," said the nearest computer. "I write all kinds of letters, address envelopes and I create the government forms that you can only fill in. I draw pictures, play chess and music, and do it all in 256 colors, too." "We are the latest and most famous of modern office machines. We take the place of old useless typewriters like you," laughed the other. "We will replace you too. The people here will toss you away. Typewriters are just not useful anymore." This shocked Austin. "Oh no," Austin said, "I've been here a long time. I work hard here and I'm very useful." The new computers laughed again. "We'll see about that."
Merry Christmas From Rhymes & Reflections of Larry s Vaincourt s holiday poems and stories for you the christmas tree and presenting the gifts to the children. wishing us all a Merry christmas, he left http://www.vaincourt.homestead.com/christmas.html
Lesson Plans For Children's Books The Best christmas Pageant Ever ( eduplace) Best christmas Pageant Ever Keeps Cool and other Clifford stories) Enrichment Neat Dogs http://members.aol.com/DonnAnCiv/Literature.html
Extractions: Patriotic Symbols (Statue of Liberty) Abeula's Weave by Omar S. Casteneda Abraham Lincoln: A Photobiography - Russel Freedman (Score) Lessons about Abe Lincoln Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray (Score, 6-8). Enrichment: Daily Life in the Middle Ages The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain The Adventures of Ulysses by Bernard Evslin (Score). Enrichment:
CHRISTMAS-SYMBOLS And TRADITIONS The Scandinavians have a christmas elf dressed in a red suit and He brings gifts for the children. There are many stories about this man who gave to the poor. http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/chr/symbols.html
Extractions: SYMBOLS AND TRADITIONS Christmas candles are all shapes, colors, sizes and scents. On the Advent wreath, a candle is lit each week to remind us of the coming of Christ. Candles represent Jesus who is the light of the world. When St. Francis of Assisi created the first "creche" or Nativity (manger) scene, he and others sang the first carols. Most carols were handed down by word of mouth for hundreds of years. Most of the early carols were about Mary, the shepherds, the Magi and the birth of Jesus . Later carols were sung by groups of people who would go to homes and sing in harmony. The Christmas star announced the birth of Christ. Many songs were written about it. The star appeared on many of the first Christmas cards in the 1840s. Stars were placed on the tops of Christmas Trees. Evergreen trees and tree branches have been used for decorating homes for Christmas. The decorated tree originated in Germany where a fir tree was decorated with apples and candles. Prince Albert brought the custom to England. The idea of decorating a Christmas tree spread to America. The day of gift-giving varies in different countries .... Dec.6th (St.Nicholas day) ; Dec. 24th ; Dec. 25th ; Dec. 26th (Boxing day) ; January 6th (Epiphany, Feast of the Wise Men, or the three Kings).
English Language Arts Fairrosa Library of Children s lit. The Reading Corner. Dead Poets Society? What Child is this?, A christmas Story. The ADHDventures of Tom Sawyer. http://www.saskschools.ca/~qvss/curriculum/ela.htm
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Culture On the christmas Day, the large candle in the middle is lit. Children sing carol, listen to christmas story and open their gifts under the tree. http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Island/6639/xmas.htm
Extractions: What have I just said? I said "Merry Christmas" in German! How much do you know about the custom of celebrating Christmas in Germany? This page intends to give you some interesting information about this festivals, such as origin of the festival when does it start important figures decorations ... music and Christmas markets . Remember, don't forget to visite the Christmas links that I select for you. I hope you will enjoy it! Origin of the Festival Christmas is a day for celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ who was born nearly 2000 year ago. In most of the christianity countries, people attend mass organized by churches on the Christmas Eve. While people in most of the other countries nowadays celebrated this festivals by having parties and banquets. top When does it start? The Christmas season begins with the beginning of Advent, four Sundays before Christmas Day. Germans traditionally have Advent wreath in their families, it is said to be originated with the German Lutherans. The wreath is made of a circle of greenery in which four candles are set, a large white candle is set in the middle. It is attached with pine and fir cones, little red mushrooms, or red and yellow ribbons. One candle is lit the first Sunday of Advent, two are lit the second Sunday, and so on until the fourth Sunday. On the Christmas Day, the large candle in the middle is lit. These wreaths are usually hang from the ceiling in large houses, shops and in
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Christmas Games & Holiday Party Ideas For Kids, Family & Classroom response from Santa and countdown-until christmas. This is a wonderful site for children to visit The village offers stories, jokes, recipes, ornament adoptions http://hometown.aol.com/SantiKlaus/KidsPartiesXmas/HolidayFunPg6.html
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Domestic-Church.Com: Stories: Christmas In A Barn school, mind you) the children sang two christmas carols, and They wonder who s telling them the true story, and I The children go out for a walk in the woods http://www.domestic-church.com/CONTENT.DCC/19971201/STORIES/XMASBARN.HTM
Extractions: It may sound strange but we want to sleep in a barn on Christmas Eve. After Christmas Eve Mass, we would put the children in the car, drive to a friend's farm and sleep in their hayloft, above the cows and sheep. We would leave the presents, decorations, and fancy clothes at home, and experience for ourselves what the birth place of Jesus was like. Unfortunately, and I can't imagine why, the children aren't as impressed with this idea as we are. For the last three years, they've been yelling "No, No, No" whenever we try to discuss it. Well, yes, we'd miss the Christmas Eve feast at the grandparents, and yes, there'd be no tree with presents in the morning. We could live without that for one year, couldn't we? "No, NO, NO !" The only reason we haven't seriously considered it yet is that we've always had a little one too young for winter camping. This year, though, Robert will be nearly three. We think it's time. So Peter and I started talking about it out loud this summer, to see what the reaction would be this year. One day, I asked; "What happens at Christmas, kids?"
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Absulum The Reindeer Elf: A Children's Christmas Story Absulum? Absulum? Absuuuulllllummmmmm? Suddenly a star lit up that stormy christmas sky and it fell toward the Earth and landed there at Santa s side. http://www.magickeys.com/books/absulum/
