Topic: Christmas
Christmas Cheer Appeal Hastings District Libraries are an official collection point for the Christmas Cheer Appeal, beginning on Monday 22 November 2010. If you are in a position to help those less fortunate, please bring your donations of non-perishable goods to Hastings, Havelock or Flaxmere Libraries. The Christmas Cheer Appeal is asking for:
(No second hand toys or clothing. Thanks!) |
Santa's Kiwi HolidayNov
30 2010 Written by Maria Farrer, illustrated by Deborah Hinde Picture Book: Santa comes to New Zealand to have a nice warm holiday. What does he do while he is so far away from his workshop at the North Pole? Would you like to have a White Christmas with lots of snow? They are having lots of snow up there in Europe. We are so used to BBQs and going to the beach it is hard to imagine. Some people think we have an upside down Christmas, but I am usually the right way up, well most of the time... |
Christmas Word SearchDec
01 2010  It's December already! Not long until the holidays now! Have fun with this Word Search puzzle and try to find the Christmas words hidden away in it. http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/quizzes/wordsearch/christmas.html |
Slinky Malinki's Christmas crackersDec
02 2010 Here's another New Zealand Christmas picture book. This is by one of our favourite authors, Lynley Dodd. Find out what mischievous Slinky Malinki gets up to when left alone with the Christmas tree. Have you ever had any pet fun with your Christmas tree? We'd love to hear your stories. Just click on ' Add new comment'. One of Elizabeth's cats used to take the decorations off the tree to give to another cat waiting underneath and pulled the tree right over. To stop this annual problem, Elizabeth had to tie it up....the tree, not the cat! |
Advent Calendar - Christmas Around the WorldDec
03 2010  Here's an online Advent Calendar that is also a fun quiz for all the family. "On each day in December 2010, test your knowledge on how Christmas is celebrated around the world, using our very own interactive advent calendar. Most of the facts and photos in the Woodlands advent calendar have been sent to us by schools and visitors around the world." http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Xmas/calendar [Source: Mandy Barrow, Woodlands Junior School - Kent, UK] |
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