Holidays http://www.npr.org/nprholidays/ Holiday-related features from National Public Radio (NPR) programs. Hanukkah http://jnul.huji.ac.il/dl/music/hanukkah/ Hanukkah: From the Collections of the National Sound Archives. The National Sound Archives of the Jewish National and University Library has put a collection of Hanukkah music on the Web. http://www.joi.org/celebrate/hanuk/ Information about Hanukkah from the Jewish Outreach Institute, covering the history and meaning of the holiday and how to celebrate, complete with blessings, songs, activities, recipes for traditional foods, the meaning of "gelt," and a virtual dreidel game. Christmas http://www.scrapalbum.com/animals/an_p1.htm Christmas Greetings from the Animal World Winter Solstice http://www.equinox-and-solstice.com/ This site presents a brief description of the relationship between selected holidays and the vernal equinox (Easter), summer solstice (summer weddings), autumnal equinox (Thanksgiving), and winter solstice (Christmas). http://www.candlegrove.com/ Solstice, Sacaea-Saturnalia, Yule, and Today. This site examines "the ancient origins of the winter holiday season" and how pagan and Christian celebrations have merged into Christmas traditions. New Year http://www.topics-mag.com/internatl/holidays/new-years-page1.htm New Year's Celebrations From Around the World. Examples include Argentina, Brazil, China, Japan, Mexico, Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, and Vietnam. |