Christmas Clip Art - Free Christmas Images and Graphics

Here are some great links for free Christmas Clip Art and Graphics that you can use for your Christmas projects - whether you're doing something online or making Christmas posters, cards, gift tags, childrens projects etc.

http://www.christmas-clipart.com/ - a nice collection with some modern, cute designs

http://www.christmas-graphics-plus.com/ - good collection of mainly traditional clipart images, and some animated GIFs.

http://www.shermanisd.net/Instruction/ChristmasClipArt/christmas_clip_art.htm - Christmas clip art and borders

http://freecuteclipart.blogspot.com/search/label/Christmas%20Clipart -  a few nice Christmas images and animated graphics

White Christmas Song Lyrics

White Christmas

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas,
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten and children listen,
To hear sleigh bells in the snow.

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmasses be white.

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas,
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright,
And may all your Christmasses be white.


Lyrics:  Irving Berlin

Christmas Shopping website

Featured Christmas Shopping Link:

www.christmasmonth.com

Another good place to start your Christmas shopping, with a range of Christmas items, decorations, gifts and gift baskets.

Christmas Shopping link

A good online shopping resource for Christmas shoppers: all kinds of Christmas items are available at 
www.happychristmas.com/

They sell Christmas decorations, toys and have all kinds of Christmas offers - worth a visit for Christmas shoppers.

They also have a nice selection of Christmas e-cards : www.happychristmas.com/ecards/

Cheap Christmas Gift Ideas

If you're looking for great value Christmas gifts, check out this article on www.lovemoney.com

Featuring 12 Great Cheap (Money Saving) Christmas gift ideas, the article is good inspiration if you need creative ideas for great value gifts for Christmas.

Another good resource is www.moneyunder30.com/cheap-gifts-53-inexpensive-christmas-gifts  - for more traditional Christmas gift ideas, all thrifty for the money conscious.

If none of these ideas take your fancy, visit 24Studio for great value Christmas gift ideas.

Christmas - a history

Christmas is a worldwide phenomenom - culturally and economically. In many places Christmas has now become more of a commercial festival than a religious one, however many still enjoy Christmas traditions to some degree,

Christmas traditions enjoyed the world over include the decorating of Christmas trees, sharing of meals, exchange of gifts, church services, public holidays and Santa Claus.

If you are interested in the history of Christmas, visit the History channel's in-depth website article: http://www.history.com/topics/christmas

Christmas Stockings - why do we hang them?

Christmas stockings - background
 
The legend of Christmas stockings is linked to that of St Nicholas and Father Christmas.

The story goes that there was a poor man with three daughters, in the days when it was common to pay a dowry. The man, being poor, could not afford any dowry for them and worried that his daughters would never marry.
The girls had hung their stockings to dry on the fireplace, and legend has it that St Nicholas, who was the Bishop of Myra, and believed to be the inspiration for Father Christmas, dropped some gold coins down the chimney, which landed in the girls' stockings.

When news spread of this, others began to hang stockings too in the hope that they would receive gifts.

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