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Christmas Special

Celebrate the spirit of Christmas:

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!

It's time to pull out the Christmas tree, hang up the ornaments, make cards, wrap gifts, hang stockings, and link your arms with your family and celebrate the spirit of Christmas. It may be sunny and hot in Australia, snowy white in Denmark or mildly cold on the streets of Kolkata, but the 25th of December is a time for fun and family and friends everywhere.

A kids special on the whys and hows of Christmas customs and celebrations. Christmas fiction for kids, e-cards, craft and art activities on the X'mas theme for children and a Christmas quiz! Merry Christmas!

Christmas all the Way - A quiz

Long months of waiting and Christmas is back again bringing gifts, joy and excitement. So while this spirit is on, try out our quiz to see how much you know about Christmas. Read on ...

Make a Crib for Jesus

With a few things you can make an attractive crib for Jesus in your house. Here is how you can do it easily. Read on ...

Make a Santa Mask

On the eve of Christmas all children sleep in the excitement of waking up to find gifts. Would you also like to become Santa and give some gifts to your loved ones? Read on ...

Christmas Decorations

Every Christmas, we go to the market to buy decorations for the christmas tree. But here we can tell you some exciting ways to make your own decorations from the things lying around. Read on ...

The Colours of Christmas - Printable Coloring Book

It's Christmas! Time for you to have fun, sing, dance and paint the the town red. Well, why don't you first do it here. Read on ...

X'mas Cards

Season's greetings and Christmas cards for you to send to your loved ones. Read on ...

Origin of Santa Claus

Ho-ho-ho goes a merry red robed figure with white whiskers distributing toys and gifts to children. Is there a Santa really? Why don't you try writing to him to the post office at Napapiiri, Finland? Read on ...

Why do People Kiss Under the Mistletoe?

Custom has it that a man is allowed to kiss a girl if she is standing under the mistletoe. This dates back to the ancient Celtic religion that considered the mistletoe sacred and so hung it outside the door to welcome friends and ward off evil. Read on ...

Oh, Christmas!

With origins in the ancient Roman festival of Saturnalia, Christmas today is a jumble of customs, rituals and food specialities from all over the world. Read on ...

The Birth of Christ

What is the symbolism inherent in the story of the birth of Christ? Does it just talk about the birth of Jesus? Or does it enable us to go deeper and unravel a few of the reasons for the founding of Christianity? Read on ...

The Commerce of Christmas

Christmas, the celebration of the birthday of the man who founded Christianity, is an out and out commercialised festival today. But did you know that the American version of Christmas has always been so? Read on ...

Other Christmas Favourites

Besides the plum cake and Christmas choir, Christmas is also the season of stories. Stories that subtly explain some aspect or the other of the Christmas spirit. Two such stories, one classic, one contemporary, are reviewed. Read on ...

The Gift of the Magi

This short story by O Henry is about the great Christmas spirit of love. It is a lovely tale of a young couple who sacrifice their most precious treasures to buy gifts for the other. Read on ...

How did Christianity Come to India?

There are many schools of thought on this but Christianity most probably originated with the arrival of Apostle Thomas Didaemus (Doubting Thomas) in 52 A.D. at Kerala. Read on ...