Christmas

Sites

Christmas at Christchurch City Libraries

Learn about Christmas and lots of cool ways to celebrate it.

New Zealand Christmas songs

New Zealand Folk Song brings you New Zealand Christmas songs, with lyrics, chords and sound files.

Xmas.co.nz

A New Zealand site featuring Christmas carols that play to you, and a countdown to Christmas including how many hours, minutes and sleeps to go. From NZ City.

Australian Christmas

From the Australian Government Culture Portal - includes explanations of Christmas symbols, dates and ceremonies in the Southern Hemisphere.

Baboushka

Read the Russian folk tale of Baboushka. Santa isn't the only person who hands out presents at Christmas.

A Christmas carol

Read the story of A Christmas Carol and find out how Ebenezer Scrooge learned to LOVE Christmas.

Christmas colouring in

Print out and colour one of these great Christmas colouring in pictures, drawn by Elizabeth O. Dulemba, the lady who lets us use her amazing colouring in pictures at our Storytimes.

Christmas crafts and Christmas activities

100s of Christmas crafts, recipes, games, trivia, present and party ideas.

Christmas crafts and printable activities

Enchanted Learning site packed full of crafts, colouring and lesson plans for kids of all ages.

Christmas decoration

Colour and make some special Christmas decorations.

Christmas gifts kids can make

Find some gifts that you can make!

Christmas greetings around the world

Christmas greetings in many languages.

Christmas tree maze

Find your way to the top of the Christmas tree in this printable maze. PDF.

Crayola holiday crafts

The Crayola site has HEAPS of cool Christmas Crafts for you to print, colour and make.

Decorate a tree with the Tweenies

Help decorate a Christmas tree and then give the Tweenies some Christmas presents.

Elf yourself

Site available during the holiday season lets you turn yourself or family and friends into a cute Christmas elf and get a singing dancing image you can share for Christmas.

Finger puppet nativity

Make your own Christmas Nativity Scene with finger puppets.

Jokes

Have a laugh with these Christmas jokes. PDF.

Kidspot Christmas ideas

Christmas ideas, decorations, recipes, crafts, traditions and more for children and parents. Includes ideas for things to do at Christmas.

Let it snow

Help Nat to catch snowflakes and then pop a big Christmas cracker.

The Little fir tree

Read the story of how a little fir tree became the most important tree at Christmas.

NORAD tracks Santa

From December 1, you can find out where on earth Santa is. Every Christmas Eve since 1958 NORAD has tracked Santa's journey around the world.

Origami Christmas tree

Make a forest of origami Christmas trees.

Origami Elf

Make an origami elf with green paper, or an origami Santa with red paper.

Pop-up Christmas cards

Robert Sabuda, a pop-up book genius, shows you how to create some exciting pop-ups for Christmas.

The Reindeer Orchestra

Play your own Christmas carols with The Reindeer Orchestra.

Santa Claus and Christmas at the North Pole

Explore Santa's home, play some games, see if you are on the Naughty or Nice list, read and colour some Christmas stories and attend Elf Academy. Don't miss the disco dancing Santa!

Santa's Christmas village

Santa's Village is full of fun things to do for both kids and parents, including choosing your very own Elf Buddy, Elf School and holiday recipes. Visit the amazing Toy Workshop and follow Santa Claus in his sleigh on Christmas Eve.

Santa's little helper

Help Santa's Little Helper collect as many presents as they can.

Sing-a-long Christmas carols

Sing along to all your favourite Christmas carols.

The Toymaker Christmas crafts

The Toymaker has a wide range of Christmas cards, toys and containers for you to make. Some of them are quite difficult so might need an adult to help

Whose present?

Can you find out who this present belongs to? A maze for you to print.

Why Christmas

Explains the background to many Christmas traditions and different traditions around the world. Have a go at Christmas Karaoke! Access all the games, puzzles, colouring in, jokes and quizzes here.

Word search

Can you find all the Christmas words in this word search? Print it out and find out.