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<LI><A HREF="http://www.rdthanksgiving.com/">
The Reader's Digest Thanksgiving Page</A>
Recipes, traditions, projects & crafts, holiday hosting including
getting rid of unwanted guests.
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<LI><A HREF="http://www.northpole.com/mail.html">
Send Santa an e-mail messages</A>. He answered every one. Tell Santa
if you've been good and let him know what you would like for 
Christmas.
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<LI><A HREF="http://www.happychristmas.com/">
Happy Christmas</A> Christmas with a humorous spirit.
From mixed up gifts to turkeys
still frozen solid on the big day, the topic of this new Web site
is humorous holiday happenings. The new site, named
Happy Christmas, uses humor to celebrate the sometimes stressful holiday
season.
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  <TD><B><A HREF="http://www.mindspring.com/~bsanders/thanksgiving.htm">
      Thanksgiving - Home and Heart</A> History, trivia, recipes,
	  rhymes, tales, and everything Thanksgiving. Many other
	  Thanksgiving links. A wonderful page.<P>
       <a href="http://www.night.net/thanksgiving/">
An American Thanksgiving on the Internet</a><br>
Why do turkeys always go, "gobble, gobble"? Because...
(you'll have to find out by clicking on this link!)
NOT just for kids, but lots of fun!</a></B></TD>
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<li><a href="christmas-cookies.html">
My Favorite Christmas Cookie Recipes</a><br>
Chocolate Crinkle Cookies, Christmas Angel Cookies, Chocolate
Thumbprints, Holiday Spritz Cookies, Holiday Rum Balls,
Lemon-cheese Pressed Cookies, Martha Stewart's Almond Crescent Cookies, 
Merry Gingerbread Men, Mrs. Claus' Cookies, Nut Tarts, Peppermint Swirl Refrigerator Cookies, Pfeffernuesse, Santa's Thumbprints, Snickerdoodles, Snow Caps, Tea Cookies<p>
<li><a href="http://www.jell-o.com/index.html">Recipes from JELL-O®</a>
<br>Chocolate Recipes 
Double Layer Chocolate Pie,Creamy Chocolate Pie, Luscious Chocolate Layered Dessert, Chocolate Banana Split, Holiday Fruit Mold,Holiday Berry Squares, Holiday Poke Cake and MORE!<p>
<li><a href="http://www.osmond.net/chill/christmas/carols">
The Carolshristmas....lyrics to Christmas songs!</a>
<br>Words to more than 50 Christmas Carols and songs, from traditional
to modern. Print them out and organize a caroling party this season!
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<li><a href="http://www.butterball.com/">
Butterball Online</a>
<br>"Your
turkey headquarters on the Internet. Learn how to prepare a
picture-perfect turkey and lump-free gravy. An electronic
grandmother -- ready to answer everything you ever wanted to know
about roasting a turkey but were afraid to ask."
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<li><a href="http://www.magibox.net/~hsw/">
Honeysuckle White</a><br>Traditional Meals, Decorating, Ideas,
Entertaining, Holiday Leftovers,  All About Turkey Products, Just
For Fun Recipe of the Month and you can call for live help at the
"Holiday Helper" hotline 1-800-810-MEAL<br>
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<li><a href="http://www.foodwine.com/food/egg/egg1196/nobrain.html">
A Thanksgiving NO-BRAINER</a>
<br> Thanksgiving can really be so eeeeeeeeeeasy! The secret is in
the planning and staging of the event. Recipes are included!
(Cranberry-Orange Relish, Giblet Gravy, Cornbread Dressing)
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<li><a href="http://dinnercoop.cs.cmu.edu/dinnercoop/Recipes/subjects/stuffing.html">
On-Line Stuffing Recipes</a><br>Mom's Stuffing, Chestnut stuffing,
Bread stuffing, and entire collections of stuffing recipes from the
Food Co-Op
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<li><a href="http://family.starwave.com/holiday/tgiving/index.htm">
The  Family Planet's Family Feast</a><br>They've assembled dozens of
helpful ideas so your big holiday won't be a turkey. Games,  etiquette,
ideas in "Penny Whistle Traveling With Kids", a grandparent's guide to
making their little visitors feel at home,  help your kids mind their
manners, TV-free activities, safe turkey handling, new dressing ideas.
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<li><a href="http://www.homearts.com/depts/food/thanksc1.htm">
Thanksgiving at Home Arts</a><br>Home Arts is a compilation of Good Housekeeping, Redbook, Country Living (etiquette, decorating, recipes and desserts) and Popular Mechanics (home-brewed suds).
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<li><a href="http://www.kaplan.com/holiday/turkey.html"> 
Kaplan's Turkey on the Web</a><br>FREE Spin the Turkey Game 
Rack Up Points Before the Li'l Fella Becomes Dinner, Turkey of a Turkey Day Contest. Win Prizes! A very strange site!
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  <TD><B><a href="http://members.tripod.com/~Nancy_J/kwanzaa.htm">
   Free Delicious Kwanzaa Recipes!</a><br>Traditional African
   recipes as well as African-American dishes...
   Sweet Potato Pie, Grandmother's Southern Fried Okra, African
   Vegetarian Stew, African Squash And Yams (futari), African Green
   Pepper And Spinach, African Vegetable Stew, African
   Tomato-avocado-buttermilk Soup, Benne Cakes, Peanut Soup with
   Okra Croutons, Sweet Potato Fritters and Black-eyed Peas With Ham!
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   <a href="http://www.melanet.com/kwanzaa/">
   Kwanzaa Information Center</a><br>African-American spiritual
   holiday initiated by Dr. Maulana Ron Karenga on December 26, 1966
   based on the cultural principles of a theory called Kawaida. Learn
   the History, The Symbols and Principles of Kwanzaa. Schedule for
   Kwanzaa Celebration and Internet Living Swahili Dictionary.</B></TD>
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<li><a href="http://www.his.com/~chabad/8days/">Chanukah Guide</a><br>". . . and May This Festival of Lights bring Blessings upon you and All Your Loved Ones for Happiness, for Health, and for Spiritual and Material Wealth, and May the Lights of Chanukah Usher in the Light of Moshiach and a Better World for All of Humankind."<p>
<li><a href="http://www.jcn18.com/holiday/hanukkah/index.htm">
Hanukkah from the Jewish Communication Network</a><br>
Take a spin with the Internet's first Virtual Dreidel (animated);
Hanukkah How-To - How to light and what to recite (meditations for
every night); Everything Jewish search engine and delicious Kosher
Recipes<p>
<li><a href="challah.html">Jewish Recipe for Challah,</a>
a special holiday bread from the Jewish University Women.<br><p>
<li><a href="http://www.jcn18.com/food/soup.htm">
Chicken Soup with Matzah Balls</a><br>
Chicken Soup is sometimes jokingly called "Jewish Penicillin" because
it is often what Jewish mothers would give to their sick children.
Researchers actually debate the medicinal value of Chicken Soup, but
we of course enjoy this wonderful elixir.<p>
<li><a href="cabbage-rolls.html">
Stuffed Cabbage, Hungarian Style,</a> from The University Women of
The University of Judaism.<br><p>


<li><a href="http://www.northpole.com/kitchen.html">
Mrs. Claus' Kitchen</a><br>
The elves and Mrs. Claus are  baking some wonderful holiday treats.
They have collected some of their favorite holiday recipes in their
special cookbook. 
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<li><a href="http://home1.gte.net/santa/">
Santa's Workshop</a><br>Send Santa a letter before November 15th and
he will personally answer every letter he gets. Visit Santa's Library
and read The Original Christmas Story, The History of Christmas,
General Christmas Traditions, A Christmas Carol, 'Twas The Night
Before Christmas, and more. Some great holiday humor.<br><p>

<li><a href="http://www.execpc.com/~tmuth/st_john/xmas/">
A Religious Christmas</a><br>The Biblical Accounts of Christmas,
The Songs of Christmas, The Birth of Christ in Art, Christmas Around
the World -- Descriptions of how Christ's birth is celebrated all over
the globe.<br><p>
<li><a href="http://www.stg.brown.edu/~penelope/calendar.html">
Papa Bear's Web Advent Calendar</a><br>Welcome to the Bear kitchen,
where Papa Bear is making holiday cookies. Every day from December 1
until Christmas, you can click on the door for that day to see what
kind of cookies he's making!<br>
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<LI><A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/~westerville/cookies.html">
 The Chocolate Chip Cookie Page</A> Don't visit this site if you're
 hungry.
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<li><a href="http://www.logicnet.com/melanie.mccluskey/xmas.htm">
Holly and Sara's Christmas Page</a><br>Have you ever wanted to
speak a foreign language? Here you can learn many different ways
to say "Merry Christmas". Make an angel from a brown paper bag and
old newspapers. Here are the words to the beloved children's song,
Frosty the Snowman.<br>
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<li><a href="http://www.merry-christmas.com/crafts.htm">
Christmas Crafts</a><br>O.K., the tree is trimmed and the chestnuts
are roasting. Need something fun to do with the kids? Kris Crafts
has a few indoor Christmas activities for you and the kids to deck
the halls and the kitchen too!<br>
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<li><a href="http://auntannie.com/">
Aunt Annie's  Craft Page</a><br>Make a
<a href="http://auntannie.com/1995xmas.html">
Festive Window Stencils</a> or a
<a href="http://auntannie.com/stuffed/stuffed.html">
Stuffed Turkey</a>, over 50 crafts and growing that you can make!
Recipes for Craft Materials like Finger Paints, Modeling Dough,
Transfer Ink, Paper Mâché Pulp, Handmade Paper from Recycled Scraps,
Homemade Stamps, Stenciling and more! <br><p>
<li><a href="http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1721/potpourri.html">
Holiday Spice Potpourri</a><br>Recipe for Potpourri. Great for gift giving, make it ahead for those special people or to enjoy yourself!<br><p>
<li><a href="cranberry-nut-bread.html">
Cranberry Nut Bread</a><br>Just a special recipe for my favorite holiday bread, makes a great gift when given in a decorative tin and tied with a bow!<br><p>
<li><a href="http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1721/Yes_Virginia.html">
Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus</a><br>Little Virginia O'Hanlon wrote to the New York Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus, and
this is what the newspaper said ...<br>
Many more Christmas Links.
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