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Chanukah Traditions Around the World


Thomas Hardy's Christmas
The poems and novels of Thomas Hardy evoke not only joyful reunions, but also describe curious rituals, pagan superstitions and nostalgia for a simpler, happier past.

Dickens Christmas

Through excerpts from Dickens and other contemporary writers, this book traces the growth of the holiday tradition in the 19th century.


Jane Austen's Christmas : The Festive Season in Georgian England


Christmas Music From Medieval And Renaissance Europe

 

World-Wide Christmas

Christmas traditions in Scandinavia, Western Europe & the UK


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Scandinavia & the Netherlands

Vanillekranse: Danish Christmas Cookie Recipe
Danish Christmas Rice Porridge Recipe

Christmas in Denmark

How Christmas is in Denmark
CYCNet Christmas in Denmark
Jeanne Passero's Christmas in Denmark
Merry Christmas from Denmark
Zuzu: Denmark

The Netherlands
Hip Guide: Christmas in Holland
Christmas in the Netherlands
Kidsdomain: Christmas in the Netherlands

Christmas in Finland
Merry Christmas From Finland
Christmas with Virtual Finland
CYCNet Christmas in Finland

Yule in Iceland
EuroChristmas: Christmas in Iceland

CYCNet Christmas in
Norway
Merry Christmas from Norway
Christmas in Norway- Jul i Norge

United Kingdom (UK)

Recipe for Wassail
A Child's Christmas in Wales (Dylan Thomas)

Great British Christmas (UK)



A Celtic Christmas Sojourn

Brian O'Donovan, the host of the Celtic Sojourn radio show, compiles a collection of songs that mixes the contemplative with more raucous fare, ancient melodies with modern, and the earthy with the ethereal.


The Best of Celtic Christmas

Packed with fiddles, flutes, and angelic voices, plus a collection of jigs, reels, and carols, many sung in Gaelic, such as "Silent Night" and "Christmas Eve.


Wolcum Yule: Celtic and
British Songs and Carols

This offbeat disc of seasonal songs and carols by the Anonymous 4 will delight their fans and please everyone else. The 19 selections include traditional folk melodies and texts, some of which date back to the Middle Ages, interspersed with fitting selections by contemporary composers.


Christmas in
Shakespeare's England

Celebrate a literary Christmas with recipes for 32 yuletide dishes found in a "modest" Elizabethan home, The Masque of Christmas, a short play by Ben Jonson and tales of Shakespeare's Christmas performances


A Scottish Christmas

Traditional Scottish carols, wassail tunes, strathspeys and reels for the celebration of Christmas, Hogmanay & the New Year

Western Europe

Austria
Christmas in Austria
Christmas in Salzburg (Austria)
Oldest Silent Night Manuscript (Austria)
Austrian Christmas Gebackener Karpfen Recipe

Belgium


Noels Celtiques: Celtic Christmas Music From Brittany

The spirited L'Ensemble Choral du Bout (the Chorale Ensemble of the World's End) formed in 1977 to preserve the Celtic musical heritage of Brittany, a Celtic region in northwest France. Comprised of two smaller regional choirs as well as singers from over 40 villages, the ensemble offers a lighter alternative to the slower, more solemn albums of Christmas church music.

France

Traditional French Yule Log Cake Recipe (Buche du Noel)
French Christmas Cookie Recipes: Chocolate Madeleines, Cinnamon Madeleines


Zuzu: Joyeaux Noël - Christmas in France


France

Provence

Leave the winter blues behind and let this beautiful hand- tied wreath whisk you away to the South of France. The sizzling colors and swirling textures bring the sun into your home with golden yarrow and sprigs of wheat, yellow oak leaves and lavender larkspur, accented with basil salal, eucalyptus and lupidium seeds.

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A French Christmas

A 14 song album of traditional and familiar Christmas songs sung in French. Each album contains lyrics, for those who want to sing along.

 

Germany
Christmas-Weihnachten (Germany)
Frohe-Weihnachten (Germany)
The German Way Christmas Page
German Christmas Culture
German Christmas Crafts
Kidlink: Christmas in Germany
Christmas in Nerford, Germany (Photos)
Christmas Celebrations in Germany
German Christmas Dishes

German Christmas Gingerbread
Worldwide Gourmet German Christmas Recipes
German Christmas Museum
Koblenz Christmas

Greece
Go Greece's Christmas in Greece
Christmas in Greece
Christmas in Greece - 2
Christmas Customs of Greece
Christmas, New Year & the Epiphany in Italy


Tuscan Holiday Wreath

This huge, eye-catching wreath overflows with a cornucopia of plants inspired by sunny Tuscany. It combines pomegranates, poppy pods and red oak leaves with sunset protea, setria and lupidium, arranged on a background of basil salal.

More Unusual, Organic & Edible Christmas Wreaths


Luxembourg

Mallorca


Hispanic Christmas

An acoustic guitar and vocal based album that captures the essence of Christmas in Spanish. It contains both classic American carols in Spanish and traditional Hispanic villancicos. The Spanish lyrics are included in this colorful Christmas CD for those who want to sing along

Switzerland
Holiday Traditions-Switzerland
Christmas in Switzerland
Unusual Traditions in the Alps
Seasonal Holiday Attire: Christmas in Switzerland
Christmas in Switzerland in 1921

Epicurious: European Christmas Food

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Last update 8/10/2005


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