West Burlington Elementary

Websites about December Holidays:

Education World December Holidays

http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson151.shtml

Dec. 1 - Rosa Parks Day

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0bio-1

Dec. 4 – Hanukah

http://www.torahtots.com/holidays/chanuka/chanuk.htm

Dec. 6 – St. Nicholas Day

http://www.algonet.se/~bernadot/christmas/6.html

Dec. 9 – National Christmas Tree lit

http://www.senate.gov/~daschle/tree/

Dec. 12 – Poinsettia Day

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/greenhouse/guides/poinsettia/history.html

Dec. 16 -Beethoven's Birthday 

 http://www.edepot.com/beethoven.shtml

Dec. 18 – Nutcracker Ballet first performed

http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/xmas/music1/nutcracker.html

Dec. 21 – Winter Solstice

http://familyeducation.com/topic/front/0,1156,1-4205,00.html

Dec. 25 – Christmas

http://www.howstuffworks.com/christmas.htm

Dec. 26 – Kwanzaa

http://www.blackvoices.com/feature/kwanzaa/index.html