With the Christmas season on the way, we thought we’d do a series of the best online Christmas resources.
Let’s start with the big Christmas information website “whychristmas?com.”
Why Christmas answers your Christmas questions and has information on Christmas Traditions and Christmas Customs (like trees, cards, and the story of Santa); how Christmas is celebrated in different countries around the world (from Armenia to Zimbabwe); the history of the Christmas Story and an audio version of the Christmas Story, as well as lots of Christmas fun and games (you can decorate an online Christmas tree, build an online Nativity scene and even ‘make a magi’!).
I love Christmas and started the site back in 2000 for some teacher friends as a child safe and friendly site that “wasn’t trying to sell the kids something”.
From there it’s grown into one of the biggest Christmas information sites on the net (3 million pageloads in December 2010). There’s still no ads on the site – something that makes it stand out from the crowd.
So if you, your kids, Church or school are needing a site with lots of info about all things Christmas then head on over to whychristmas?com!
[Image via whychristmas?com]
Raoul Snyman says
Nice site.
That “Lekker” Pudding on your site is actually called Malva Pudding, and it’s not restricted to Christmas. However, it is a South African favourite, and so a lot of South Africans have it at Christmas as well. My wife makes a killer Malva pudding! 🙂
Also, while most South Africans often eat turkey at Christmas, a lot will eat duck instead – it’s more manageable than a whole turkey. Some South Africans, however, can’t pass up the opportunity to have a braai on a lovely summer’s day.
Raoul Snyman says
Oh, and because SA has a lot of the British culture, we have a lot of the things that the UK has as well.
James Cooper says
Thanks Raoul! I love getting more info to add the site. I’ll add it on later 🙂