Simplify Christmas

A holiday blog for Bellingham, Washington, and beyond: Free Whatcom County/W. Washington Christmas events, tips on how to simplify Christmas, and MUCH, MUCH MORE! Be sure to check our CHRISTMAS CALENDAR.

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• Pages

  • 2008 Holiday Events Listing
  • About This Blog
  • Christmas Coloring Pages for Kids
    • “The Night Before Christmas” Coloring Pages *NEW FOR ‘08*
    • More Christmas Coloring Pages for Kids *NEW FOR ‘08*
  • Credits
  • Whatcom & Skagit County Christmas Tree Farms
  • Whatcom/Skagit County Holiday Bazaars and Gift Shows, 2008
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• Recent Posts

  • “Valley Winter Song” – Fountains of Wayne
  • “Christmastime”
  • Tis the season…for CHIA PETS!
  • “Men may talk of Country-Christmasses”
  • Whatcom County: Volunteer Elves needed urgently for Project Santa Claus!
  • X’mas, 3000 A.D.
  • Virgin Wassail Bowl (no alcohol)
  • A Cup of Christmas Cheer, #3 (alcohol)
  • L.A.’s “Gifts for Guns” Program sets record
  • Seattle’s Greenwood-Phinney District Art Walk Debut & Snowman Auction, Dec. 12
  • Be kind to others
  • Tinsel Toons #11
  • Whoppy and Streaker’s 99 Christmas Music Videos
  • Port of Bellingham Gingerbread House Contest
  • Bellingham Lighted Boat Parade 2008

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  • **CHRISTMAS EVENTS!**
  • Art
  • Christmas 2007: Comprehensive Archive
  • CHRISTMAS HUMOR
  • Christmas News
  • Christmas Poetry
  • Christmas Shopping Locally
  • Christmas Video Clips
  • Crafts
  • Decorating
  • Fight the Holiday Blues
  • FOOD & DRINK
  • For Those in Need
  • Gift Ideas
  • GIVE
  • HOLIDAY SAFETY
  • Information
  • MUSIC & SONG
  • Retro Christmas
  • Save Your Money
  • SHOPPING
  • Short Fiction
  • SIMPLIFY!
  • Stress Management
  • Theatre
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  • Traditions
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• CHRISTMAS BLOGS OF NOTE

  • 365 Days of Christmas
  • Bongo Bells
  • Buckets of Christmas Ideas
  • Christmas Sprite

• CHRISTMAS HUMOR

  • Dezert-Rose Christmas Humor Collection

• CHRISTMAS LITERATURE

  • “The Christmas Truce”
  • “Who Ate the Pink Sweetmeat?
  • A Christmas Carol at Elegant E-Books
  • Classic Christmas Stories
  • Fifty Christmas Poems for Children
  • ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON: “A CHRISTMAS SERMON”
  • The Baldwin Children’s Literature Project: Christmas Stories
  • The Fairies and the Christmas Child
  • The First Christmas Tree: A Story of the Forest

• CHRISTMAS TREES

  • Tree-decoration ideas

• FAMILY FUN

  • The Toymaker: Folding Paper Toys You Can Make Yourself

• FOOD & DRINK

  • 71 Different Cranberry Sauce Recipes
  • Christmas Wine Suggestions
  • ChristmasCookies.com
  • Fruitcake Recipes
  • Fruitcake Recipes (2)
  • How to cook Medieval Christmas Feasts
  • How to make authentic Wassail
  • How to make Figgy Pudding (simplified version)
  • How to make Plum Pudding

• FUN STUFF FOR GROWN UPS

  • Decorate an online Gingerbread Man and mail it to a friend!
  • The Toymaker: Folding Paper Toys You Can Make Yourself

• FUN STUFF FOR KIDS

  • Christmas Coloring pages for kids
  • Claus.com
  • Decorate an online Gingerbread Man and mail it to a friend!
  • Digital Coloring: Online Christmas Colorbook for Kids (downloadable)
  • DLTK Christmas activities for Kids
  • Extreme Snowman Makeover
  • Kidzpage.com
  • MakeStuff.com Holiday Pages
  • Merry Christmas!
  • Online, Interactive Holiday Calendar
  • Papa Jan’s Free Christmas Coloring Pages
  • Shave Santa
  • The Toymaker: Folding Paper Toys You Can Make Yourself

• HISTORY AND TRADITIONS

  • “The Christmas Truce”
  • A Victorian Christmas
  • Christmas Lore: Christmas Traditions Around the World
  • Christmas Superstitions
  • Christmas Tales of the Middle Ages
  • Christmas: A History Channel Minisite
  • How to cook Medieval Christmas Feasts
  • The Christmas Archives
  • The History of Christmas
  • Vintage Christmas Images
  • Visions of Christmas

• HOLIDAY CRAFTS

  • 34 Do-It-Yourself Christmas Gifts
  • About Christmas Craft
  • All Free Crafts – Christmas Crafts
  • Christmas Crafts Directory
  • Christmas Printables
  • Homemade Eco-Gifts
  • Imagitek – Christmas Crafts
  • Kaboose.com
  • MakeStuff.com Holiday Pages
  • The Toymaker: Folding Paper Toys You Can Make Yourself

• HOLIDAY GAMES

  • 43 Christmas Party Games
  • AKidsHeart.com – Christmas games
  • Christmas Eve Games

• HOLIDAY SAFETY

  • Safety Rules for Candles – National Candle Association
  • WATER THAT TREE!!!

• MUSIC & SONG

  • Christmas Carols New and Old
  • Christmas Internet Radio Stations
  • Christmas Lyrics (secular X’mas songs)
  • Christmas Song Lyrics
  • Download.com (free x’mas MP3s)
  • Online X’mas Songbook
  • Songsofpraise.com
  • Soundclick.com (free x’mas MP3s)
  • x’masfun.com (xmas music)

• SIMPLIFYING CHRISTMAS

  • Homemade Eco-Gifts
  • Interview with author of “100 Dollar Holiday”
  • OrganizedChristmas.com
  • Suite 101: Simplify Christmas
  • Take on Christmas Commercialism with Comedy

• TRIM THE TREE!

  • Tree-decoration ideas
  • U-cut Christmas Trees: Washington State
  • WATER THAT TREE!!!

• VARIETY CHRISTMAS SITES

  • Christmas World
  • Everything Christmas
  • Merry-Christmas.com
  • Santa Land: Old-Fashioned Holiday Traditions
  • VirtualChristmas.com

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