Holiday related sites

Groundhog Day

Easter: Its Origins and Meanings: This site contains interesting information concerning the origion of this celebration. Find out how pagan and Judeo-Christian traditions combined to give us the contemporary Easter holiday.
Eggs-otic Easter: This site contains links to a variety of Easter-related sites on the net. It also contains Easter recipes and a history of the holiday.

Kosher Express Kitchen: The title speaks for itself.
Story of Passover: The story of the first Passover.
Uncle Eli's Passover Haggadah: One of the more popular Haggadah's on the net.

Earth Day Network Resource Archive: Find out about Earth Day activities and the history of this day.

America's Birthday: This site contains an audio file of the national anthem, a message from the Vice President and fireworks safety tips.

Booville: A tourist guide to Citylink's ghostly city.
Harry's Haunted House of Horrors: Links to a variety of Halloween related sites.
Haunted America: This site provides links to commercial haunted attractions in all 50 U.S. states. It also contains ghost stories (sorted by state) and a variety of other Halloween related material.
Haunted Homepage: Here you can find an interactive online Halloween game, pumpkin carving stencils, online Halloween cards, spooky sounds, and Halloween safety tips.
Phantom Haunts: This page contains information concerning Richard Senate, a person who has built a career chasing ghosts. Ghost photos are available on this page.
Spooky World: Spooky World, a horror theme park located in Foxboro MA, offers a wide variety of Halloween related items and activities. They even have coffins for sale....
Sympatico Halloween page: This site contains links to a variety of Halloween sites.
Virtual Jack-O-Lantern: This site allows you to carve your own 3D virtual pumpkin and examine it from various angles. A VRML viewer is required (this is included in Netscape 3.0).

Day of the Dead: No, this is not a tribute to Jerry Garcia. Find out about this old Mexican holiday celebrated on November 2.

First Thanksgiving Proclamation: The first Thanksgiving Proclamation issued by the governing council of Charlestown, MA on June 20, 1676.
Native American Resources: An extensive set of links to cultural, social, and historical resources concerning Native Americans.
Walking [Virtual] Tour of Plimoth Plantation and Hobbamock's homesite: Pictures and descriptions of the historic site.

Chanukah: This site contains information about the history of Chanukah as well as a virtual dreidel.
Project Genesis: This site contains an online menorah and discussion of the weekly Torah reading.

Christmas Carol: The text from the classic Dicken's story.
Dear Santa: Fill out a form and let Santa know whether you were naughty or nice.
Christmas Traditions from Around the World: Find out how the rest of the world celebrates Christmas. This site also contains descriptions of other seasonal holidays such as Ta Chiu and Yule.
The Grinch Net: Scenes, text, and music from the Dr. Seuss classic: How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
North-Pole Net: Send email letters to Santa (and receive an immediate response).
Santa Claus.Com: One of Santa Claus' many sites. This one includes a Santa FAQ.
Santa's Domain: Visit Santa Claus on the web at another one of his many sites.
Santa's Workshop: Holiday traditions, the origions of Santa Claus, and a Santa Claus FAQ may be found here.
Susie's World: This page contains an extensive collection of lyrics to Christmas songs and information about Christmas traditions around the world.

Kwanzaa Information Center: This site provides a description, history, and symbols of this African-American holiday.

Happy New Year from Aristotle: Here you may post your own New Year's resolution and read those of others.

Send cards over the web: Send an electronic postcard or greeting card.
World Wide Birthday Web: Find out who was born on your birthday. You can also add your name to the list if you want to get email from strangers on your birthday.

Please send any comments, suggestions, or questions to John Kane at kane@oswego.edu.