Celebrate the Savior
Unwrapping the beautiful gift of Jesus
and celebrating timeless traditions.
Enjoy this collection of Christmas activities to help your family celebrate the beauty of Jesus’ birth and learn about holiday traditions. Plus have fun creating your own keepsake Christmas carol book.
Merry Christmas
Happy New Year
with love from the Notgrass History family!
Christmas Carols
This collection of coloring pages is sure to put your family in the Christmas spirit. Filled with 14 traditional carols, your family can have fun coloring together and keep it for generations to come.
What a wonderful new tradition for your children—singing these praises in a book created by them.
Did you know that the original name of the song “Jingle Bells” was actually “One Horse Open Sleigh?”
Learn more about the history of this wildly popular
Christmas carol.
The last two lines of the song “O Little Town of Bethlehem” are some of the most profound words that have been written (outside of God’s Word, of course).
Learn why in this short read about this traditional Christmas carol.
Listen to “Once in Royal David's City” performed
by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge as part of the 2013 BBC broadcast of Carols from King's College.
As part of a NewsHour Christmas tradition, the military and the Defense Media Activity Agency provide a special holiday performance of military service personnel playing and singing the "Carol of the Bells."
Learn About Christmas
What do you know about Christmas lights? Did you know that the tradition of decorating private homes with Christmas lights goes back to 1917?
Learn more about this timeless tradition in this short lesson on the history of Christmas lights.
Each December Christians in many countries seek
to portray the beauty of that wonderful night
two thousand years ago when the Savior
of the world was born in Bethlehem.
Learn about this 800-year-old Christmas tradition in this short read with photos from around the world.
One of the traditions that is passed down through the generations is that of decorating homes with plants.
Learn about and see photos of some of the beautiful plants that are used to decorate during the Christmas season.
Devotions
We hope that these 10 Easy Family Devotions for Christmas will help your family learn more about God’s wonderful gift of Jesus as you praise God together.
Scavenger Hunt
It’s fun to drive around in the evening to see how others celebrate the season by decorating their houses in
Christmas lights and yard ornaments.
Why not hop in the car today and enjoy this fun drive-around scavenger hunt and see what you find.
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