Christmas Trees
The practice of tree decoration has been found in many ancient cultures. Often, trees were brought indoors and decorated to ensure a good crop for the coming year.The tradition of the modern Christmas...
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Christmas Cards
The very first Christmas card was made in 1843. Henry Cole had it designed, and printed 1000 of them. The cards were printed in black and white and then were coloured by hand. Cole sold them from a...
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The first Christmas Carols came from France. The singers would dance as they sang – the word ‘carol’ means a circling dance. Christmas carols have been sung in UK churches for 800 years. Cheerful...
View ArticleSanta Claus
The name ‘Santa Claus’ comes from Saint Nicholas who was Bishop of Myra, which is now in Turkey. There are no historical documents about him, so everything we know comes from old traditional stories....
View ArticleJoseph
This film is from the Relive Film series. Find more films from Relive at reliveresources.co.uk.Imagine being engaged to be married – you are excited and cannot wait for the wedding day to come around....
View ArticleThe Story of Christmas
In this fun film Gran tells Mark, her grandson, and all the children watching the story of the first Christmas. In doing so she answers the BIG questions: What is an angel? Were there really three wise...
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Samaritan’s Purse – Operation Christmas Child
Samaritan’s Purse founded by Bob Pierce an evangelist and journalist with Youth For Christ aims to help the world’s poor and marginalised. The charity’s vision is based on the teaching of Jesus in the...
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Christmas Quest – Take the Challenge
All the answers to the following questions can be found on the site.Take the challenge and then let us know how you got on…1. Who was the first person to design and print a Christmas card?2. Where was...
View ArticleJoseph
This film is from the Relive Film series. Find more films from Relive at reliveresources.co.uk. Imagine being engaged to be married – you are excited and cannot wait for the wedding day to come around....
View ArticleThe Story of Christmas
In this fun film Gran tells Mark, her grandson, and all the children watching the story of the first Christmas. In doing so she answers the BIG questions: What is an angel? Were there really three wise...
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Samaritan’s Purse – Operation Christmas Child
Samaritan’s Purse founded by Bob Pierce an evangelist and journalist with Youth For Christ aims to help the world’s poor and marginalised. The charity’s vision is based on the teaching of Jesus in...
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Christmas Quest – Take the Challenge
All the answers to the following questions can be found on the site. Take the challenge and then let us know how you got on… 1. Who was the first person to design and print a Christmas card? 2. Where...
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