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Christmas Songs, Rhymes and Poems from Around the World

December 18th, 2010

Illustration of St. Nick

It’s Christmas all around the world!

Here are links to Christmas carols, rhymes, poems, crafts and recipes from across the globe.

•Most Popular Christmas Cookies by State in the USA

•Christmas in Japan

•Christmas Eve and Day in France

•The Christmas Season in France

•French Canadian Tradition: La fête des rois

•Drive The Cold Winter Away Carol

•Photo of Creative Manger in France

•Recording of Silent Night in English and German

•Recipe for Brigadeiro - Brazilian Truffles

•Recipe for Orehovki - Bulgarian Walnut Cookies

•Recipe for Egyptian Kahk Cookies

•Recipe for Papitas de leche - Venezuelan Holiday Dessert for Kids

•Recipe for Indonesian Nastar Cookies

•What The Pine Trees Said - A Poem with an MP3 Recording

•Recipe for Mazapán de Toledo - Christmas Cookies from Spain

•Kastengels - Cheese Cookies from Indonesia

•Indonesian Holiday Cookies

•Christmas Recipes around the World (Mostly Dessert)

•Christmas Carols around The World

•Can Anyone Help with a Ukrainian Poem about Christmas?

•Recipe for Quick Panettone

•Recipe for Panettone (Italian Holiday Bread)

•Recipe for Yule Log Cake with Custard

•Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

•Recipe for German Christmas Cookies Called Zimtsterne

•French Christmas Cookie Recipe from Alsace for Anis Bredele (Anise Cookies)

•Recipe for Mexican Christmas Cookies - Polvorones de almendra

•Fun Renditions of Christmas Carols

•Breaking Piñatas for Las Posadas in Mexico (+ a Piñata Song)

•How to Make Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Chocolate Chip Cookies

•A Gingerbread Man Poem in German with an English Translation and a Recording

•A Recipe for Gingerbread Man Cookies that Kids Love!

•Deck the Halls - Originally Contained a Warning about Spending too Much Money for the Holidays

•Gatatumba, tumba, tumba - A Spanish Christmas Carol

•Origami Holiday Tree

•Weihnachten - A German Christmas Poem with a Recording

•Christmas Countdown - Paris Flash Mob Sings Hallelujah!

•Countdown to Christmas - 150+ Christmas Carols from Around the World

•Going Door-to-Door for Money or Treats from Halloween to New Year's Day

•Do You Know What Sugarplums Are?

•NASA Finds 20–30% Increase in Lights on Earth during Holidays

•Take a Musical Trip to See How 6 Countries Celebrate Christmas

•14 New Christmas Carols from Around the World

•Christmas Songs of the Philippines

•The Gingerbread House Tradition & Hansel and Gretel

•Mama Lisa's World - Christmas Carols Around the World App

•Pettole and St Cecilia's Day in Italy

•Gluten Free Sugar Cookies (with Dye-free Icing)

•How Do People Really Tip at the End of the Year?

•How to Make Cinnamon Ornaments or Gift Toppers

•Tipping in France for the Holidays

•Tipping for Christmas and New Years in the US and UK

•Boxing Day in the UK

•Gingerbread Houses & The Story of Hansel and Gretel

•How To Make Italian Anise Cookies

•Recipe for "Fancy Fruit" - A French Christmas Confectionary

•Recipe for French Chocolate Truffles for Christmas

•Anisette Gumdrops for Adults

•Recipe for Gumdrops Made with Natural Juice

•Little Snowflake – A Christmas Poem

•Advent – A German Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke

•Portuguese Christmas Song

•200 Year Old Family Recipe for Manicotti

•Recipe for Red Velvet Cake with Beets

•At the End of the Feast–A Song for the End of Xmas with an mp3

•Does Anyone Know a Swedish Song about Santa Having a Cold at Christmastime?

•The Coventry Carol

•Greek Holiday Cookies - Kourabiedes Recipe

•Mistletoe – A Poem with Recording

•Is There a Santa Claus?

•Italian Food in Italy and Italian American Food (and Traditions) for the Holidays

•Musical Jingle Sticks You Can Make

•Santa Claus Poem (He Comes in the Night) with MP3 Recording

•The First Noel Carol with Lyrics and Video

•Does Anyone Know What Songs are Sung in Colombia for Christmas?

•Who Brings Gifts for Christmas in Italy

•Up on the Housetop – A Christmas Song with Video

•The Gift of the Magi with Illustrations and an MP3 Recording

•Finger Plays, Rhymes and Songs about Santa's Reindeer

•The Advent Candle

•Santa's Chimney - A Finger Play for Kids

•How to Make a Homemade Advent Calendar

•Advent Calendars – Plus How They Make Them at Home in France

•Krampus: A Scary Creature who Travels with St. Nick in Alpine Cultures

•Our New Ebook called Mama Lisa's Christmas Around The World is out for the Kindle!

•Healthier Recipe for Sugar Cookies Version 2

•Basic Icing for Sugar Cookies - Recipe

•The stockings were hung...

•Listen to Christmas Music

•Our Tree Looks Like The Grinch

•Candy Cane Reindeer

•What Do You Give Santa on Christmas Eve?

•A British Parody of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

•A Christmas Carol from Provence: My Leg Hurts (La cambo me fai mau)

•The Mouse and the Christmas Cake

•Manhattan's Magical in December

•Christmas Trees Everywhere!

•A Christmas Song from Scotland - Who's That Up the Chimney?

•Gift Ideas for People who Love to Cook

•Recipe for Gluten-free Sweet Potato Pie

•Noche de paz - Silent Night in Spanish with an MP3 Recording

•Listen to It Was the Night Before Christmas...

•Peruvian Carols

•Holiday Traditions, Giftgiving and Superstitions in the UK

•Italian Carol: Tu scendi dalle stelle with Andrea Bocelli Video

•French Christmas Song with MP3 Recording

•A Romanian Carol with a Translation, a Video and a Request for Help!

•Red Reindeer Photo from Japan

•Plum Pudding - An Ancient Christmas Carol with Recipes

•Multicultural School Festival with Food and Crafts

•Kids Remind Us Why We Go Through All This Craziness for the Holidays...

•Christmas Shopping: The more things change, the more they stay the same!

•Christmas Bells by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with an MP3 and YouTube Video

•Hang Up the Baby's Stocking - A Poem with an MP3 Recording

•The Boar's Head Carol with an MP3

•Dona nobis pacem - Give Us Peace - A Carol with an MP3

•little tree - a poem by e.e. cummings with an mp3 recording

•Christmas and Eid'l Fitr in Indonesia

•The Ancient Tradition of Caroling in Greece plus a Greek Christmas Carol

•Recipe for Cranberry Wine Sauce

•Homemade Cranberry Sauce Recipe

•French and Occitan Christmas Carol Links

•Christmas in Thailand and a New Thai Version of Jingle Bells

•A Spanish Christmas Carol called Ay del chiquirritín - Oh, The Poor, Little Baby Boy

•A Cupcake Christmas Tree

•Peruvian Christmas Carol - Ya viene el Niñito

•Barbershop Quartet recording of "Stille Nacht!" - "Silent Night" in German

•A Rock Video about Christmas in Japan

•It's Lovely Weather for a Sleigh Ride Together - Jazz Animation

•Willie Take Your Little Drum - An English Christmas Carol with YouTube Renditions

•Patapan - The French Christmas Carol with a YouTube Video

•Good King Wenceslas - A Carol with a Video - Come Hear it Performed!

•Does Anyone Know a Tagalog Christmas Song?

•Trying to find a Christmas Hymn with the line, "Beneath the olive shadows"

•Does Anyone Know of a Script for a Las Posadas Play for Christmastime?

•Merry Christmas!

•Does Anyone Know of Hand Gestures That Go with the 12 Days of Christmas?

•Does Anyone Know "All Around the World at Christmas Time"?

•Tu scendi dalle stelle (You Come Down from the Stars) - An Italian Christmas Carol with 2 Videos & a Score

•The Elf Waltz - More about the Tomtar from Sweden

•Tomtar are Like Gnomes and They're an Important Part of Christmas in Sweden

•Another Version of the German Carol Leise rieselt der Schnee - The Snow Quietly Falls

•A German Christmas Song called Leise rieselt der Schnee - Softly Falls Each Snowflake

•The Puerto Rican Christmas Carol "Yo soy Vicentillo" - Come see the video!

•"Silent Night" - A Christmas Song that's Popular around the World

•Can Anyone Help with the Lyrics to a Norwegian Christmas Song called "Christmas Bells"?

•Does Anyone Know about a Song Called Pancho Claus?

•The Spanish Christmas Song Fum, fum, fum! Come see the video!

•The Thirteen Desserts of Christmas - Les Treize Desserts de Noël

•Christmas Nursery Song

•But Give Me Holly, Bold and Jolly!

•Spanish Christmas Carol Fum, Fum, Fum with English Translation

•Occitan Christmas Custom

•Recipe for Pebernodder Cookies plus a Kids Game called Mouse

•"Past Three O'clock" - A Christmas Carol

•Christmas in Colombia is Like a Big Block Party

•My Daughter, My Mother and I Met Santa Walking Around Sears Yesterday!

•Recipe for Lower Fat Eggnog (Cooked first to render eggs safe)

•My Mother's Delicious Eggnog Recipe

•"Gaspar, Melchior and Balthasar" (The Three Wise Men) - A Christmas Song in Spanish with an mp3 recording

•"Wassail Carol" also known as "Gloucestershire Wassail" with an MP3 Recording

•Jingling Christmas - An Occitan Carol with an MP3 Recording

•Italian Christmas Song "Tu scendi dalle stelle" - "You Come Down from the Stars"

•"Campanita del lugar" - "Little Town Bell" - A Spanish Christmas Song

•A Catalan Christmas Carol called "Fum fum fum - A vint-i-cinq de desembre" (On the 25th of December)

•"Huachi torito" (Giddy-up, Little Bull) from North Argentina with an MP3 Recording

•"Hallelujah Chorus" Lyrics and MP3 Recording

•A Little Christmas Poem

•A Spanish Christmas Carol from Bolivia - "HUACHI TORITO" (Giddy-up Little Bull)

•"Kriss Kringle" a Poem about Santa Claus

•Some Nursery Rhymes about December, Wintertime and Christmas

•We Wish You a Merry Christmas

•Clap for Santa Claus - A Fingerplay Rhyme for Christmas

•"Patapan", a Christmas Carol from Burgundy, France (in French, Burgundian and English) with an MP3 Recording

•Christmas Songs in France

•'Twas the Night Before Christmas

•New Zealand's "Twelve Days of Christmas - A Pukeko in a Ponga Tree "

•Good King Wenceslas - A Carol

•The Gnomes' Christmas Night - An old Swedish Christmas song called "Tomtarnas Julnatt"

•The Scottish Song "The Thirteen Days of Yule"

•The Australian Version of "Jingle Bells"

•"O Tannenbaum - O Christmas Tree" in German, English and French with a midi and an mp3

•"Jest 'fore Christmas" a Poem by Eugene Field

•Feliz Navidad

•"Jingle Bells" Lyrics and Piano MP3

•The Australian "Twelve Days of Christmas"

•The Twelve Days of Christmas

•Recipe for Cranberry Salsa Appetizer
Great for the Holidays or Any Occasion!

Feel free to share your favorite Christmas recipe, song or rhyme with us by emailing me or commenting below.

Merry Christmas!

Mama Lisa

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