Holiday Fun

Holiday Fun in December!

Holiday Toy/Gift Guide

Holiday Fun

Check out our Holiday Event Highlights (Photos with Santa, Breakfast with Santa & more!). For all holiday event listings check out our holiday/seasonal event calendar
Winter Fun - printable coloring pages, craft projects & more for the winter, Christmas & Hanukkah on Nick Jr's website
Sandy's NJ.com blog with holiday event listings in NJ
Great holiday books to read this year - Kwanzaa, Hanukkah & Christmas - read the review; other suggested books here; all seasonal/holiday books, check here
ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas - every night the TV station airs a holiday show; the website also has holiday fun and contests
Disney Family - free printables and other holiday activities plus Disney Movie Rewards members can get free Christmas and Hanukkah activity ideas
Education.com - free holiday crafts and activities including Christmas crafts and Hanukkah ideas; also winter fun

Holiday Polls

Real or Fake Christmas tree? Take our poll.
What is your favorite holiday TV cartoon? Tell us.

Helping Others This Holiday Season

Justin Charity Bear Fund has reached the 1,000 bear goal this year but they'll keep making bears as long as there are funds
Other charitbable organizations helping kids in need
NJ Operation Toy Train - on Dec 12 & 13 for Toys for Tots; specifics on which train stops will collect toys (2 pages)
Santa America - Santa America is a national volunteer service organization with a very special mission. More than 100 Santas across America visit children and families in crisis 12 months out of the year.
Salvation Army Angel Giving Tree - you can donate online through JC Penney or go to the Bridgewater Commons Mall and pick a tag to fulfill someone's wish this holiday season

Holiday Fun Outside NJ

New York City Holiday Guide - MommyPoppins.com has a great itinerary for those venturing into NYC for some holiday fun, including the department store displays
Philadelphia Holiday Guide - GoPhila.com has listings of light displays and holiday events
Koziar's Christmas Village - in Bernville, PA (northwest of Reading); huge, award-winning outdoor display

Santa, Santa, Santa!

NORAD Tracks Santa! - track Santa's flight Christmas Eve, play games and learn about the big guy in red
Santa Email Message - get a FREE video message from Santa tailored to each child (optional upgrades for small fee)
Another place to email Santa & get his reply as well as other fun Santa stuff
US Postal Service's Operation Letters to Santa where kids can write and mail
Online letter to Santa; just fill out the fields
The North Pole - send your email to Santa, Christmas carols & Santa games
Mail your letter to Santa at Macy's and the store contributes $1 for each letter received (up to $1 million) to the Make-A-Wish Foundation

Holiday Shopping

ParenthoodNJ's Holiday Gift Guide 2010
Shopping, shopping, shopping! - go here for some holiday deals
Check out our list of NJ's specialty stores

Holiday Lights

Take the Tacky Light Tour - just enter a zip code to find light displays in the area and many are rated so you'll know if it's worth the trip
Homes for the Holidays - pictures of popular home light displays in NJ from MyCentralJersey.com
Lightpatch - only a few listed in New Jersey but also NY, PA and other states have more displays listed
Christmas City (Flemington) - a private home with a lot of lights!