Ah, Christmas. Tree, great food, a lot of free time, and - of course - presents! While Christmas is generally regarded as time you get to spend with your family, let's not kid ourselves - we're going to spend a good portion of that time online. We've gathered together a small taste of what's out there on the web to help you make this the merriest holiday season ever.
Cooking
AllRecipes.com Christmas Recipes - A large selection of traditional recipes, and even some for Christmas morning breakfast.
Christmas-Cookies.com - Just about every Christmas cookie recipe you can dream up is here. Give Santa some variety this year!
FoodNetwork.com Christmas Recipes - From Christmas brunch to a Vegetarian Christmas feast, they have it all.
JoyOfBaking.com Christmas Baking - A large selection of every type of Christmas baked good from Yule Logs to Tiramisu.
Decorating
AllFreeCrafts.com - A guide to many Christmas decorations you can make at home out of things such as egg cartons and wooden clothespins.
ChristmasLightsAndDecorations.com - Tips on choosing a tree, safe decorating tips, and even how to be green in your decorating.
HomeTips.com Guide to Christmas Lights - Coming from a home as a child where just hanging the Christmas lights took a month due to the quantity, I can attest to the fact that putting them up isn't as easy as it looks. This handy guide will help you do it the smart, and safe, way.
MarthaStewart.com Christmas Section - You can't get much more "homey" than Martha Stewart and her 5 gajillion decorating tips, and that, "is a good thing".
General
AllThingsChristmas.com - As the name implies, just about everything you can think of related to Christmas. Lyrics to carols, recipes, decorating tips, and more.
Amazing-Christmas-Ideas.com - Decorating tips, gift ideas, recipes and more.
Apples4TheTeacher.com Christmas Page - All sorts of activities for kids from party games, coloring pages, stories and more.
NORADSanta.org - Every year, NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) tracks Santa Claus as he makes his way around the world on Christmas Eve. This year they have teamed up with Google Maps for even more info on his location.
NorthPole.com - A kid-friendly site with lots of activities in Santa's Secret Village, such as sending Santa a letter. I'm asking for a pony!
Santa.com - For all things related to Santa, including dropping him a note to let him know what you want.
Wishlists
BoxedUp.com - Not only can you ask for things, you can tell people what you already have, lowering the risk of doublegifts even more.
GiftHat.com - Add items from any site, browse through what other's want, import your Amazon Wishlist.
GreedyMe.com - All the usual features of a universal wishlist, plus a badge to display on your blog or website so people can easily see what it is you want.
MetaWishlist.com - Go around the web collecting the things you want using their bookmarklet. Tag your items and browse through other's lists.
TheThingsIWant.com - A home for all of your gift wishes that allows you to add items from any website.
Wishood.com - Since the holidays are about more than getting gifts, go to this site and list the wishes you have for your life, and help grant other people's wishes.
Wishlistr.com - Add things you want from around the web, organize them, drop them in to templates that suit the theme, then share them even as an RSS feed.
WishTrends.com - A wishlist aggregator that lets you see what people are wishing for so you may get an idea of something to give to someone else.
Your-Wishlist.com - Add items to your wishlist, paste them in to your MySpace profile if you want, browse other's lists and comment on them.
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