Holiday Gift Giving Guide - This guide will give you some ideas to specials, hot new merchandise and other offers from some of the merchants in our shopping mall. I personally decided to beat the rush this year and already bought the toys needed from eToys.com, Parenthub.com's partnering toystore.

Billy Bear says... Merry Christmas! - Advent calendar, online games, Christmas cards, clip art and screen savers, letter from Santa, Christmas crafts, make a snowman and other fun stuff to do.

Santa's Favorites - Find Christmas and holiday food recipes from all around the world.

December Bookmarks - This is a neat page with links in alphabetical order with resources to anything from recipes to crafts and traditions, even holiday customs in other countries.

Email Santa - This year instead of doing the traditional letter to Santa, you can email it to him and he will send you a reply. And you can read emails sent to Santa last year by other kids, they are really cute. If you give him permission, he might publish your letter for others to read.

Santa Claus Village - Visit the toy workshop, play games in elf school, print elf diplomas, try funny holiday recipes, send email to Santa, track Santa in his sleigh on Christmas Eve and lots more. A fun site for kids to visit.

Christmas Activities and Games - Coloring pages, write to Santa, games and programs to download, online games and activities and more.

Celebrate with JOI - Hanukkah - Sections included on this site include: Blessings, History, Traditions and Activities.

Holidays on the Net - Well, whatever the holiday, this is the site to visit. For Christmas you can read the story of Christmas, the religious meaning of Christmas, the many faces of Santa, Holiday music, animated advent calendar and more.

VJ Presents Chanukah 98 - Here you can find the history, a "how to" guide, miracles, food & fun, a kids section and more.

Christmas Wishes - Learn how to say "Merry Christmas" in different languages from all over the world.

Sears Portrait Studio - Holiday portrait offer, letters from Santa, personalized childrens story, animated holiday greeting cards, win great toys for Christmas, coupons activities and more.

Toy Safety - Consumer Product Safety Commission Releases Toy Safety Tips for Holiday Shoppers. Take a look at their article.

A World Wide Christmas Calander - spend some time learning how other countries and cultures celebrate Christmas. This is an advent calendar and under each "gift" you will learn how different families all over the world celebrate Christmas.

Christmas Around The World - this is another good site for learning about how different countries and cultures celebrate Christmas.

Christmas with Readers Digest - here you can find recipes, stories, crafts, ideas for ornaments, send an email christmas card, shop online and have the chance to win $5000 etc.

Kwanzaa - for those of you celebrating Kwanzaa, this is the site for you. It is CNN's events site and they have links to history, traditions, recipes etc.

Kwanzaa Information Center - this has everything you need to know about Kwanzaa. It is a year-round site which will contain additional information meant to help strengthen families and communities.

Jewish Communication Network - recipes, history, stories etc. Also has links to other Jewish holidays.

Hanukkah Recipes - Hanukkah recipes but also for other Jewish holidays.

eToys - Buy toys for the holidays, gifts by age range, donate to kids in need, 20 gifts under $20 and much more. They also have software, movies, music and video games.