Here's a fun site full of Christmas freebies: All Things Christmas. It'll be the first thing I go to in the morning (after I check my email, of course), and I can't wait to sit and read through it while drinking my coffee laced with Peppermint Mocha Coffee Mate creamer. You know, Coffee Mate should really pay me for that endorsement. Maybe I'll just let them have it as a freebie...this time!

Enjoy the site!

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PS: Okay, I have to tell you -- I couldn't wait until morning and just went back to the site. I'm cringing a little. I still think it's a fun site with lots to see and do, but take a look at what I've copied from the home page. They got at least one little detail wrong. First one to leave a comment and tell me what it is wins! No, you don't win anything...just the privilege of being first.

Christmas Facts

Every year more than 400 million people celebrate Xmas around the world -- that makes Xmas one of the world’s biggest religious and commercial festivities. In approximately year 300 A.D., the birthday of Jesus was determined to be on December 25, the day that has been celebrated from then till this very day. The celebration on the 25th of December starts with Christmas Eve, the evening of December 24.

The religious festival is originally a blend of pagan customs. The Romans held a festival on December 25 called Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, i.e. "the birthday of the unconquered sun." Pagan Scandinavia celebrated a winter festival called Yule, held in late December to early January. However, it is uncertain exactly why December 25 became associated with the birth of Jesus since the Old Testament doesn’t mention a specific date of the event.

Did you find it? Let me know. Quiz your kids on this one, too! (And does "Xmas" bug you as much as it bugs me?)