Holidays

__**Holidays (Spanish)**__

__General__

 * [|Fiestas]
 * [|Mexonline] (Mexican holidays and fiestas)

__**Spain**__
 * [|Fiestas y Platos Principales] (Slideshare - 20 slides)

> __**Stories**__
 * __Navidad__**
 * __**Songs**__
 * [|Mi hombre de nieve]
 * [|Cascabel]
 * [|Cascabel con letra]
 * [|Mi burrito sabenero de Belén (con letra)] (Juanes; You Tube)
 * [|Campanas de Belén]
 * [|El Niño del Tambor (karaoke)]
 * [|Corre Caballito]
 * [|Rodolfo el reno de la nariz roja](Spanish with Spanish subtitles - You Tube video 2:28)
 * [|Rodolfo el reno (karaoke)]
 * [|Mix de canciones navideñas] (You Tube)
 * [|Villancicos]
 * [|Feliz Navidad (song with animation)]
 * [|Feliz Navidad]
 * [|Feliz Navidad] (You Tube - Spanish Together - :20)
 * [|Canta Con Nosotros] (You Tube - Disney: 8:57)
 * [|Las Posadas (Song with Words)] (You Tube: 3:52)
 * [|Versos Para Pedir Posada] (You Tube:5:18; with lyrics)
 * [|Posada Lyrics - Spanish and English]
 * [|Mi Burrito Sabanero]
 * [|Cascabel]
 * [|Los 12 días de Navidad]
 * [|Adornemos nuestras casas (Deck the Halls)]
 * [|Noche de paz]
 * [|Noche de paz (karaoke)]
 * [|Ven a mi casa esta Navidad]
 * [|Navidad - Sunnyearth Pinterest]
 * [|La Navidad]
 * ===__**Lesson Plans**__===
 * [|Kelly Anne Stahl Elementary Christmas Lesson Plan]
 * [|Celebrate La Posada in Mexico]
 * [|Navidad - lesson plans]
 * [|Muñeco de nieve (Part 1)] [|Part 2]
 * [|Cuento de Navidad - Disney] (You Tube - in Spanish - first third of the story 7:13), [|Part 2] (7:20), [|Part 3] (8:03)
 * [|El Niño del Tambor] (You Tube - 25:14)
 * [|Naciemiento de Jesús] (You Tube - 6:11)
 * [|Rudolfo el reno]
 * [|Legend of the Poinsettia] (You Tube)
 * [|Too Many Tamales] (You Tube)
 * __**Culture**__
 * [|El Nacimiento] (You Tube: 3:40)
 * [|Los nacimientos]
 * [|Poinsettia Facts and History]
 * [|Pastorela Mexicana del Carmen]
 * [|Mexican Christmas Traditions and Food]
 * [|Los Tamales Verdes]
 * [|Christmas in Mexico]
 * __**Crafts**__
 * __[|Nacimiento]__
 * __[|Piñata]__
 * __[|Luminaries] (Farolitos)__
 * __[|Luminaries (tin)]__
 * __[|Paper Bag Luminary]__
 * __[|Poinsettia]__
 * __[|Poinsettia Fan Template]__
 * __[|Crayola Poinsettia Crafts]__
 * __[|Poinsettia Ornament]__
 * __[|Abanico de la Flor de Nochebuena]__
 * __[|Posada Piñata Ornament]__
 * __**Computer Practices**__
 * [|Vocabulario-Complete the picture]
 * [|Vocabulario - Hangman]
 * [|Vocabulario - Quiz]
 * [|Twas the Night Before Christmas - Spanglish Poem]
 * [|Vocabulario - Matching with Music] (Learning Patio)
 * [|Christmas Vocabulary with Audio]
 * __**Videos**__
 * __[|Las Posadas]__
 * __[|Las Posadas y La Navidad]__
 * __[|Las posadas mexicanas]__
 * __[|What is a posada?] (You Tube)__
 * __[|How to Make Tamales] (You Tube0__
 * __**Food**__
 * [|Biscochitos]


 * __**(La Virgen de Guadalupe - December 12)** __
 * [|Virgin of Guadalupe - Amazing and Miraculous Image]
 * [|Juan Diego, Messenger of Guadalupe] (You Tube - great version for young children)
 * [|Juan D)iego, Messenger of God (part 2] (You Tube)
 * [|History of Our Lady of Guadalupe]

__**Easter** __
 * **Activities**
 * [|Easter counting]
 * [|Easter - plurals]

__**Independence Day**__ __**Cinco de mayo**__
 * **__[|Grito - Independence Day]__**
 * [|Cinco de mayo comic](Cinco de mayo comic with audio - from Ricardo Varguez's site - the Fluency Prof)
 * [|Cinco de Mayo Activities]
 * [|Cinco de Mayo lesson plans]
 * [|Cinco de Mayo websites]
 * **Videos**
 * [|Cinco de Mayo - Song] (You Tube - 4:49; for younger children)
 * [|Cinco de Mayo Revealed] (You Tube - 6:07; Describes the history and celebration of the Batalla de Puebla)
 * [|Cinco de mayo - History and Music] (You Tube - 7:20; Brief history and mariachi music explanation)
 * [|History of Cinco de Mayo] (You Tube - 29:48; David Hayes Bautista
 * [|Cinco de mayo] (You Tube - 9:26)
 * [|Mexican Hat Dance] (You Tube)
 * [|Mexican Hat Dance - Gr. 1 Performance] (You Tube)
 * [|Music - El Jarabe Tapatio] (You Tube - 2:31)

__**Día de los muertos**__
 * __Canciones__**
 * [|El baile de los esqueletos] (You Tube)
 * [|El twist de los esqueletos]
 * [|Canción de los esqueletos] (You Tube - Chumba la Cachumba)
 * [|La canción de las calaveras]
 * [|Animoto video] (36 seconds)
 * [|Día de los muertos (Educational Video)] (You Tube - 7:45)
 * [|Papel Picado (Tutorial - in Spanish)]
 * [|Papel Picado (Traditional - Using Chisels)] (Artist José Chavez)
 * [|Day of the Dead - Discovery]
 * [|Casa de Joanna]
 * [|Mi abuela no está]
 * [|9 Elementos de la ofrenda]
 * [|Quia Games] (Concentration)
 * [|The Day of the Dead] (Short video in English; You Tube; simple video explaining the ofrenda and this traditional Mexican celebration) Questions for the video: [|Questions for The Day of the Dead video]
 * [|Papel Picado - Skull Patterns] (Directions to make various paper skull creations)
 * [|Papel Picado - Origins] (Peabody Museum - You Tube:2:23)
 * [|Como hacer flores de papel] (You Tube directions in Spanish)
 * [|Discovery Atlas - Mexico and Day of Dead] (Patzcuero, Mexico)
 * [|Día de los muertos (In-flight video - mis cositas)] (In Spanish - You Tube - 4:16)
 * [|Calacas vestidas] (You Tube - 4:43; Comuicativa)
 * ¡Viva Calaca! (You Tube)
 * [|Día de los muertos - Educational Film] (You Tube - 7:45)

__**Corpus Christi**__
 * [|Corpus Chrisiti - Toledo] (4:49)

__**Halloween**__
 * [|Cinco Calabazas] (You Tube - Spanish Together - 1:14)
 * [|Los monstruos] (Bilingual Halloween song and vocabulary)
 * [|Ven Ven Frankenstein] (You Tube)
 * [|Tumbas, Tumbas, Tumbas]
 * [|La Bruja Loca] (You Tube)
 * [|Calabazas - Preschool] (You Tube - count pumpkins)
 * [|Halloween Vocabulary]
 * [|Formas para la calabaza] (Learn shapes by carving a pumpkin for Halloween)
 * [|Se hace de noche] (You Tube)
 * [|Baile de los esqueletos] (You Tube - 1:41)
 * [|Diez Fantasmitas Reading Comprehension Multiple Choice] (Quia)
 * [|La leyenda del espantapájaros] (High School - You Tube - 10:06)
 * [|Cri Cri - Las brujas] (You Tube animation)
 * [|Las brujas - Cloze Activity] (You Tube)
 * [|Ronda de las brujas] (You Tube)
 * [|La bruja del armario de escobas] (You Tube - 12:48)
 * [|La llorona] (You Tube - Joan Baez)
 * [|La llorona - Cloze Activity] (Google Docs)
 * [|Benito en Halloween] (Short story designed for student use)
 * [|Blog - Halloween in Spanish]

__**Thanksgiving**__
 * [|Yo Soy Un Pavo] (You Tube - Spanish Together - 1:12)
 * [|Te damos gracias]
 * [|Thanksgiving - Traditional Story] (You Tube)
 * [|Thanksgiving Song - Spanish and English] (You Tube)
 * [|Día de Acción de Gracias (Charlie Brown)] (You Tube - 12:17)
 * [|Thanksgiving on the Border of Mexico] (You Tube)
 * [|Buenos Días Nueva York - Rituales] (You Tube - 4:39; entrevista)

__**Valentine's Day**__
 * __[|Te quiero]__ (You Tube - Spanish Together - :31)
 * [|Valentine's Day in Spain]
 * [|Día de la amistad]
 * [|Día de San Valentín]

__**Winter**__
 * [|El muñeco de nieve] (You Tube - Spanish Together - :56)