Christmas links

Track Santa (via N.O.R.A.D.)

Getting Real - All you need to know about buying and tending a natural Christmas tree, from The Boston Globe.

Christmas Tree History - Celebrating the Christmas tree's colorful history, from The Boston Globe.

Wikipedia entry on Christmas Trees - Lots of information from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Links from the Boston Globes top Christmas web sites of 1999!

How Christmas Works (how stuffworks.com/christmas.htm) - Answers the pressing questions of the season. Who is this Santa Claus person? What is it about these fruitcakes? Why are there oversize socks on your mantel?

Planet Christmas (planetchristmas.com) - Dedicated to a home in Franklin, Tenn., that has 143,268 miniature lights, 6.4 miles of wire, and 540 computer-controlled lights.

Reindeer Liberation Front (www.penddraig.co.uk/rlf) - Home of freedom fighters dedicated to the liberation of reindeer from the oppressive yoke of Santa Claus.

Yes, Virgina, There Is a Santa Claus (barricksinsurance.com/virginia.html) - Text of the famous 1897 editorial from The New York Sun, written by veteran editor Francis P. Church, replying to 8-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon. Church's answer still holds.