CHRISTMAS GIFTS FROM THE LIBRARIAN INTERNET INDEX

This week's list of approved sites from the Librarian Internet Index includes several relating to the Christmas Holiday Season. These are really worth your time exploring.

THE CHRISTMAS STORY........This is an interactive site celebrating the Christmas season by using images of objects at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. The sacred texts are read by Phillippe de Montebello, director of the Museum. http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Christmas_Story/xmas_hmpg.html

SOLSTICE, SACAEA-SATURNALIA, YULE, AND TODAY ........ This site examines "the ancient origins of the winter holiday season" and how pagan and Christian celebrations have merged into Christmas traditions. http://www.candlegrove.com/

SEASON'S GREETINGS FROM WERNER DREWES ........ This is an exhibition of print greeting cards designed by painter and printmaker Werner Drewes (1899-1985). The 24 holiday greeting card images are from the Smithsonian Archives of American Art. http://www.aaa.si.edu/guides/exhibit-drewes/

HOLIDAY GIVING GUIDE ........This site provides tips for making decisions about donations. The data is from Charity Navigator, an organization that works to advance a more efficient and responsive philanthropic marketplace by evaluating the financial health of America's largest charities. http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/holiday.main.htm