HOBO's First Christmas- Read the Story of Hobo's First Christmas. Hobo helps save Christmas from the Evil Claws. It is a tradition since 1996.  Maybe you have read the story - but the link is here because this page is now used by many as a Christmas Resource.  USE The Banner to link our site on your page!

The North Pole 's- Send Santa email and Feel the true spirit of Christmas by doing something good  for someone in need this Holiday Season.  This page will only take a few minutes to visit and you just might come away with a good feeling about people and the holidays! 
Happy Christmas.com - Christmas with a humorous twist. Share your Christmas catastrophes, the most useless gift you've ever received and more! Even send an electronic Christmas card!
The Christmas Pantry - History, stories, recipes, clip art, and more.

Build a Snowman online! - still one great place for fun

AND... some more DOG friends.... 
Daisy's Christmas Card - Hobo's beardie girlfreind if Japan

Tis the Season and  A Canine Christmas (from Francis) - Lots of good stuff and doggie related too!
Betty White's Christmas Page - very dog related - lots of dog Christmas Links too.
Tail Waggers DOGGIE CAROLS - Arf and woof along 

Heartfelt Impressions - Patty Burke -BEARDIE CHRISTMAS CARDS! Patty's has a bichon Max who's best friend is a Beardie Riley
Advent Calendar

Some more 
Bethany Roberts' Christmas Fun For Kids and the young at heart
How Christmas Works - The Complete Guide to Christmas Traditions!
CHRISTMAS.COM - The name says it all - special Thanks for Santa's Face on page 6 of story (modified for story) see credits- my friend for Santa's picture.
Christmas Games & Party Ideas For Kids, Family & Classroom 
Christmas in Virtual Finland Reindeer country.
Christmas 'Round the World  (Wide Web) 
Claus.com - (hopefully will be up for Christmas) are you naughtly or nice?
CVC Christmas Pages - created by a school, lots of neat links and music.
Homepage for the Holidays
Let There Be LIGHTS! - Car lights that is, for Christmas 
Santaland - traditional
Santa's Christmas Page - you can write Santa her as well, lots to do.
Santa Claus Live - Finland
Santa Live from the North Pole - 
Santa's Net
Santa's North Pole Party
Santa's Secret Village! (Northpole.com)
Santa's Workshop - In many languages 
SantaClaus.com - Santa has sure gone cyberspace!
Tracking Santa - just like it sounds 
Search for the Meaning of Chrismas looks at Christmas Traditions
Christmas on the Web

Comedy Bytes! Christmas Funnies
HAPPY CHRISTMAS

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - the whole thing on the net!
Christmas Stories.com
Dulce Domum, the Christmas chapter from The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame. 
The Christmas Page Best place to read all the Christmas Stories 
The Last Christmas Tree, an original Christmas story from dads.com 
The Gift of the Magi, by O.Henry. 

Selections from Good Stories for Great Holidays, by Frances Olcott Jenkins (1914) 

• Little Piccola, after Celia Thaxter 
• The Stranger Child: A Legend, by Count Franz Pocci [Translated] 
• The Christmas Rose: An Old Legend, by Lizzie Deas [Adapted] 
• The Wooden Shoes of Little Wolff, by François Coppée [Adapted] 
• The Pine Tree, by Hans Christian Andersen [Translated] 
• The Christmas Cuckoo, by Frances Browne [Adapted] 
• The Christmas Fairy of Strasburg: A German Folk-Tale, by J. Stirling Coyne [Adapted] 
• The Three Purses: A Legend, by William S. Walsh [Adapted] 
• The Thunder Oak: A Scandinavian Legend, Willaim S. Walsh and other sources 
• The Christmas Thorn of Glastonbury: A Legend of Ancient Britain, adapted from William of Malmesbury and other sources 
• The Three Kings of Cologne: A Legend of the Middle Ages, by John of Hildesheim; modernized by H.S. Morris [Adapted] 
• Why the Evergreen Trees Never Lose Their Leaves: An Old Legend, by Florence Holbrook 

Religious - Hobo's pages respect all religions and are maily for fun.  But we feel that some of you wish to see the following type of links:
All About Jesus Christmas Celebration
Christmas in Cyberspace

Christmas-Cookies.com
Christmas Recipes .com
Christmas Recipes 100s
Gingerbread House Instructions and Recipe
History of Gingerbread 
Santa's Favourite Recipes
Vegan Christmas or Yule - Many unique recipes

Toys and Gifts and Trees. etc.

4GiftGiving.com offers beautiful products to satisfy your Christmas and home decorating needs (including trees, wreaths, etc.)
Real Christmas Trees- from Captain Jack's Christmas Tree Farm 
Christmas Tree -- USA Where Real Christmas Trees Farms Are
Delong Farms - Trees, Midi Music (special) and a CONTEST
Maine Made Christmas - lots of nice ornaments, wreaths and centerpieces

Places you can send a online greeting
( check other link descriptions as well)

eCardia - special because they asked us for a link ! We appreciate being noticed. And they have nice cards too.

123Greetings
A w e s o m e  A n i m a t e d
A Free Greeting Card 
Blue Mountain - still one of the best
Care2.com
E-greetings 
Franciscan Cards  - even a beardie card here
Santa.com has an area for e-cards 
Send A Card - Offers a wide range of digital greeting cards. Multilingual. 
Virtual Presents

Best Graphics and Sounds for You

Backgrounds and Images can be found at Celeste's Holiday Graphic Collection, also images, buttons, lines, etc.. If you are interested in Holidays, make this a stop.
 

If You want lots of animated gifs try Dream Artists (also known as Wagontain), also lots of kid stuff

Christmas Clip Art - Links to a whole bunch of pages to help you decorate! 

www.YuleLoveIt.Com Over 2,000 FREE Christmas Files (Backgrounds, Midi's, Clipart, and Animated Gifs)