Cyber
Santa
By Yoshinori Okada
On-line Forty-Niner
Christmas
is right around the corner — colorful decorations
brighten the shopping malls and radio stations
play standard tunes like “Jingle Bells”
and “We Wish you a Merry Christmas” day
by day.
Those who have no plan or are fed up with
routine family and friend get-togethers
may have a chance to make it full of joy
and excitement by exploring the Web.
Families with young children would find
claus.com interesting. The North Pole Village
in this Web site offers fun things to do
for both children and parents. Parents can
sing original Christmas songs along with
their children, play games that teach children
Christmas traditions, and find funny snack
recipes in Mrs. Claus’ kitchen such as a
Santa Face bagel and a White Christ-mouse
boiled-egg.
Santa’s Workshop has a list of menus that
families can share for a wonderful time,
too. Among them are links to Christmas games:
Christmas Checkers, Santa Train Slide Puzzle
and Christmas Tic Tac Toe, to name a few.
Tips to pick a perfect Christmas tree and
take outstanding photos could also be helpful.
Those who have had a trouble answering simple,
trivial questions about Christmas may find
HowStuffWorks.com
worth checking out. Answers for the questions
such as “Why is mistletoe hanging over the
front door?” and “Why do people give each
other presents on Christmas Day?” can be
found at this site.
Mothers thinking of making refined handcrafts
for Christmas should visit santa.com, which
helps create ornaments that accentuate the
special day. An original graceful wreath
for the front door to welcome special guests
and fine candlehold-ers spicing up the dining
table are nice.
The site also is equipped with live holiday
Web cams through which one can see what
is going on around the world, such as in
New York and Paris. The site also contains
a variety of activity information and gift-shopping
services.
Setting aside the question of whether Santa
Clause actually exists, he is no doubt at
the other end of the line to get back to
messages through e-mail. At EmailSanta.com,
Santa Clause is waiting for messages at
the North Pole. Children can send their
wishes and messages to Santa Clause, or
ask Santa to send his greeting to someone
else.
Our wish for a wonderful Christmas season
never changes even though the time has changed.
The internet, an up-to-date technical innovation,
has made our lives more convenient and interesting
and the online services can make our Christmas
an even merrier one.
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