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! General Foreign Language Resources ! French Resources ! Christmas in French speaking countries !  Spanish Resources ! Christmas in Spanish speaking countries !

General Foreign Language Resources:

http://www.speakeasy.org/~dbrick/Hot/foreign.html

Foreign Language and Culture--links helping people to learn about different cultures.

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

Library of Congress- Country studies: series of online books which provide extensive information on all aspects of the country, its society, natural resources, economy, history, and international relationships. (As of fall 03- does not include France)

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

CIA World Factbook- information on the countries of the world   

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/

Lonely planet-- An online travel guide about most countries- has a tourist point of view. 

French Resources:

http://dictionaries.travlang.com/EnglishFrench/

English-French Online Dictionary

http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/ARTFL/

ARTFL Project- University of Chicago; source of encyclopedias, references collection, collaborative projects

http://www.paris.org/

Paris page- information on Paris, France.

http://www.lemonde.fr/

Le Monde- French newspaper (its in French)

http://www.parismatch.com/

Paris Match- French magazine

French  Christmas Sites

http://www.festivals.com

festivals.com- events from around the world.  basic information on festivals and celebrations.

http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/noel/angl/noel.htm

Christmas traditions in France and Canada

http://www.terrace.qld.edu.au/academic/lote/french/xmas5.htm

Noel en France- Christmas in  France

http://www.christmas.com/worldview/fr

Christmas .com- Christmas in France

Spanish Resources:

http://spanishculture.about.com/library/weekly/?once=true&

Spanish language page

http://dictionaries.travlang.com/EnglishSpanish/

English-Spanish Online Dictionary

http://www.studyspanish.com/freesite.htm

free Spanish tutorial

http://lanic.utexas.edu/

Latin American Network Information Center- University of Texas- Information on countries in Latin America

http://www.red2000.com/spain/culture-index.html

All about Spain- information on popular customs and culture

http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/muertos.html

Information on Mexico-Day of the Dead

http://www.sispain.org//

A broad-based information resource site about Spain and its people, sponsored by the Embassy of Spain in Ottawa, Canada. This is a very comprehensive and interesting site, quite valuable to the student of Spanish language

Christmas in Spanish Speaking Countries
 

http://www.festivals.com

festivals.com- events from around the world.  basic information on festivals and celebrations.

http://www.mexonline.com/xmas.htm

Mexico online-information on Christmas; information on other areas of Mexico

http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/feature/xmasindex.html

Mexico connect

http://www.nacnet.org/assunta/nacimnto.htm

Mexican traditions at Christmas

http://www.cyberspain.com/life/navidad.htm

http://www.californiamall.com/holidaytraditions/traditions-spain.htm

Christmas in Spain- Both sites above

http://www.christmas.com/

Christmas.com- homepage- search under Mexico, Caribbean, Brazil for information