The North Pole Dot Com (at http://www.the-north-pole.com) Combines Christmas Fun With Educational Interactivity

Toronto -- Canada's most popular Christmas Website developed November 22, 1996 specifically for children and their families is back for the 10th holiday season- bigger and better than ever. The North Pole dot com -- recently honored with Awards for Best Family Christmas Website of 1997 - 2005 -- offers an innovative and varied selection of Holiday-related information and activities. Designed to provide a colorful, entertaining and educational way for kids and their parents to participate in the Yuletide, The North Pole dot com is the end result of a good idea followed by allot of hard work.

"My motivation in developing the The North Pole dot com stemmed from my inability to locate a Christmas Website to explore with young children in 1996," says Brian Muntz, creative director of www.the-north-pole.com. "The concept grew from there- an online resource filled with family-oriented activities that would blend children's wonder in Christmas with their fascination for computers. The response has been phenomenal- millions of online visitors have accessed The North Pole dot com and the accolades from parents and children just keep pouring in!

Highlights of the Website include:

• The Christmas Songs Selection Page: One of The North Pole dot com's most popular destinations featuring all the holiday favorites, from Frosty the Snowman to Silent Night- over 45 holiday selections in total. All the classics contained on this Page include lyrics and music so that the whole family may sing along with their selections.

• Visit the North Pole Page: This page features interesting and educational facts about the North Pole. Visitors can play a guessing game of "who arrived first at the North Pole by conventional means. You'll be surprised at the answer according to Guinness Book of World Records!

• History of Santa Claus Page: Provides a complete history of how the image of Santa Claus has evolved over the centuries- an engaging and informative chronology of St. Nick's story through the ages. The site also features a variety of historical Santa images dating back to the early 1800's.

• email Santa Claus (Mail Page): This site was developed for those children (or adults) who wish to send a letter to Santa Claus at the North Pole. All email letters to Santa are personally answered by staff at the North Pole dot com. New features for 98 offer visitors the ability to peek into Santa's Mail Bag and automatically view some of the mail Santa gets in real time. Parents can also search Santa's Mail Bag using their children's email address to help assist Santa in making Christmas Wishes come true.

• Christmas Around the World Page: Visitors of all ages can choose from over 30 different countries and explore how children from those nations celebrate the holidays.

• Play games on The-North-Pole.com web site. Challenge your timing skills, your music knowledge and even history of the human adventures to the North Pole.

• A special link page for children sites that Santa approves!

• Christmas Crafts and Recipes Page: The Christmas handicrafts featured in this page are now being augmented by contributions from visitors around the world- a great opportunity for parents to discover and create unique decorations with their children while learning about international holiday traditions.

Contact information.

All media is welcomed to contact the author of this site through this link.
Author: Brian Muntz
10 Carr Drive
Ajax ON
L1T3E1