Showing posts with label free christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label free christmas. Show all posts

Monday, December 5, 2011

Elf Yourself is back!



It's back! The popular free Elf Yourself from OfficeMax is up and running for Christmas 2011. This fun little creation by JibJab allows you to upload photos to create a dancing elf or elves. You can create up to 5 elves this year for a group video. Select from 9 dances for your elf to perform: 80's, Hip Hop, Disco, Classic, Country & more. You can also choose singing elves this year.

Once you've made your selections, you can download the Elf Yourself creation, email it to people, post it to Facebook or other sites. You can also purchase products with your Elf Yourself image on them, such as mugs, greeting cards, playing cards etc.

So have some free Christmas fun and "Elf" yourself, your friends, your pets - whatever you want. Hurry, this year's Elf Yourself ends 1/15/2012.

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Track Santa with NORAD's Santa Tracker

Track Santa's journey across the globe. Have some free Christmas fun using the official NORAD Santa Tracker . You can watch videos, track Santa using Google Earth, get educated on Santa facts and find out about NORAD.

This Christmas eve, join NORAD to track Santa's flight from your phone. On December 24th, open Google Maps for mobile and do a search for "Santa" to see his latest location.

You can also get updates by becoming a fan of NORAD Santa on facebook or follow NORAD Santa on Twitter.

While you're waiting for Santa's flight to begin, head on over to Santa's Village for fun games and activities.

Have fun! Happy Holidays - Cheap Cindy


photo: brokenarts, sxc.hu

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Free iTunes Holiday Sampler

Download the Free iTunes Holiday Sampler which includes 20 songs from various music artists such as Amy Grant, David Archuleta, Sarah McLachlan, Manheim Steamroller, Rascal Flatts, and more.
Here are the songs included in the Holiday Sampler:

O Come All Ye Faithful - Amy Grant
The First Noel - David
Archuleta
Silent Night - Sarah
McLachlan
Carol of the Bells/Jingle Bells - Barry
Manilow
It Snowed - Meaghan Smith
Above the Northern Lights -
Manheim Steamroller
Baby It's Cold Outside - Lady Antebellum
We Three Kings - Toby Keith
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Rascal
Flatts
Silent Night -
Wynonna
12 Days of Christmas -
Mexicani Marimba Band
We Wish You a Merry Christmas -
Weezer
A Snowflake Fell (and It Felt Like a Kiss) -
Glasvegas
Another Christmas Song - Stephen Colbert
Greensleeves - Vince
Guaraldi
Dream a Dream - Charlotte Church
The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act 2: Character Dances - Kirov Orchestra & Valery
Gergiev
Angels We Have Heard on High - Aretha Franklin
O Holy Night -
Musiq Soulchild
Auld Lang Syne - The Lonesome Travelers

You must have iTunes installed to download the free Holiday Music Sampler. You can install it for free if needed.

Read my other articles: How to Get Free iTunes and Free Christmas Music Downloads
for more information and sources.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Free Christmas Sheet Music


This time of year many people are in search of free Christmas sheet music for the piano, guitar and other instruments. There are many sources for free Christmas sheet music that can be found online. The sheet music may be offered free for many reasons, including expired copyrights - which places the music in the public domain, artists who share their music free of charge, websites that are able to offer free sheet music because of advertising support, distribution under the terms of free art, creative commons licenses and various other reasons.

Here are a few popular online sources that offer all types of free sheet music, including free Christmas sheet music:

  • IMSLP/The Petrucci Music Library: This virtual library contains public domain and composer shared music scores. You can search by composer, instrument genre or you can try the search feature and enter keywords such as Christmas to locate the type of sheet music you're looking for.
  • The Mutopia Project: Offers sheet music editions of classical music for free download. These are based on editions in the public domain, and include works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Handel, Mozart, and many others. All of the music on Mutopia may be freely downloaded, printed, copied, distributed, modified, performed and recorded. Browse the site or use the Advanced Search feature to look for Christmas sheet music.
  • Free-Scores.com: Has nearly 16,000 pieces of music available to download. You can search by instrument or try using the search area to find free sheet music by the song title, etc. A general search for Christmas brings up several results.
  • G Major Music Theory: This website offers free sheet music for piano, guitar and sing alongs. Selections are also organized by Christmas and Hanukkah music.
  • Capotastomusic.com: Download a variety of free Christmas sheet music and stay informed by reading the blog.
  • Words & Music: A site offering free popular piano sheet music arranged by the webmaster so that it creates an artistic interpretation of the song. The Popular Sheet Music selections include several well known artists and songs. The site also has a plethora of Links to Other Free Music Sheets.
  • Cipoo.net: Scores published on this site are distributed under the terms of the Free Art License. The main page currently features several free Christmas sheet music options.
  • Musicnotes.com: Offers a variety of free digital sheet music. Installation of the free Musicnotes software is required in order to download the music. Each month, Musicnotes offers one song for free download from their catalog of nearly 110,000 sheet music titles. It is common for free Christmas sheet music selections to be offered this time of year.
  • Making Music Fun: Has a fabulous selection of free sheet music for Christmas or anytime. This fun website is great for kids and music students; it offers free printable music worksheets and much more. Thanks goes to The Piano Student for recommending this site! The Piano Student is also a great free music resource that you will love - check it out!
Most of the free Christmas sheet music is available to download and print in PDF format. Some sites allow you preview the songs by listening to them in MP3 format. Be sure to follow the rules and regulations for using the free sheet music.


photo: josterix, sxc.hu

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Free Personalized Video Message from Santa

Give a Free Personalized Video Message from Santa this Christmas, with the Portable North Pole communication console by UgroupMedia. You can personalize the message by supplying the name of the recipient, whether they've been naughty or nice, uploading their photo etc. These video messages are especially fun for kids to receive but you can send them to anyone you wish.

Plug-in Flash 9 is required to view the video message. It can be downloaded for free on the site if needed.

You can share the completed personalized video message from Santa by email, post it to facebook and more.

Santa is pretty busy, so the site can be slow at times.



photo: brokenarts, sxc.hu

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Free Christmas Music Downloads

Enjoy the following Free Christmas Music Downloads:

Amazon.com 25 Days of Free Every day through Christmas, a new holiday song will be available to download free for a limited time. The free song today is Joy To The World by Casting Crowns. Check back daily to see new free Christmas music downloads from Amazon. Other free Christmas music downloads currently offered by Amazon include: X5 Free Classical Sampler Classical Christmas , O'Carolan's/Welcome Christmas, Christmas Tree by Lady GaGa and Pat A Pan by Mannheim Steamroller.


Free Holiday Music Downloads from Oprah.com (hurry, ends today, December 1, at 11 p.m. CT), download Andrea Bocelli's and Mary J. Blige's duet on "What Child Is This" and Sugarland's "Silent Night" for free.


Free Christmas Music Downloads on Last.fm from a wide variety of music artists.


Free and Legal Holiday Music Downloads from Feels Like Christmas: Contemporary and traditional free holiday music MP3s available in instrumental and vocal forms, mostly from independent artists.



photo: dvehwt, sxc.hu

Monday, November 16, 2009

Christmas TV Schedule for 2009


Are you wondering when your favorite Christmas show is going to be on TV this year? Well check out the Christmas TV Schedule for 2009 from Chiff.com. This huge list of Christmas specials, movies and more tells the date, time and television station each Christmas show will be aired. (Times are Eastern, so plan accordingly.) The Christmas TV Schedule for 2009 includes Christmas programming scheduled to air from now until December 25, 2009 on several different television networks.


Some of the networks have Christmas movies and specials available to watch online for free, such as The Hallmark Channel's Full Length Christmas Movies and online movies from ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas .


I
Enjoy! Cheap Cindy



photo: deboer, sxc.hu

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Elf Yourself 2009

It's back! The popular free Elf Yourself from OfficeMax is up and running for Christmas 2009. This fun little creation by JibJab allows you to upload a photo to create a dancing elf. You can create up to 5 elves. Select from 4 dances for your elf to perform: Hip Hop, Disco, Classic or Country. You can also choose singing elves this year.

Once you've made your selections, you can download the Elf Yourself creation, email it to people, post it to your facebook, MySpace or other sites. You can also purchase products with your Elf Yourself image on them, such as mugs, greeting cards, playing cards etc.

So have some free fun and "Elf" yourself, your friends, your pets - whatever you want.

Here is my Elf Yourself creation.



photo: LeoSynapse, sxc.hu

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Listen To Free Christmas Music Online


Here's another list I've compiled of over 100 sources for listening to free Christmas and Holiday music online.
How to Listen To Christmas Music Online For Free - Over 100 Sources