About Jinglebell Junction

Hi, I'm Jinglebelle, and I'd like to thank you for stopping by! I really do appreciate the feedback and support I receive from the visitors of Jinglebell Junction! You guys have inspired me to keep the site going, and growing.

So, let me tell you how Jinglebell Junction came to be THE merriest Christmas site on the web...

In October of 1999 I started building a little site I called Jinglebell Juction over at Homestead for friends and family to share in the holiday spirit. I thought an interactive christmas site where we could share recipes, traditions and such, would be fun and maybe help bring family closer dispite the miles. The site included a chat room, a few crafts and family recipes, and a few printable coloring sheets and mazes.

Well, let's just say I didn't get as much response as I thought I would. Soon after, Homestead started charging their current customers for their free web-sites. So I moved the site over to Yahoo! GeoCities.
Seeing that Geocities had such a huge community, I decided to send out the link, I left it here and there, joined a few Christmas Yahoo groups, and a few webrings. I started adding things to the site, such as backgrounds, and clip art, as well as sending out a small newsletter. I realized that it didn't have to be my family enjoying the site, bringing cheer to anybody felt good. And it still does!

So the site remained over at GeoCities for several years until September of 2005, when Santa gave us an early Christmas gift... Our very own domain!

Later in August of 2006, the folks over at the Merry Network donated server space to Jinglebell Junction, and I can't thank them enough! In addition to the gift of server space, they had also given Jinglebell Junction access to Talk Christmas.com to use as our very own forum. We have since then acquired Talk Christmas as the official forums of Jinglebell Junction!

Special Thanks to Jeff Westover, who made it all possible.

What started out as just a small project has became my favorite hobby. Jinglebell Junction is not my job, it's my passion, I am purely in it for the joy it brings. I'm trying to give what can't be bought, a little thing called Christmas spirit!

I sure hope you enjoy your visit and I hope you'll come back often. From here the site will only get bigger and better!

Merry Christmas to all!
     ~Jinglebelle



* Special thanks to Chris over at The Avatar Creator for my custom avatar!!

Notice

This site features a collection of free download goodies for you to enjoy. These items have been collected over the last decade from various sources on the internet and catalogued here in a comprehensive festive site for you to enjoy.

All these items are either freeware, public domain, or redistributable so long as copyright notices are left intact. All these items are free for you to download at your own risk, and all are copyrighted to their respective owners.

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