The coloring pictures are in easy-to-print PDF files. Instructions: Click on a picture below. Then print it. See tips below. Tips for accurate PDF printing: For Adobe Reader 7.0 In the Adobe Print dialog box, check these boxes: For Adobe Reader 8.0 If you are having trouble printing, try clicking on "Advanced" then "Print as Image." For older versions In the Adobe Print dialog box, make sure the boxes for Shrink oversized pages to paper size and Expand small pages to paper size are NOT checked. (In some versions the option is Page Scaling: NONE, click to find Fit to pages and Shrink large pages.) • If you're having trouble downloading the file, right-click on the image below and choose "Save target as..." to save it. Then open the PDF with Adobe Reader (free from Adobe's website) and print it following the above tips. More Pictures To use the Online Coloring Book as printed coloring pictures: 1) Select a picture 2) Click "Print" without filling in any color

Pictures 1,3,7,8,14,15 are designed by B.A. Kissinger* | Copyright © 2002 St. Nicholas Center
May be printed for use with non-profit groups making art and craft projects. For all other uses, please request permission from info@stnicholascenter.org

Pictures 4 & 5 are from Festausschuss St. Nikolaus, St. Nikolaus im Warndt, Germany. Used by permission.

Picture 10 is by Carolyn Stitch, Holland Visitors & Convention Bureau, published by the Holland Sentinel, Holland, Michigan. Used by permission of the artist.

Picture 12 is an illustration by Benjamin C. Boulter, a schoolmaster, for the Parish Paper of St. Silas the Martyr Parish Church, Kentish Town, London, UK. Used by permission.

Picture 6 is by John Matusiak, The Icon book, Department of Christian Education, Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese. Used by permission.

Pictures 2 and 11 are from "Twas the Month Before Christmas: A Coloring and Family Activity Book Copyight © 1999 by Martha King. Reproduced with permission by Morehouse Publishing, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. This book has crafts, coloring pictures, and activities to help children understand and celebrate Advent. Purchase from amazon.com, amazon.ca or amazon.uk.

Picture 16 is from "Faith Keepers Combo: 110 Printable Holy Cards on CDCopyight © 2007 by Brenda & George Nippert. Reproduced with permission by Nippert & Co. Artworks, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. 110 holy cards, mostly saints, also including Stations of the Cross and a few others. Each design in full color and as a line drawing to be colored. May also be printed as small posters. Purchase from Nippert & Co. Artworks.

Picture 17 is posted with permission of Loyola Press. Please visit Loyola Press for more faith-nurturing resources. The illustration is also availble as a mini-poster with more information.

*Barbara Kissinger has a new book, Christmas Past, Pelican Publishing, 2005. Richly illustrated with more than two hundred images from her extensive collection of Christmas memorabilia, the text gives Christmas celebration history and customs from around the world. Purchase from amazon.com, amazon.ca or amazon.uk.

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