43 Free Beading Patterns for Christmas Jewelry

'Tis the Season of Seed Beads! These spirited seed bead patterns are the cutest way to show off your love of the Christmas season. From tiny beaded trees to smiling seed bead Santas, these patterns feature some of the merriest Christmas motifs.

You've been nice this year; go ahead and gift yourself a pair of each of these seed bead earring patterns!

Make some ornaments for your ears! Try out these these easy earring projects! These super simple Christmas bead patterns depict everything from cute candy canes to snuggly snowmen, so there's something to please every little elf here.

Some of these bead projects are even easy enough for kids to make, so get the whole family in on the festive fun with these easy earring patterns.

Have yourself a merry little beading session and try some of these beautiful beaded bracelet patterns this Christmas! If sporting snowmen and Santas isn’t your thing, these bead projects might be more your style.

They simply feature the colors of Christmas, so you can don your red and green without all the extra quirk and kitsch.

Show your Christmas spirit in a more sophisticated way with one of these elegant necklace designs. From warm red to peaceful silver, gold, and white, these pretty projects will bring the beauty of winter into your jewelry designs.

These Christmas bead patterns will help you create the perfect accessories for elegant holiday gatherings and dinner parties.

Many know Christmas as they holiday filled with presents, Santa Clause and snow. But the holiday is so much more than that and people have been celebrating Christmas since way back when. Here are 12 facts that you may not know about the holiday filled with Christmas cheer and joy.

1. The first recorded date of Christmas being celebrated on December 25th was in 336, during the time of the Roman Emperor Constantine.
2. Every year, 30-35 million real Christmas trees are sold in the United States.
3. Christmas was declared a federal holiday in the United States on June 26, 1870
4. The physical image of Santa Claus we have today was created at an 1804 meeting of the New York Historical Society.
5. Rudolph was almost named Rollo or Reginald.
6. “Silent Night” is the most recorded Christmas song in history, with over 700 different versions copyrighted since 1978.
7. Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is considered to be the most popular Christmas song now.
8. “Jingle Bells” was originally supposed to be a Thanksgiving song.
9. In order for Santa to visit all the homes on Christmas Eve, he would have to visit over 800 homes each second.
10. The letter X in Xmas is a Greek abbreviation for Christ.
11. The world's biggest snowman was 122 feet tall and was built in Maine.
12. Coca-Cola came up with the idea of Santa's red suit.