1. Italian Christmas traditions

2. Italian Christmas Holiday
Dear Maria
It’s Crhistmas time. I hope that Christmas holidays are very nice. For Christmas in Italy we make many decorations:Christmas tree and lights. My brother and I decorate the Christmas tree in our garden with little colorate balls and many lights. Outside the door my mum and I hang up a garland. My family is catholic then we make the crib and at midnight we go to church for the mass. Now I’ll tell you about some Christmas cakes: “Panettone” “Pandoro” “Struffoli”. My favourite cake is “Struffoli” that I prepare with my mum and my grandmother. This cake comes from Naples. At Christmas lunch we eat lasagna, meat with potatoes etc. After lunch we play cards and tombola. I love Christmas holiday. I hope you’ll tell me about your Christmas holidays.
Love Alessia 2c
Italian Christmas Holiday

3. Italian Christmas Holiday
Dear Carmen, I’m writing you, because I want to tell you about the traditions of Italy, during Christmas celebrations. Here, we decorate the Christmas’ tree and set the crib, where the baby Jesus remains under a veil, until 24 th of December at 12 P.M.
At that same time Santa Claus brings presents for the little children.
On Christmas’ Eve we don’t eat meat, but cheese or fish.
At midnight we go to the Holy Mass. From Christmas to Epiphany, we eat the typical Christmas cakes: panettone, pandoro, panpepato and torrone These are the most beautiful and longest holidays during the school year At New Year’s Eve party we eat pork with lentils.
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4. Italian Christmas Holiday.
We dance, we play tombola, we have a very good time with our friends and if it is possible, with our family too During these holidays in “Navona” square in Rome there is a very old tradition about Epiphany, “Befana” an old but good woman who brings toys to children.
All the square is full of stalls with every kind of sweets, toys, and presents.
It’s very nice walking through these coloured stalls full of light!!

5. ITALIAN CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
Dear Lisa, Christmas day in Italy is on the 25th December, and it is a very important day. Each family makes a very big and long dinner, we usually eat lamb and for dessert “PANETTONE” and “PANDORO” . The symbol of Christmas is Santa Claus. He lives in the North Pole, enters houses trough the chimney and he puts presents under the Christmas tree. Exchanging presents is important, too. My Christmas day is special because I have a large magic family, with many children. In Anguillara, my nice town, there is an old tradition: making a crib inside the water of the lake. There is also some charming music played by the Anguillara band, a big procession trough the town and sometimes the living crib. Anguillara people play the role of the Nativity characters.
Love from Elisa II C

6. Italian Christmas Holiday
Dear Emma, I want to tell you something about Anguillara’s Christmas traditions. We usually make Christmas tree and crib on 8th of December. But we put Jesus in the crib on 24th of December at midnight when father Christmas arrives for the children. Father Christmas arrives with presents. Before opening the presents, my family and I go to church. For Dinner we don’t eat meat, only fish!!! In my family after dinner, every child plays a poem, learnt at school. After midnight my family and I play cards, “ Giorno di Paga”, “Visual Game” and Bingo and we go to bed at six in the morning!! It’s very fun!! These are our traditions…
I hope you’ll like them.
Love from, Lisa II c

7. ITALIAN CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
Dear Flora ,
last year I spent a good Christmas and I would tell you some of our traditions: one is the decoration of the Christmas tree. All the Christmas presents are placed under the Christmas tree and they are unwrapped on December 25th, in the morning. Close to the Christmas tree there is the crib; the cradle of the holy Infant is empty until December 24th in the evening. We usually spend the Christmas with our relatives and we eat sweets and special cakes as “Panettone”and “Pandoro”. We usually spend the Christmas day playing cards and tombola, as well. Children wait for Santa Claus and adults know that Christmas day is an occasion to stay together and live in harmony. These are the Italian traditions about Chrismas.
Yours Maria Chiara IIC