Written by Agostina of Pane, burro e marmellata!.

In Italy, Christmas time begins in the first week of December, when you can see all the shops with a new look, the streets are more enlightens and, above all, the people have got a more happy and kind mind.

On the 8th of December, the Immaculate’s Day, we make the Presepe (crèche, in english) - that represent the night that Jesus born in Bethlehem - and then it can be a miniature with the Holy Family, an ox, a little donkey, the Angel, the Comet and the Magi or it can be also a big representation with a country of papier – mache or cork, a little lake with a fountain, the shepherds with their little sheeps, some typical characters (as, for example, fishermans, an old woman that spins the wool, musicians, angels, etc.) - and / or the Christmas Three.

All the month until the 6th January, there are poor people that go house to house, piping Christmas songs and ask for a charity.

Christmas is a great moment for all…