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Christmas in Italy!!
By Kayla Nickerson and  Chanel Harris
Population of Italy
The population in Italy is
58,029,000 in 2006
The date’s Christmas is celebrated on.
The dates Christmas is celebrated on is December 25th.
Their main language and how they say merry Christmas
Their main language is Italian.
This is how they say merry Christmas in Italy Boun natale.
Did they have a tree?
Yes they did have a tree!!
 it is decorated with 3,000 ornaments that are the handiwork
Santa Claus in Italy
Santa  Claus  has a long fluffy beard , with a red and white suit , he wears glasses , he is big and jolly.
The important Christmas characters in Italy
The important characters is Joseph , Mary and Jesus because Jesus died on the cross for Christmas , and he brought Christmas together.
Traditional food in Italy.
The traditional foods in Italy are typical hand made pasta dishes include cingul,the local dish par excellence.This is short twirly pasta boiled and then served with a thick tasty tomate sause other varieties of pasta with same sause includelahan and aurecchir preut”-(priests ears in the local dialect.)
Some  unique things about  how Christmas it celebrated in Italy.
A person named La Befana  comes to everyone's house and fills the kids stockings. Most people start decorating on December 8th. Most people eat meatless dinners on christmas.
What good girls and boys get.
What bad boys and girls get.
Good boys and girls get toys and bad boys and girls get a lump of Cole and fruit to eat and get no candy or nothing like the good girls and boys.
Bibliography
Traditional food and map.http://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/europe/italy/ Ross , Corinne. Christmas in Italy . Illinois , USA :Passport Books , 1992. population and dates and main language and how they say merry christmas.http://www.slowtrav.com/blog/palma/Italy%20tree.jpg, picture of tree. http://cherryhill.injersey.com/files/2009/11/Santa-Claus1.jpg Santa picture. http://www.i-italy.org/files/image/vivente.jpg.  Important characters. http://goitaly.about.com/od/christmasinitaly/a/christmas.htm unique things.