Christmas traditions in Italy by Martina Toso https://padlet.com/martina_toso/aral6fo95wqv Class 3A - Marano Vicentino (Vicenza) en-us 2019-12-16 16:33:23 UTC 2023-02-23 20:06:28 UTC hello@padlet.com Nativity scene martina_toso https://padlet.com/martina_toso/aral6fo95wqv/wish/424607366
Nativity Scene has figures that represent child Jesus, his mother, Mary and  Joseph. A larger  scene includes the Holy Family, angels, the Magi, the ox and the donkey, and some shepherds, villagers, servants, and others.]]> 2019-12-16 16:33:23 UTC https://padlet.com/martina_toso/aral6fo95wqv/wish/424607366 "PANDORO" martina_toso https://padlet.com/martina_toso/aral6fo95wqv/wish/424607369 The Pandoro is a typical Italian dessert bread only for Christmas. It is a typical Veronese product. It is often served with icing sugar. The name comes from "pan d'oro" or golden bread. Sweet breads were reserved for nobility. Breads enriched with eggs, butter, and sugar or honey were served in the palaces and were known as royal bread or golden bread. It's made with flour, sugar, eggs and butter.]]> 2019-12-16 16:33:23 UTC https://padlet.com/martina_toso/aral6fo95wqv/wish/424607369 Santa claus martina_toso https://padlet.com/martina_toso/aral6fo95wqv/wish/424607373 He is a legendary figure originating in Christian culture who is said to bring gifts to the home.He has a white beard and he wears a red coat , red trousers, black boots and a bag full of gifts for children. ]]> 2019-12-16 16:33:23 UTC https://padlet.com/martina_toso/aral6fo95wqv/wish/424607373 Christmas Advent Wreath martina_toso https://padlet.com/martina_toso/aral6fo95wqv/wish/424607378 The Advent wreath, or Advent crown, is a Christian tradition that symbolizes the passage of the four weeks of Advent in the liturgical calendar of the Western church. 
It is usually a horizontal evergreen wreath with four candles, sometimes with a fifth, white candle in the center. Every Sunday of Advent a candle is lit. Many Advent wreaths have a fifth, Christ candle which is lit at Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.
]]> 2019-12-16 16:33:23 UTC https://padlet.com/martina_toso/aral6fo95wqv/wish/424607378 The "mandorlato" martina_toso https://padlet.com/martina_toso/aral6fo95wqv/wish/424607385 The mandorlato is a typical Cologna Veneta's recipe. It's made of almonds, honey, sugar and eggs.The mandorlato goes back to the first years of  '900.

]]> 2019-12-16 16:33:23 UTC https://padlet.com/martina_toso/aral6fo95wqv/wish/424607385 THE "CHRISTMAS TREE" martina_toso https://padlet.com/martina_toso/aral6fo95wqv/wish/424607386
The Christmas tree is a typical  tree during  Christmas and  we put in the christmas  tree, little wood horses, Christmas lights ( many small lights), many colored bow and on the top of the tree we put a star]]> 2019-12-16 16:33:23 UTC https://padlet.com/martina_toso/aral6fo95wqv/wish/424607386 THE LETTERS FOR CHRISTMAS martina_toso https://padlet.com/martina_toso/aral6fo95wqv/wish/424607388 Every year in the Christmas season almost all children write a letter for Santa Claus where they list what they would like to receive at Christmas.]]> 2019-12-16 16:33:23 UTC https://padlet.com/martina_toso/aral6fo95wqv/wish/424607388 Christmas Mass martina_toso https://padlet.com/martina_toso/aral6fo95wqv/wish/424607400 Christmas  Mass is a tradition for Italian believers families. They can go on the eve or the next day's morning.]]> 2019-12-16 16:33:23 UTC https://padlet.com/martina_toso/aral6fo95wqv/wish/424607400 Advent Calendar martina_toso https://padlet.com/martina_toso/aral6fo95wqv/wish/424607434 An Advent calendar is a special calendar used to count the days before Christmas. Many Advent calendars often begin on December 1. The Advent calendar was first used by German Lutherans in the 19th and 20th centuries.]]> 2019-12-16 16:33:23 UTC https://padlet.com/martina_toso/aral6fo95wqv/wish/424607434 Panettone martina_toso https://padlet.com/martina_toso/aral6fo95wqv/wish/424607437 Panettone was born in Milan. The word "panettone" derives from the Italian word "panetto", a small loaf cake. The Italian suffix "-one" changes the meaning to "large cake". 
Its origins are ancient , dating back to the Rman Empire when ancient Romans sweetened a type of  cake with honey.
 The first association of panettone with Christmas can be found in the Italian writings of 18th century.
It' s made with raisins or candied, a lot of butter and eggs.
We eat it in the Advent and at Christmas time.

]]> 2019-12-16 16:33:23 UTC https://padlet.com/martina_toso/aral6fo95wqv/wish/424607437 HOLY FAMILY martina_toso https://padlet.com/martina_toso/aral6fo95wqv/wish/424607447 The Holy Family consists of the Child Jesus, the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph. Veneration of the Holy Family was formally begun in the 17th century.
The Feast of the Holy Family is a liturgical celebration in the Catholic Church in honor of Jesus, his mother, and his legal father, Saint Joseph, as a family. 
]]> 2019-12-16 16:33:23 UTC https://padlet.com/martina_toso/aral6fo95wqv/wish/424607447 ITALIAN CHRISTMAS MARKETS martina_toso https://padlet.com/martina_toso/aral6fo95wqv/wish/424607448 Bolzano's Christmas markets have German origins and initially they were known as Saint Nicholas' markets, but now they're called Advent's markets.]]> 2019-12-16 16:33:23 UTC https://padlet.com/martina_toso/aral6fo95wqv/wish/424607448