The Christmas festival in Italy celebrate three weeks and begins 8 days before Christmas, as the Novena is known. During this period, children go from house to house speakers Christmas poems and gesang. In some parts, the shepherds musical instruments in the villages get to play and sing Christmas songs. In the week before Christmas children of the house to house, dressed as shepherds, pipes playing, singing Christmas and recite poems. They are the money, gifts to buy. A strict festival is 24 hours before Christmas Eve and will be monitored by a celebration meal followed by a light of Milan and chocolate cake
panettone . Presents and empty boxes, from the urn of fate - happy drawn bath, which is always a gift per person. By dusk, candles to the family crib illuminated, as the Presepio is known, said prayers, and children recite poems. At noon on Christmas Day, the pope's blessing the crowds in the Vatican very large square covered. In Italy, the children wait until revelation, 6 January, to their gifts. According to tradition, the gifts from a friendly ugly witch, which Befana on a Stick Broom matter. It was said that the three kings declared that the baby Jesus was born, she was busy and delayed the baby to visit. They failed the star lost its way and has since flown around and left itself in every house with children, if he is there. It pushes down chimneys and fills stockings and shoes with good things for good children and it is said sheet coal for children who are not so good. |
