Father Christmas

Christmas Mass

Christmas Eve Dinner consists of "lean" dishes made with vegetables, dry vegetables and fish. Originally it was a meal that was meant as a penitence.
A typical Christmas Eve Dinner in Pesaro:
Fish soup or dried Fish
Pasta and chick Beans
Boiled Cabbage.

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Popular tradition believes that a very big log should be put into the fire and should last from Christmas Eve through till New Year's Eve.
The heat and red of the log symbolises loves and prosperity.
The log that burns symbolises the old year that finishes and the New Year that is beginning

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We decorated the Christmas tree in our neighbourhood with recycled material (plastic glasses, plates and cutlery).
The colours we used are Red and White, the colours of our city, Pesaro.

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"On Christmas Eve I'm in my bed waiting for Father Christmas with one eye open . When Father Christmas arrives, I'm already asleep but I imagine him like this: he puts on a tall red hat with a white "pon pon" and he's got a long curly beard. His face is ruddy, his eyes are nice.
He's kind and generous with children but if they're naughty, no presents. I try to be a good girl and so he always brings me nice presents".

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During the Holiday Season it is an old tradition to donate Mistletoe.
It is often dipped in gold or silver paint and it is given as a symbol of good wishes.

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The Crib is the Christian tradition of celebrating Christmas in every home . It is the scenic reconstruction of the birth of Jesus. Saint Francis of Assisi was the first Christian in 1223 to represent the birth of Jesus in a Cave in the village of Greggio .

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"The midnight Christmas Mass remembers us the Jesus Christ's birth.
Every year I attend Mass with my family and we sing together beautiful Christmas carols".

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