Festivities

Hi to everybody"
We don't wear uniforms at school in Italy. We usually wear t-shirts and jeans or trousers. When it's cold we put on a pullower or a sweatshirt.
We'll send you a picture as soon as possible. We haven't got one at the moment so we have to take it first.
We celebrate Christmas in December so it's very cold in Turin and it sometimes snows a lot. we decorate our homes with Christmas trees and Cribs. The streets in our town are decorated too, there are a lot of lights everywhere. At Christmas we have lunch with all the family and stay altogether playing cards or Bingo. What do you do at Christmas? Do you decorate your homes and streets? Is it a religious festivity for you? We are Catholic so we celebrate Christ's birth.Christmas holidays are two weeks for us.
We eat a lot of delicious food at Christmas, every region has its specialities. We eat special cakes as Panettone or Pandoro. Do you eat or drink anything special on this day?
Labour holiday is on 1st May, only one day.
Carnival is celebrated in Italy with streets parades, people dress up in different way, thery wear funny masks and costumes. Do you celebrate it too?
Summer holidays are very long, almost three months, but we don't have any other long periods except for ten days at Easter. We also have two terms at school, but there's no holiday at the end of the first one.
What do you usually do in your free time? Do you have playstations at home? Do you listen to music? Which kind do you prefer? What about television? Which are your favourite TV programmes?
Hope hearing from you soon.
3F