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<title><![CDATA[Tensione e paura alla messa di Natale Donna spinge a terra Benedetto XVI Corriere della Sera]]></title>
<link>http://finalntasy.wordpress.com/2009/12/25/tensione-e-paura-alla-messa-di-natale-donna-spinge-a-terra-benedetto-xvi-corriere-della-sera/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>finalntasy</dc:creator>
<guid>http://finalntasy.wordpress.com/2009/12/25/tensione-e-paura-alla-messa-di-natale-donna-spinge-a-terra-benedetto-xvi-corriere-della-sera/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ROMA &#8211; Confusione e paura prima dell&#8217;inizio della messa di Natale: una donna svizzera, n]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>ROMA &#8211; Confusione e paura prima dell&#8217;inizio della messa di Natale: una donna svizzera, nella Basilica di San Pietro, durante la processione, ha scavalcato le transenne e ha tentato di avvicinare Benedetto XVI .</p>
<p>CARDINALE ETCHEGARAY RICOVERATO &#8211; Alla fine della messa, la Rai ripropone le immagini della diretta, che fanno subito il giro del mondo, e chiariscono l&#8217;accaduto: si vede il Papa unirsi alla processione dei cardinali e dei concelebranti, poi una donna vestita di rosso che salta le transenne e gli si getta addosso.</p>
<p>«RINUNCIAMO ALLA VIOLENZA» &#8211; «Rinunciamo alla violenza, e usiamo solo le armi della verità e dell&#8217;amore» ha poi detto Papa Benedetto XVI durante la messa della notte di Natale a San Pietro, invitando a «guardare Dio», e ad imparare da lui «la bontà» e «l&#8217;umiltà», «vera grandezza».</p>
<p>Al centro del colonnato berniniano, il presepe si estende su una superficie di 300 metri quadri con un fronte di 25 metri; al centro la grotta con la Natività, posta ai margini della città; ai lati i simboli cristiani dell&#8217;acqua e del fuoco; e poi intorno scene ambientate in luoghi di pescatori e di pastori.</p>
<p>	 Source: <a href="http://www.corriere.it/cronache/09_dicembre_24/papa-natale_d1566196-f0c8-11de-8d60-00144f02aabe.shtml">Continue reading »</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Amore-Papa 1-0]]></title>
<link>http://ilnuovomondodigalatea.wordpress.com/2009/12/25/amore-papa-1-0/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ilmondodigalatea</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ilnuovomondodigalatea.wordpress.com/2009/12/25/amore-papa-1-0/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Il Papa buttato a terra da una fan entusiasta. L&#8217;amore vince sempre, ma può far danni anche co]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;">Il Papa buttato a terra da una fan entusiasta.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;">L&#8217;amore vince sempre, ma può far danni anche così.</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Buone Feste]]></title>
<link>http://pegappp.wordpress.com/2009/12/25/buon-natale/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pegappp</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Christmas candle - © Copyright 2008 Pega Meno male è arrivato. Che dire oggi se non Buon Natale ? Pa]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 510px"><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3227/3121549836_c53d28458f.jpg"><img class=" " src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3227/3121549836_c53d28458f.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Christmas candle - © Copyright 2008 Pega</p></div>
<p>Meno male è arrivato.<br />
Che dire oggi se non Buon Natale ?</p>
<p>Passa una bella giornata tra auguri, regali , parenti o quello che comunque questa ricorrenza ti riserva.<br />
Probabilmente, se sei un lettore di questo blog e quindi forse un appassionato di fotografia, potrebbe capitarti di fare qualche scatto. Approfittane per dei ritratti, avrai probabilmente l&#8217;opportunità di fare foto in famiglia. Quale occasione è migliore del Natale per invitare le persone a farsi fotografare ?</p>
<p>Buon divertimento e BUON NATALE.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Adeste Fideles]]></title>
<link>http://nemocap.wordpress.com/2009/12/25/adeste-fideles/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Captain NEMO</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Oggi, oggi, oggi&#8230;è Dies Natalis! &#39;Natività&#39; - Ghirlandaio, 1485 Sin da bambino questa ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Natale: Delucidazioni]]></title>
<link>http://neovitruvian.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/natale-delucidazioni/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>neovitruvian</dc:creator>
<guid>http://neovitruvian.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/natale-delucidazioni/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[LA NASCITA IL 25 DICEMBRE Il 24 dicembre, la stella dell&#8217;est Sirio (la più luminosa del cielo)]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>LA NASCITA IL 25 DICEMBRE</p>
<p>Il 24 dicembre, la stella dell&#8217;est Sirio (la più luminosa del cielo) si allinea con le 3 stelle più brillanti della Cintura di Orione. Queste 3 stelle sono chiamante fin dai tempi più antichi i &#8220;Tre re&#8221; (ma guarda un po&#8217;.. magari anche Gaspare, Melchiorre e Baldassarre??). I Tre re assieme a Sirio, il 25 dicembre si allineano esattamente con il punto in cui sorge il sole: i &#8220;Tre re&#8221; seguono la &#8220;stella dell&#8217;est&#8221; per trovare la &#8220;nascita del sole&#8221; (l&#8217;alba). Anticamente il calendario cominciava nella costellazione della Vergine, per questo &#8220;il sole nasce da una vergine&#8221;. Una cosa curiosa è che il simbolo antico della Vergine è , una M modificata e guarda caso la vergine madre di Gesù si chiamava Maria e la vergine madre di Horus si chiamava Iside Meri, ma anche Mirra la vergine madre di Adone e Maya la vergine madre di Buddha&#8230; tutti nomi che iniziano per M! Ma c&#8217;è ancora qualcosa di più curioso. La costellazione Virgo è da sempre chiamata &#8220;Casa del Pane&#8221; (infatti la Vergine è rappresentata da una donna che porta un covone di grano). A sua volta Betlehm si traduce dall&#8217;ebraico letteralmente come &#8220;Casa del Pane&#8221;!! Infatti l&#8217;originario nome dell&#8217;attuale Betlehm era &#8220;Ephrata&#8221; (fertilità) e anche nella Bibbia spesso viene chiamata Betlehm-Ephrata. C&#8217;è un antico oracolo del profeta Michea che recita: &#8220;E tu, Bet-Lehm di Ephrata, così piccola per essere fra i capoluoghi di Giuda, da te mi uscirà colui che deve essere il dominatore in Israele&#8221;. Questa profezia viene citata con grande soddisfazione dai credenti e dai teologi perché è stata scritta 700 anni prima della nascita di Gesù Cristo ed è abbastanza chiara come dichiarazione, lascia poco spazio a fraintendimenti. Ma una volta saputi questi retroscena antichissimi di carattere mitologico/astrologico sembra chiaro come questa straordinaria e azzeccata profezia non sia altro che l&#8217;ennesima riproduzione di una storia già raccontata in passato per altre divinità legate al culto del sole e quindi nate nella &#8220;Casa del Pane&#8221; (cioè la costellazione Virgo).  Poi c&#8217;è un altro fenomeno molto interessante che si verifica nei giorni fra il solstizio d&#8217;inverno (21/22 dicembre) e il 25 dicembre&#8230;</p>
<p>LA MORTE SULLA CROCE E LA RESURREZIONE DOPO 3 GIORNI</p>
<p>Dal solstizio d&#8217;estate al solstizio d&#8217;inverno, i giorni diventano più corti e freddi e il sole si muove (sempre apparentemente ovviamente) verso sud e diventa più piccolo e più debole. L&#8217;avvicinarsi al solstizio d&#8217;inverno per gli antichi voleva dire la fine dei raccolti e simboleggiava un processo di morte: la morte del Sole! E il giorno del solstizio d&#8217;inverno la morte del sole si realizza completamente. Infatti il sole, in quel giorno, raggiunge il punto più basso nel cielo.  La cosa curiosa è che il sole per 3 giorni smette di muoversi verso sud (tengo sempre a precisare &#8220;apparentemente&#8221;). Durante questa pausa di 3 giorni, il sole rimane in prossimità della Croce del Sud: la costellazione &#8220;Crux&#8221;. Dopo questi 3 giorni, il 25 dicembre appunto, il sole torna a muoversi di 1° verso nord facendo presagire giorni più lunghi, calore e primavera. E questo fu detto: &#8220;Il Sole è morto sulla Croce, dopo 3 giorni è risorto di nuovo portando la salvezza!&#8221;. Gli antichi però celebravano la rinascita del sole solo all&#8217;equinozio di primavera (guarda caso nel periodo di Pasqua, ma guarda un po&#8217; che caso!!). Questo perché a partire dall&#8217;equinozio di primavera, il sole ufficialmente superava la forza maligna dell&#8217;oscurità, infatti il giorno da quel momento diventa più lungo della notte e le condizioni rivitalizzanti della primavera emergono.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" title="Santa claus" src="http://www.polesine.com/pagine/images/santa-claus.jpg" alt="" width="375" height="357" />Ecco il vostro natale</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Christmas!]]></title>
<link>http://coolositable.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/christmas/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>anch</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Dear reader, we just wanted to wish you a crappy Christmas and a lousy New Year. We hope that you ai]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[In uno degli angoli (Natale e gli U2)]]></title>
<link>http://lapoesiaelospirito.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/in-uno-degli-angoli-bono-u2/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fabrizio centofanti</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lapoesiaelospirito.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/in-uno-degli-angoli-bono-u2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[da qui Beato l&#8217;uomo che non segue il consiglio degli empi, e non indugia sulla via dei peccato]]></description>
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<p>da <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjdyOY3rCjs">qui</a></p>
<p><em>Beato l&#8217;uomo che non segue il consiglio degli empi, e non indugia sulla via dei peccatori</em>. Se si trova la <a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2009/10/sezioni/spettacoli_e_cultura/u2-youtube/u2-bibbia/u2-bibbia.html?ref=hpspr1">nota</a> giusta, la sintonia con la lunghezza d&#8217;onda di Dio, pare si provi una strana sensazione, qualcosa di simile a ciò che avvertirono i pastori in una notte incomprensibile, in cui rimasero abbagliati dalla scena più normale che si possa immaginare: la madre col bambino, in uno degli angoli oscuri della terra.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Questo Natale regalatevi un sogno....]]></title>
<link>http://livingverona.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/questo-natale-regalatevi-un-sogno/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>livingverona</dc:creator>
<guid>http://livingverona.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/questo-natale-regalatevi-un-sogno/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Non avete ancora visto le luci natalizie di Verona?? La città più romantica d&#8217;Italia in questo]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Non avete ancora visto le luci natalizie di Verona?? La città più romantica d&#8217;Italia in questo mese si veste a festa per accogliere i suoi ospiti nel suo caloroso abbraccio&#8230; Mercatini, spettacoli natalizi, pattinaggio sul ghiaccio&#8230; Molte sono le attrazioni che Verona vi offre per le vostre festività&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" style="margin:10px;" title="Hotel Verona" src="http://media.athesiseditrice.it/media/2009/12/125838_138451_medium.jpg" alt="Hotel Verona" /></p>
<p>Verona vi invita a trascorrere le vostre festività <strong>nel cuore della città</strong>: proprio in centro si trova infatti un&#8217; esclusiva residenza alberghiera, situata nel cortile reso celebre dalla tragedia shakespeariana di <strong>Romeo e Giulietta</strong>…</p>
<p>A pochi passi dal famoso balcone dal quale i due giovani si giurarono eterno amore si trova infatti l’esclusivo <em><strong><a title="Hotel Verona" href="http://www.sognodigiulietta.it/index.cfm?lang=it" target="_blank">Relais de Charme – Sogno di Giulietta</a></strong></em>.</p>
<p>L’esclusiva residenza dispone di camere sontuosamente arredate affacciate sul tanto sospirato balcone e sull’elegante Via Cappello del centro storico di Verona. Tutte le camere del <em><strong><a title="Hotel Verona" href="http://www.sognodigiulietta.it/index.cfm?lang=it" target="_blank">Relais de Charme</a> </strong></em>sono ricamente arredate con mobili antichi, tendaggi preziosi, oggetti d’arte, impianti tecnologici d’avanguardia, postazione internet-TV e wireless. Le stanze da bagno di ogni camera sono corredate di ricco set di cortesia e vasca idromassaggio <strong>Jacuzzi</strong>. La <strong>colazione in camera</strong> infine coronerà il vostro indimenticabile soggiorno nella città.</p>
<p>E per Capodanno il <em><strong><a title="Hotel Verona" href="http://www.sognodigiulietta.it/index.cfm?lang=it" target="_blank">Relais de Charme – Sogno di Giulietta</a></strong></em> vi stupirà con le sue numerose proposte soggiorno… non dovete fare altro che scegliere la vostra stanza!</p>
<p>Scegliete tra <a title="Hotel Verona" href="http://www.sognodigiulietta.it/offers.cfm?lang=it" target="_blank">Elegant</a>, <a title="Hotel Verona" href="http://www.sognodigiulietta.it/offers.cfm?lang=it" target="_blank">Deluxe</a>, <a title="Hotel Verona" href="http://www.sognodigiulietta.it/offers.cfm?lang=it" target="_blank">Executive</a>, <a title="Hotel Verona" href="http://www.sognodigiulietta.it/offers.cfm?lang=it" target="_blank">Junior Luxury</a>, <a title="Hotel Verona" href="http://www.sognodigiulietta.it/offers.cfm?lang=it" target="_blank">Luxury</a> e <a title="Hotel Verona" href="http://www.sognodigiulietta.it/offers.cfm?lang=it" target="_blank">Luxury Precious</a>.</p>
<h2><span class="style1">Quest’anno regalatevi un’esperienza indimenticabile!!! Regalatevi il <a title="Hotel Verona" href="http://www.sognodigiulietta.it/index.cfm?lang=it" target="_blank">Sogno di Giulietta</a>! </span></h2>
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<title><![CDATA[Merry Christmas]]></title>
<link>http://bofhskull.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/merry-christmas/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Skull</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Le foto del Natale]]></title>
<link>http://pegappp.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/le-foto-del-natale/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pegappp</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Colored drinks - © Copyright 2008 Pega Eh si, domani è Natale.  Finalmente dirà qualcuno, ed io sono]]></description>
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<p>Eh si, domani è Natale. <br />
Finalmente dirà qualcuno, ed io sono totalmente d&#8217;accordo.<br />
Con stasera si esaurisce la folle corsa ai regali, diminuisce il traffico, la gente si rilassa un po&#8217;, si attenua il flusso delle pubblicità in cassetta della posta&#8230;</p>
<p>Domani sarà un delirio di messaggi sms e posta elettronica con gli auguri&#8230; ma il peggio sarà passato ( <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />  ) e potrebbe essere l&#8217;opportunità per qualche scatto simpatico, fuori o anche in casa.</p>
<p>Vuoi provare a fare una foto simpatica ?<br />
Dopo il pranzo (o la cena) di Natale, se sei in compagnia di di alcune persone, radunale facendole mettere in posa per una foto. Non posizionarle come al solito tutte in fila come una squadra di calcio, ma prova a metterle in cerchio, come in un bel girotondo.<br />
Poi prendi uno sgabello o meglio una scala, falli sorridere e scatta da lassù ! Se usi un flash e ti è possibile, allontanalo  dalla macchina (oppure usa altre sorgenti di luce).<br />
Se non avevi mai preso in considerazione una foto di gruppo fatta in questo modo considera questo suggerimento come un mio tentativo di condivisione delle idee, una sorta di piccolo pensierino di Natale.<br />
Chissà, magari ne verrà fuori uno scatto natalizio un po&#8217; diverso al solito&#8230;<br />
Se lo fai (e non ti sei rotto l&#8217;osso del collo con quella scala)  mi fai sapere com&#8217;è andata ?<br />
 <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Ed a me cosa piacerebbe come regalo di Natale ?<br />
Beh, se questo blog ti piace, parlane ad una persona appassionata di fotografia. Ne sarò felicissimo.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[e arriverà Natale, anche quest'anno arriverà...]]></title>
<link>http://numeronove.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/e-arrivera-natale-anche-questanno-arrivera/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>numeronove</dc:creator>
<guid>http://numeronove.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/e-arrivera-natale-anche-questanno-arrivera/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Come fosse una sostanza diffusa nell&#8217;aria, tramite diffusori di polvere incantatrice, che prov]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.natalizie.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/cartolina.gif"><img class="alignleft" src="http://www.natalizie.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/cartolina.gif" alt="" width="354" height="300" /></a>Come fosse una sostanza diffusa nell&#8217;aria, tramite diffusori di polvere incantatrice, che provoca una spasmodica volontà di procedere ad acquisti sfrenati, come fosse una gara a chi prevale nel caos.</p>
<p>Cosi si potrebbe cercare di ribaltare il significato assunto da questa festività, lacerando l&#8217;aria e le intrusioni provocate dal consumismo.</p>
<p>Tornare a credere che il mondo è sacro e conquistare il proprio spazio vitale, altrimenti nascosto dall&#8217;acquistare per nascondere sentimenti previsti dal tempo della antica nascita, offuscati da un continuo progresso che porta verso un vuoto senza fine.</p>
<p>Voglio ancora credere alla tua speranza , da coltivare e unire alla speranza rimasta incolume ad aspettare, in quei territori abitati dai nostri vicini di passeggiata, forse troppo lenti arrancati sulla strada tramite un bastone tra le mani, ma ancora col pensiero nella direzione giusta.</p>
<p>Aiutiamoci a non crescere troppo in fretta, siamo ancora bambini che devono imparare&#8230;</p>
<p>citazione titolo:<span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Buon Natale_Renato Zero</span></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Roll Over, Irving Berlin -- "White Christmas" Goes Italian Pop]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[by Tripatini staff  Just turned the big 4-0, Florentine pop singer Irene Grandi back in 1994 lost th]]></description>
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<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/pm3pAckOA8o&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/pm3pAckOA8o&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span> Just turned the big 4-0, Florentine pop singer Irene Grandi back in 1994 lost the top prize to Andrea Bocelli in her big-time solo stage debut at the San Remo Festival. Whatever &#8212; she&#8217;s gone on to have a healthy if not quite stellar music/TV career, heavy on covers, novelty songs, and a diva-flavored dose of boorish behavior (she titled her 2008 autobiography <em>Diary of a Bad Girl</em>). In thelatest  of her more than ten albums, though, she&#8217;s perfectly nice, not naughty &#8212; it&#8217;s a Yuletide collection called (prosaically enough) <em>Canzoni per Natale</em>, from which this translated update of Irving Berlin&#8217;s antediluvian chestnut is taken; no doubt as an homage, they chose to set the video in Berlin, Germany. Others of the dozen songs on the album, by the way, besides several Italian numbers, include a bunch of &#8212; well, covers, such as several of the usual international suspects like <em>Silent Night, Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow</em>, John Lennon&#8217;s <em>Happy Xmas (War Is Over)</em>, and Paul McCartney&#8217;s <em>Wonderful Christmastime</em>. We were a bit let down, however, to not find <em>La nonna è stata investita da una renna (Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer</em>).</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Il blog del cazzeggio, finally]]></title>
<link>http://giorgiomarandola.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/il-blog-del-cazzeggio-finally/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>giorgiomarandola</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Bhè credo sia l&#8217;esigenza di ogni blogger, o comunque di ogni relatore pubblico.. quella di ave]]></description>
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<div>Bhè credo sia l&#8217;esigenza di ogni blogger, o comunque di ogni relatore pubblico.. quella di avere uno spazio senza limiti nè piani editoriali in cui convogliare cose leggere, senza un senso puramente pratico o divulgativo.. Un pò di racconti sparsi, a piacere.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Quindi eccolo qui, giusto in tempo per il Natale 09, o meglio, per il nuovo anno.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Da quando ho aperto il <a href="http://www.technicoblog.com" target="_blank">mio primo blog</a> ne è passata di acqua sotto i ponti, quindi mi pare il momento di aprirne un altro, poi un altro ancora chissà.. staremo a vedere!</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Il blog più serio lo trovi <a href="http://www.technicoblog.com" target="_blank">qui</a>, la mia start up invece <a href="http://www.facebookcafe.net" target="_blank">qui</a>.</div>
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<title><![CDATA[Χριστουγεννιάτικοι ύμνοι από τον πρωτοψάλτη - KABARNOS ΝΙΚΟΔΗΜΟΣ]]></title>
<link>http://byzantinemusic.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/%cf%87%cf%81%ce%b9%cf%83%cf%84%ce%bf%cf%85%ce%b3%ce%b5%ce%bd%ce%bd%ce%b9%ce%ac%cf%84%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%bf%ce%b9-%cf%8d%ce%bc%ce%bd%ce%bf%ce%b9-%ce%b1%cf%80%cf%8c-%cf%84%ce%bf%ce%bd-%cf%80%cf%81%cf%89/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥΓΕΝΝΑ Η Παρθένος σήμερον christmas Рождение Христа Kabarnos ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥΓΕΝΝΑ christmas Ψάλλει ο κ]]></description>
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ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥΓΕΝΝΑ christmas Ψάλλει ο καθ. Βυζ. μουσικής Καβαρνός Kabarnos Panos. ΚΟΝΤΑΚΙΟ<br />
Η Παρθένος σήμερον, τον υπερούσιον τίκτει,<br />
και η γη το σπήλαιον, τω απροσίτω προσάγει.<br />
Άγγελοι, μετά ποιμένων δοξολογούσι.<br />
Μάγοι δε, μετά αστέρος οδοιπορούσι.<br />
Δι&#8217; ημάς γαρ εγεννήθη, παιδίον νέον, ο προ αιώνων Θεός. </p>
<p>Δεύτε είδομεν πιστοί XRISTOYGENNA Kαβαρνός Kabarnos Panos</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/56ruOGkiy_s&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/56ruOGkiy_s&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Εφραίνεσθε δίκαιοι Η Παρθένος σήμερον christmas Kabarnos</p>
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<p>Μυστήριον ξένον Θ΄ Ωδή Χριστουγέννων.</p>
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<p>Σήμερον γεννάται εκ παρθένου XRISTOYGENNA Kαβαρνός Kabarnos Panos</p>
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<p>Εν Ιορδάνη Η ΒΑΠΤΙΣΗ ΤΟΥ ΚΥΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΦΑΝΙΑ ΤΑ ΦΩΤΑ</p>
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<p>Χριστούγεννα Christmas Η Γέννησή σου, βυζαντινή χορωδία υπο την διεύθ. Kabarnos Panos Απολυτίκιο Рождественский</p>
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<p>Σήμερον γεννάται εκ παρθένου XRISTOYGENNA Kαβαρνός Kabarnos Panos</p>
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<p>ΚΑΤΑΒΑΣΙΕΣ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥΓΕΝΝΩΝ XRISTOYGENNA Kαβαρνός Kabarnos Panos &#38; Δημήτριος Βερύκιος</p>
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christmas orthodox Byzantine music Βυζαντινή μουσική Ψάλλει ο καθ. Βυζ. μουσικής Καβαρνός Kabarnos Panos και ο καθ. Βυζ. Δημήτριος Βερύκιος<br />
Πεζές και Ιαμβικές<br />
Οι καταβασίες ποίημα του Αγίου Κοσμά.</p>
<p>Σήμερον η Παρθένος τίκτει τον Δεσπότην Θ΄ Ωδή Χριστουγέννων.</p>
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Μεγάλυνον ψυχή μου&#8230; Νεηγενές μάγων&#8230;<br />
Ψάλλει ο Πρωτοψάλτης Καβαρνός Πάνος Sung by Kabarnos Panos.<br />
Σήμερον η Παρθένος τίκτει τον Δεσπότην ένδον εν τω σπηλαίω&#8230;<br />
Θ΄ωδή των Χριστουγέννων του Αγίου Κοσμά του Μαϊουμά και μελωδού.<br />
9th Ode from Orthodox Christmas Canon.</p>
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<link>http://vpmblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/vpm-10-9-idearegalo/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Luca Romeo</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[e ai primi 10.000 iscritti un elengatissimo inciucio con d&#39;Alema in pelle e oro - limited editio]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Oíche chiúin...Buon Natale !]]></title>
<link>http://nemocap.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/oiche-chiuin-buon-natale/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Captain NEMO</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Tra poco sarà di nuovo Natale, e tutti ci sentiremo più buoni. Sarebbe davvero più bello che tutti r]]></description>
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<link>http://lonelywalker.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/giorni_libero_mercatino/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Stef</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Muoversi durante il ponte di Sant’Ambrogio è un’idea quantomeno discutibile: a seconda della meta e ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pride 2010? Quasi quasi vado a fare shopping...]]></title>
<link>http://elfobruno.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/pride-2010-quasi-quasi-vado-a-fare-shopping/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>elfobruno</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Roma a Natale impazzisce. E per chi, come me, si riduce sempre a comprare i regali a poche ore dalla]]></description>
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<p>Roma a Natale impazzisce. E per chi, come me, si riduce sempre a comprare i regali a poche ore dalla mezzanotte o, ben che vada, a qualche giorno dal <em>dies orribilis</em>, è oltre modo sconveniente dover aspettare fino a quarantacinque minuti per prendere un autobus. Ciò succede, secondo il mio amico <a href="http://www.queerway.it/dblog/">Queerboy</a>, perché i romani per le festività natalizie escono di casa con una macchina procapite, al solo scopo di congestionare il traffico. Fortuna vuole che domani torni nella civilissima Sicilia, dove per gli acquisti dei regali accadono cose <a href="http://elfobruno.ilcannocchiale.it/2006/12/22/sociopatologia_del_catanese_ti.html">altrove narrate</a> – a cui vi rimando – anch&#8217;esse portatrici di miseria, terrore e morte.</p>
<p>Voi direte pure: potevi pensarci un po&#8217; prima, tipo ad esempio nel week end. Orbene, lo avrei fatto volentieri, fatto sta che giusto sabato c&#8217;è stata <span style="color:#ff9900;">l&#8217;assemblea delle associazioni GLBT</span> per decidere dove fare il pride del 2010. Essendo un esponente, anche se minore, del movimento, ho deciso di andare anche perché parlavo anche a nome del Milk, che mi aveva delegato all&#8217;uopo.</p>
<p>Poiché appartengo a una categoria professionale che lavora pure il sabato – mi chiedo perché mai a scuola non si faccia la settimana corta esattamente come nel resto degli uffici del pianeta – sono arrivato alla sede della riunione a giochi cominciati e a baruffa imperante.</p>
<p>La sintesi della giornata è già stata fatta dalla <a href="http://www.vandilli.it/">Vandilla Furiosa</a>, una delle anime di We have a dream, che per oggi mi farà da musa. Sostanzialmente, dalla riunione di sabato è venuto fuori che:</p>
<p>1. <span style="color:#ff9900;">Arcigay</span> ha deciso che il pride si farà a Napoli. Io ero andato per esprimere due voti, quello del Codipec Pegaso di Catania e del Milk di Milano, ma quando è stato il mio turno era già deciso tutto. Tra l&#8217;altro:  Arcigay mette i soldi ergo chi mette i soldi governa. Amen.</p>
<p>2. Arcigay e Facciamo Breccia sono ai ferri corti perché <span style="color:#ff9900;">una delle brecciarde nel 2008 ha preso a sberle uno di Arcigay</span> e da allora sono volate denunce e querele. Nel frattempo Taylor Forrester resuscitava per la sessantaduesima volta, mentre Alexandra Spaulding rivelava a suo fratello Alan di non essere sua sorella bensì sua nonna&#8230; (Dio che cosa importante per i destini dei gay e delle lesbiche d&#8217;Italia).</p>
<p>3. <span style="color:#ff9900;">Facciamo Breccia</span> è incazzata (ma va?).</p>
<p>4. Se il pride non è antifascista, contro Casa Pound, contro il capitalismo, contro l&#8217;eterosessismo, contro Babbo Natale e i puffi, <span style="color:#ff9900;">contro a prescindere</span>, Facciamo Breccia non scenderà in piazza (grazie per pensare ai diritti delle persone GLBT ogni tanto, ci si potrebbe commuovere).</p>
<p>5. C&#8217;è un <span style="color:#ff9900;">totale scollamento tra le associazioni e la gente</span>. Nessuno dei presenti pareva comunque preoccupato, a parte poche rare e importanti eccezioni, del fatto che la stragrande totalità dei gay, delle lesbiche e delle persone transessuali non si riconosca nell&#8217;azione politica che le associazioni portano avanti a nome meramente personale, arrivati a questo punto (voi sì che siete fighi, eh!).</p>
<p>Morale della favola: una colossale perdita di tempo. La sensazione di trovarmi a un appuntamento a metà strada tra il Concilio di Nicea e una puntata a caso di <em>Uomini e donne</em>, mi ha schifato a tal punto che forse faccio domanda di prepensionamento dal mondo GLBT. Quando ho cominciato a fare <span style="color:#ff9900;">attivismo</span>, l&#8217;ho fatto perché pensavo (e penso) che possa esserci un ragazzo impaurito, là fuori, che ha bisogno di chi gli dice che non è solo, che può contare su persone che credono in lui, che c&#8217;è qualcuno disposto ad ascoltarlo, che si farà qualcosa per rendere questa società meno squallida, più giusta, magari anche più felice.</p>
<p>Poi, se devo perdere pomeriggi intieri a <span style="color:#ff9900;">fingere di essere un gay impegnato</span> per poi strapparmi i capelli con la prima isterica, senza distinzione di orientamento sessuale e identità di genere, che mi capita sotto mano a causa di quanti asterischi mettere in un documento o per sentirmi dire, da chi ha i soldi, &#8220;perché io valgo&#8221; senza essere nello spot di un shampoo, preferisco fare il gay starnazzante e impegnare il mio tempo ad attività ben più amene quali shopping, ristorante giapponese, aperitivi chic e, all&#8217;occorrenza, <em>mentula</em>.</p>
<p>Parafrasando (al contrario) Vladimir Luxuria, qualche sega mentale in meno e molti orgasmi in più. Ne converrete.</p>
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<link>http://lagiraffa.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/integrazione-zero-spaccato/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lagiraffa</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Certe volte, leggendo le notizie sui modi bizzarri che hanno gli italiani di favorire l’integrazione]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://lagiraffa.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/2779426072_df4388290b.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1121" title="2779426072_df4388290b" src="http://lagiraffa.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/2779426072_df4388290b.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a>Certe volte, leggendo le notizie sui modi bizzarri che hanno gli italiani di favorire l’integrazione tra i popoli, ho la sensazione che l’integrazione sia come gli strani concetti che hanno bisogno delle linee guida governative per essere attuati in concreto, o perché manca una definizione chiara o, spesso, perché manca la dose minima indispensabile di intelligenza per metterli in pratica. Nel caso di due maestre di Cagliari, temo che un libretto con le linee guida sarebbe stato molto utile: ebbene, le due insegnanti elementari, qualche giorno fa, si sono rifiutate di accompagnare gli alunni delle loro classi alla festa di Natale organizzata da un&#8217;associazione poiché, secondo il loro personalissimo concetto di integrazione, la partecipazione sarebbe stata irrispettosa nei confronti di due scolari musulmani, perciò, tutti in classe, muti e zitti ad ascoltare le perle di saggezza delle due maestre. Chissà che concetto si faranno i bambini cattolici di questa strana religione musulmana che impedisce loro addirittura di partecipare ad una festa, chissà come saranno considerati rompipalle i due compagni musulmani, <em>per colpa loro le maestre hanno deciso di non farci andare alla festa</em>, non serve essere grandi pedagogisti per immaginare le reazioni dei bambini in caso di feste negate, o no? Non serve avere alle spalle anni di insegnamento per capire che i bambini, cattolici e musulmani, non fanno molte distinzioni quando si tratta di divertirsi, di giocare, di correre, cantare, scatenarsi, e ogni occasione può essere giusta per socializzare e conoscere le altre culture, il Natale come la <a href="http://www.insenegal.org/05Religione/Tabasky.htm">Festa del montone</a>, solo quando qualche adulto gli infila nel cervellino strani concetti di “rispetto” e “integrazione” allora iniziano ad avere il dubbio che una cultura sia strana, repressiva e pericolosa, i maestri, i genitori, i parenti, gli amici “grandi” servono anche a questo, perdincibacco, per farli giocare tutti insieme e per aiutarli a capirsi. Insomma, esiste una via di mezzo tra il <a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2009/11/sezioni/cronaca/natale-a-coccaglio/natale-a-coccaglio/natale-a-coccaglio.html">White Christmas</a> e il No Christmas delle maestre cagliaritane, è il Natale a colori, quello dell’accoglienza, se questa cosa semplice, semplice non si capisce difficilmente potrà essere insegnata perciò, per ora, zero spaccato <strong>Ø</strong> alle maestre.</p>
<p>(La foto l’ho presa <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29179655@N08/2779426072">qui</a>)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Autoregalo]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Oggi parlando di regali di Natale con una collega, lei mi ha chiesto: &#8220;e tu, cosa ti sei regal]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Oggi parlando di regali di Natale con una collega, lei mi ha chiesto: &#8220;<em>e tu, <strong>cosa ti sei <img class="alignleft" src="http://cheapoairbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/christmas-gift.jpg?w=180&#038;h=187" alt="" width="180" height="187" />regalata?</strong></em>&#8221; Dopo un&#8217;iniziale momento di smarrimento l&#8217;ho guardata con gli occhi a cuore e ho pensato &#8220;<em>questa donna è un genio! Se non è legittimazione allo shopping questa, allora qual è???</em>&#8221; <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Devo dire però che credo che resisterò a questa succulenta tentazione (mi immagino lo sguardo della mezza mela se tornassi a casa con un pacco e dicessi &#8220;<em>amore, guarda che bel regalo che mi sono comprata per Natale&#8230;</em>&#8221; <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' />  ), anche perchè sembra che già dal 2 gennaio inizino i saldi&#8230; potrei tutt&#8217;al più concedermi una bella capatina in libreria&#8230; <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Tanto per curiosità, <strong>voi vi</strong> siete regalate qualcosa?</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Merry Christmas - Buon Natale]]></title>
<link>http://dorodesign.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/merry-christamas-buon-natale/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
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<h3>Sweden</h3>
<p><font color="red"><em>&#8216;God Jul!&#8217;</em></font></p>
<p><div id="attachment_19703" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 260px"><img src="http://the44diaries.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/stlucialarssonsweden1.jpg?w=250" alt="St. Lucia by Carl Larsson 1908" title="stlucialarssonsweden" width="250" height="174" class="size-medium wp-image-19703" /><p class="wp-caption-text">St. Lucia by Carl Larsson 1908</p></div>Most people in Scandinavian countries honor St. Lucia (also known as St. Lucy) each year on December 13. The celebration of St. Lucia Day began in Sweden, but had spread to Denmark and Finland by the mid-19th century.</p>
<p>In these countries, the holiday is considered the beginning of the Christmas season and, as such, is sometimes referred to as &#8220;<em>little Yule.</em>&#8221; Traditionally, the oldest daughter in each family rises early and wakes each of her family members, dressed in a long, white gown with a red sash, and wearing a crown made of twigs with nine lighted candles. For the day, she is called &#8220;<em>Lussi</em>&#8221; or &#8220;<em>Lussibruden (Lucy bride)</em>.&#8221; The family then eats breakfast in a room lighted with candles.</p>
<p><div id="attachment_19705" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 260px"><img src="http://the44diaries.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/swedishchristmas_goat.jpg?w=250" alt="The giant Christmas goat in Gavle, Sweden, a centuries-old Scandanavian yule symbol." title="swedish christmas goat" width="250" height="187" class="size-medium wp-image-19705" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The giant Christmas goat in Gavle, Sweden, a centuries-old Scandanavian yule symbol</p></div>Any shooting or fishing done on St. Lucia Day was done by torchlight, and people brightly illuminated their homes. At night, men, women, and children would carry torches in a parade. The night would end when everyone threw their torches onto a large pile of straw, creating a huge bonfire. In Finland today, one girl is chosen to serve as the national Lucia and she is honored in a parade in which she is surrounded by torchbearers.</p>
<p>Light is a main theme of St. Lucia Day, as her name, which is derived from the Latin word lux, means light. Her feast day is celebrated near the shortest day of the year, when the sun&#8217;s light again begins to strengthen. Lucia lived in Syracuse during the fourth century when persecution of Christians was common. Unfortunately, most of her story has been lost over the years. According to one common legend, Lucia lost her eyes while being tortured by a Diocletian for her Christian beliefs. Others say she may have plucked her own eyes out to protest the poor treatment of Christians. Lucia is the patron saint of the blind.<br />
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<h3>Finland</h3>
<p><font color="red"><em>&#8216;Hyvää Joulua!&#8217;</em></font> </p>
<p><div id="attachment_19719" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 210px"><a href="http://the44diaries.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/christmas-around-the-world/finland-finnish-christmas-holiday-stoopendaal-pig-elves/" rel="attachment wp-att-19719"><img src="http://the44diaries.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/finland-finnish-christmas-holiday-stoopendaal-pig-elves.jpg" alt="" title="finland-finnish-christmas-holiday-stoopendaal-pig-elves" width="200" height="303" class="size-full wp-image-19719" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">1907 Christmas postcard </p></div>Families gather and listen to the national &#8220;<em>Peace of Christmas</em>&#8221; radio broadcast.  Hours are spent in the kitchen cooking and baking special treats for the festive season.   In Finland the Christmas tree is set up on Christmas Eve.  The Christmas festivities are preceded by a visit to the famous steam baths.</p>
<p>Christmas gifts may be given out before or after the dinner. The children do not hang up stockings, but Santa Claus comes in person, often accompanied by as many as half a dozen Christmas elves to distribute the presents.  </p>
<p>The celebration of St Lucia Day (13 December) was only introduced to Finland from Sweden in 1950 but has been widely adopted by Finnish families. Additionally, a national Lucia is chosen by public vote from a short list of ten teenage girls and December 13 marks her first official appearance, wearing a long white dress and a crown of lighted candles. Following this she pays visits to Christmas gatherings, hospitals and schools to spread her message of light, hope and charity.</p>
<p><img src="http://the44diaries.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/finland.jpg?w=225" alt="" title="finland" width="225" height="239" class="alignright size-large wp-image-19720" />The main dish of the dinner is boiled codfish served snowy white and fluffy, with allspice, boiled potatoes, and cream sauce. The dried cod has been soaked for a week in a lye solution, then in clear water to soften it to the right texture. Also on the menu is roast suckling pig or a roasted fresh ham, mashed potatoes, and vegetables.  After dinner the children go to bed while the older people stay up to chat with visitors and drink coffee until about midnight.</p>
<p>Christmas Day services in the churches begin at six in the morning. It is a day for family visits and reunions. In some parts of the country the Star Boys tour the countryside singing Christmas songs. During all these days the people keep wishing each other a &#8220;<em>Merry Yule</em>.&#8221;  It is also customary to visit the gravesites of departed family members.<br />
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<h3>Norway</h3>
<p><font color="red"><em>&#8216;Gledelig Jul!&#8217;</em></font> </p>
<p><div id="attachment_19734" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 260px"><img src="http://the44diaries.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/norwaychristmas-meal.jpg?w=250" alt="Traditional Norway Christmas Meal" title="Traditional Norway Christmas Meal" width="250" height="166" class="size-medium wp-image-19734" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Traditional Norway Christmas Meal</p></div>Norway is the birthplace of the Yule log. The ancient Norse used the Yule log in their celebration of the return of the sun at winter solstice. &#8220;<em>Yule</em>&#8221; came from the Norse word hweol, meaning wheel. The Norse believed that the sun was a great wheel of fire that rolled towards and then away from the earth. Ever wonder why the family fireplace is such a central part of the typical Christmas scene? This tradition dates back to the Norse Yule log. It is probably also responsible for the popularity of log-shaped cheese, cakes, and desserts during the holidays.</p>
<p>Since ancient times Norwegians have celebrated midwinter with parties and feasts to mark the transition from the dark winter to the light of spring and summer. However, during the 10th century King Haakon decided that the pagan custom of celebrating Jul (Yule) would be moved to 25 December and would celebrate the birth of Jesus. Over the years this has gradually moved from being a pagan festival to being a Christian festival instead. However, many of the traditions have remained.</p>
<p>At 5 p.m. on Christmas Eve the church bells &#8216;<em>ringe in Julen</em>&#8216; (ring in Christmas) throughout the country. This is the real start to Christmas celebrations. Most people attend a church and after the service they return home to eat a bowl of porridge with butter, sugar and cinnamon. Before the family sit down to eat this, the tradition is to put out a bowl of porridge for the nisse (gnome)</p>
<p><img src="http://the44diaries.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/norway.jpg?w=250" alt="" title="norway" width="250" height="166" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-19733" />After the meal the indoor tree is lit and Julenissen arrives with a sack full of gifts from Santa. Julenissen is usually depicted with a long white beard and red stocking cap, wearing knee breeches, hand knitted stockings, a Norwegian sweater and a homespun jacket. This is topped by a heavy fur coat. Once all the presents have been distributed and have been opened everyone sits down for coffee and cakes.</p>
<p>Christmas Day starts with a church service. This is followed by the Christmas Buffet which includes such food as pork, lamb, cold meats, lutefisk, herring, trout, salmon, cheese, fruit, cloudberry cream, flat bread and cakes. This is accompanied by beer and aquavit.  The Christmas season finally comes to an end on 13 January when everyone takes down their decorations and trees until December.</p>
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<h3>Germany</h3>
<p><font color="red"><em>&#8216;Froehliche Weihnachten!&#8217;</em></font> </p>
<p><img src="http://the44diaries.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/germanybeleuchtungsideen_einleitung1_220x220.jpeg?w=150" alt="" title="germanybeleuchtungsideen_einleitung1_220x220" width="200" height="200" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-19767" />Decorating evergreen trees had always been a part of the German winter solstice tradition. The first &#8220;<em>Christmas trees</em>&#8221; explicitly decorated and named after the Christian holiday, appeared in Strasbourg, in Alsace in the beginning of the 17th century. After 1750, Christmas trees began showing up in other parts of Germany, and even more so after 1771, when Johann Wolfgang von Goethe visited Strasbourg and promptly included a Christmas tree is his novel, The Suffering of Young Werther. In the 1820s, the first German immigrants decorated Christmas trees in Pennsylvania. After Germany&#8217;s Prince Albert married Queen Victoria, he introduced the Christmas tree tradition to England. In 1848, the first American newspaper carried a picture of a Christmas tree and the custom spread to nearly every home in just a few years.</p>
<p>Children leave letters on their windowsills for Christkind, a winged figure dressed in white robes and a golden crown who distributes gifts. Sometimes the letters are decorated with glue and sprinkled with sugar to make them sparkle.</p>
<p><div id="attachment_19766" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 260px"><img src="http://the44diaries.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/germany-berlin-gendarmenmarkt.jpg?w=250" alt="Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin, Germany" title="germany-berlin-gendarmenmarkt" width="250" height="176" class="size-medium wp-image-19766" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin, Germany</p></div>Germans make beautiful gingerbread houses and cookies. The German Christmas tree pastry, Christbaumgeback, is a white dough that can be molded into shapes and baked for tree decorations.  In parts of Germany, people believe that the Christ Child sends a messenger in Christmas Eve. He appears as an angel in a white robe and crown, bearing gifts. The angel is called Christkind. There is also a Christmas Eve figure called Weihnachtsmann or Christmas Man, he looks like Santa Claus and also brings gifts.</p>
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<h3>Mexico</h3>
<p><font color="red"><em>&#8216;Feliz Navidad!&#8217;</em></font> </p>
<p><div id="attachment_19772" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 260px"><img src="http://the44diaries.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/mexicolas-posadas.jpeg?w=250" alt="Las Posadas" title="Mexico Las Posadas" width="250" height="165" class="size-medium wp-image-19772" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Las Posadas</p></div>In 1828, the American minister to Mexico, Joel R. Poinsett, brought a red-and-green plant from Mexico to America. As its coloring seemed perfect for the new holiday, the plants, which were called poinsettias after Poinsett, began appearing in greenhouses as early as 1830. In 1870, New York stores began to sell them at Christmas. By 1900, they were a universal symbol of the holiday.</p>
<p>Beginning December 16th, &#8220;<em>La Posadas</em>&#8221; commemorates the events in the journey of Mary and Joseph from Nazareth to Bethlehem. Each night of the &#8220;<em>Posada</em>&#8221; a procession led by two children begins. </p>
<p><img src="http://the44diaries.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/mexico.jpg?w=250" alt="" title="mexico" width="250" height="166" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-19773" />The children carry a small pine-decorated platform bearing replicas of Joseph and Mary riding a burro. Other members, all with lighted long slender candles, sing the &#8220;<em>Litany of the Virgin</em>&#8221; as they approach the door of the house assigned to the first &#8220;<em>Posada</em>.&#8221; Together they chant an old traditional song and awaken the residents of the house to ask for lodging for Mary. Those within the house threaten the company with beatings unless they move on. Again, the company pleads for lodging. When the owner of the house finally learns who his guests are, he jubilantly throws open the doors and bids them welcome. All kneel around the manger scene or &#8220;<em>Nacimiento</em>&#8221; and offer songs of welcome, Ave Marias and a prayer.<br />
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<h3>England</h3>
<p><font color="red"><em>&#8216;Merry Christmas!&#8217;</em></font></p>
<p><div id="attachment_20068" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 260px"><img src="http://the44diaries.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/firstchritmascard.jpg?w=250" alt="" title="FirstChritmasCard" width="250" height="159" class="size-medium wp-image-20068" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The world's first Christmas card designed by John Calcott Horsley in 1843.</p></div>An Englishman named John Calcott Horsley helped to popularize the tradition of sending Christmas greeting cards when he began producing small cards featuring festive scenes and a pre-written holiday greeting in the late 1830s. Newly efficient post offices in England and the United States made the cards nearly overnight sensations. At about the same time, similar cards were being made by R.H. Pease, the first American card maker, in Albany, New York, and Louis Prang, a German who immigrated to America in 1850.</p>
<p>Celtic and Teutonic peoples had long considered mistletoe to have magic powers. It was said to have the ability to heal wounds and increase fertility. Celts hung mistletoe in their homes in order to bring themselves good luck and ward off evil spirits. During holidays in the Victorian era, the English would hang sprigs of mistletoe from ceilings and in doorways. If someone was found standing under the mistletoe, they would be kissed by someone else in the room, behavior not usually demonstrated in Victorian society.</p>
<p>Plum pudding is an English dish dating back to the Middle Ages. Suet, flour, sugar, raisins, nuts, and spices are tied loosely in cloth and boiled until the ingredients are &#8220;<em>plum</em>,&#8221; meaning they have enlarged enough to fill the cloth. It is then unwrapped, sliced like cake, and topped with cream.</p>
<p>Caroling also began in England. Wandering musicians would travel from town to town visiting castles and homes of the rich. In return for their performance, the musicians hoped to receive a hot meal or money.</p>
<p><div id="attachment_20063" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 235px"><img src="http://the44diaries.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/englandplumpudding.jpg" alt="" title="englandplumpudding" width="225" height="225" class="size-full wp-image-20063" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Plum Pudding</p></div>In the United States and England, children hang stockings on their bedpost or near a fireplace on Christmas Eve, hoping that it will be filled with treats while they sleep. In Scandinavia, similar-minded children leave their shoes on the hearth. This tradition can be traced to legends about Saint Nicholas. One legend tells of three poor sisters who could not marry because they had no money for a dowry. To save them from being sold by their father, St. Nick left each of the three sisters gifts of gold coins. One went down the chimney and landed in a pair of shoes that had been left on the hearth. Another went into a window and into a pair of stockings left hanging by the fire to dry.<br />
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<h3>France</h3>
<p><font color="red"><em>&#8216;Joyeux Noël!&#8217;</em></font></p>
<p><div id="attachment_20062" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 260px"><a href="http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/menus/christmas/2008/12/christmas_menu_guide?currentPage=16"><img src="http://the44diaries.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/christmas_eve_in_france_614.jpg?w=250" alt="A lavish feast of truffle-scented roast turkey and delicious trimmings from the Burgundy countryside. " title="Christmas_Eve_in_France_614" width="250" height="160" class="size-medium wp-image-20062" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">A lavish feast of truffle-scented roast turkey and delicious trimmings from the Burgundy countryside. </p></div>Christmas has been celebrated for nearly 1500 years in France.  In France, Christmas is called Noel. This comes from the French phrase <em>les bonnes nouvelles</em>, which means &#8220;<em>the good news</em>&#8221; and refers to the gospel.</p>
<p>In southern France, some people burn a log in their homes from Christmas Eve until New Year&#8217;s Day. This stems from an ancient tradition in which farmers would use part of the log to ensure good luck for the next year&#8217;s harvest.</p>
<p>Whatever their behavior, hopeful French youngsters place slippers or shoes at the fireplace on Christmas Eve. That evening&#8217;s special supper called the réveillon features delicacies native to the region, including spun sugar, pâés and pastries. Spun sugar delicacies called sotelties are made to depict miniature castles, Biblical scenes, or exotic birds. Another highlight is bûche de Noël a log shaped cake with chocolate butter cream filling, brown icing and lines that resemble bark. At the stroke of midnight, the sounds of &#8220;<em>Oh Holy Night</em>&#8221; resound through churches and cathedrals across France.</p>
<p><div id="attachment_20170" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 260px"><img src="http://the44diaries.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/francechristmasmarket.jpg?w=250" alt="Christmas market in Strasbourg" title="francechristmasmarket" width="250" height="177" class="size-medium wp-image-20170" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Christmas market in Strasbourg</p></div>Children alone receive presents on December 25th. Adults wait until New Year&#8217;s Day to exchange gifts. Some small presents can be found among the branches of the French Christmas tree.</p>
<p>The santons or little saints made in Provence are the heart of French Noël. These simple manger figures resemble real people in detail and dress. No one is excluded all characters good and bad are created to be included in the French manger scene.<br />
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<h3>Italy</h3>
<p><font color="red"><em>&#8216;Buone Natale!&#8217;</em></font></p>
<p><div id="attachment_20202" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 260px"><img src="http://the44diaries.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/italychristmaswebcast221.jpg?w=250" alt="Midnight Mass in St. Peter&#39;s Basilica" title="italychristmaswebcast221" width="250" height="174" class="size-medium wp-image-20202" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Midnight Mass in St. Peter's Basilica</p></div>Christmas season in Italy is traditionally celebrated December 24-January 6, or Christmas Eve through Epiphany. This follows the pagan season of celebrations that started with Saturnalia, a winter solstice festival, and ended with the Roman New Year, the Calends. However there are lots of Christmas things to see during December prior to Christmas, many starting on December 8, the Feast Day of the Immaculate Conception.</p>
<p>Although Babbo Natale (Father Christmas) and giving presents on Christmas are becoming more common, the main day for gift giving is Epiphany, the 12th day of Christmas when the three Wise Men gave Baby Jesus their gifts. In Italy, presents are brought by La Befana, who arrives in the night to fill children&#8217;s stockings. More about Epiphany and La Befana</p>
<p><div id="attachment_20201" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 185px"><img src="http://the44diaries.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/italynativity-scene-siena.jpg" alt="Nativity Scene in Siena Italy" title="italynativity-scene-siena" width="175" height="250" class="size-full wp-image-20201" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Nativity Scene in Siena Italy</p></div>Christmas decorations and trees are becoming more popular in Italy. Lights and decorations are often seen starting around December 8, the Feast Day of the Immaculate Conception, or even the end of November. The main focus of decorations continues to be the presepe, Nativity scene or creche. Almost every church has a presepe and they are often found outdoors in a piazza or public area, too. </p>
<p>Traditionally, a meatless dinner is eaten on Christmas eve with the family, followed by a living nativity scene and midnight mass. In parts of southern Italy a seven fishes dinner is traditionally served on Christmas Eve. Traditional bonfires are often held on Christmas Eve in the main square of town, especially in mountain areas. Dinner on Christmas day is usually meat based.<br />
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<h3>Australia</h3>
<p><font color="red"><em>&#8216;Merry Christmas&#8217;</em></font> </p>
<p><div id="attachment_20207" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 235px"><img src="http://the44diaries.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/australiasanta_beach_web.jpg" alt="Santa arriving at the beach by boat" title="australiasanta_beach_web" width="225" height="225" class="size-full wp-image-20207" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Santa arriving at the beach by boat</p></div>In Australia, the holiday comes in the middle of summer and it&#8217;s not unusual for some parts of Australia to hit 100 degrees Fahrenheit on Christmas day.</p>
<p>During the warm and sunny Australian Christmas season, beach time and outdoor barbecues are common. Traditional Christmas day celebrations include family gatherings, exchanging gifts and either a hot meal with ham, turkey, pork or seafood or barbecues.</p>
<p>In the weeks leading up to Christmas houses are decorated; greetings cards sent out; carols sung; Christmas trees installed in homes, schools and public places; and children delight in anticipating a visit from Santa Claus. On Christmas Day family and friends gather to exchange gifts and enjoy special Christmas food.</p>
<p>Many Australians spend Christmas out of doors, going to the beach for the day, or heading to camping grounds for a longer break over the Christmas holiday period. It has become traditional for international visitors who are in Sydney at Christmas time to go to Bondi Beach where up to 40,000 people visit on Christmas Day. </p>
<p><div id="attachment_20208" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 229px"><a href="http://the44diaries.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/christmas-around-the-world/australiachristmasbush2_web/" rel="attachment wp-att-20208"><img src="http://the44diaries.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/australiachristmasbush2_web.jpg" alt="Blandfordia nobilis - Christmas bells" title="australiachristmasbush2_web" width="219" height="225" class="size-full wp-image-20208" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Blandfordia nobilis - Christmas bells</p></div>There are many native Australian plants in flower over the Christmas season. A number of these have become known as &#8216;<em>Christmas plants</em>&#8216; in various parts of the country, including Christmas bells, Christmas bush and the Christmas orchid.</p>
<p>When Europeans first arrived in Australia they were delighted that they could pick wildflowers resembling bells and bright green foliage covered in red or white flowers to use as Christmas decorations. This was a huge contrast to the bare trees and dormant gardens they had left behind in Europe. </p>
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<h3>Czech Republic</h3>
<p><font color="red"><em>&#8216;Vesele Vanoce !&#8217;</em></font></p>
<p><div id="attachment_20211" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 260px"><a href="http://the44diaries.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/christmas-around-the-world/chpraguexmas/" rel="attachment wp-att-20211"><img src="http://the44diaries.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/chpraguexmas.jpg?w=250" alt="Christmas market in Prague" title="chpraguexmas" width="250" height="140" class="size-medium wp-image-20211" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Christmas market in Prague</p></div>Christmas in the Czech Republic begins with Svatej Nikulas Day, on December 6 and ends with the visit of the Tri Kralu (Three Kings) on January 6. On December 6, Saint Nicholas descends from the sky on a golden cord, accompanied by an angel dressed in white with gifts for the good boys and girls, and a devil named Cert dressed in black, carrying a whip and rattling a chain. As soon as the children hear them coming, they rush to the table and say their prayers. Those who know their prayers are rewarded with a gift; those who do not may feel Cert&#8217;s whip!</p>
<p>A twenty-four hour period of strict fast concludes on Christmas Eve when the first star of the night is seen. This star represents the star of Bethlehem. The children are promised that if they fast faithfully they will see golden pigs at supper time. At the beginning of supper, the candles are lit and the pigs appear on the wall and ceiling. The flickering of the candle flames perform the trick, because at the center of the table is the young roasted pig. The supper consists of seven courses and what is left over (there are always leftovers) is fed to the pigs. An extra place is set at the table and left empty for the Christ-child.</p>
<p><div id="attachment_20212" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 260px"><img src="http://the44diaries.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/chezi1_vanocni_cukrovi_1_s.jpg?w=250" alt="Vánocní cukroví - decorated cookies, traditionally eaten at Christmas" title="chezi1_Vanocni_cukrovi_1_s" width="250" height="203" class="size-large wp-image-20212" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Vánocní cukroví - decorated cookies, traditionally eaten at Christmas</p></div>The manger scene is ever present in both church and home. These nativity scenes are called Bethlehems, and setting them up is a great family pastime. Usually they are complete villages carved from wood or fashioned from bread dough and then elaborately painted. Carolers carry miniature Bethlehem scenes as they go from house to house giving concerts. After singing, they are invited into the home for a glass of wine and a piece of vanocka, a sweetbread.</p>
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<h3>Canada</h3>
<p><font color="red"><em>&#8216;Merry Christmas&#8217;</em></font></p>
<p><div id="attachment_20182" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 260px"><img src="http://the44diaries.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/canadamontreal_christmas.jpg?w=250" alt="Christmas Lights in Old Montreal" title="canadaMontreal_Christmas" width="250" height="167" class="size-medium wp-image-20182" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Christmas Lights in Old Montreal</p></div>Canada is a country with a great number of immigrant families. Different cultural backgrounds such as French, English, German, Ukrainian, and First Nations come together as one people Canadians. Because of the many different peoples the customs of Christmas are very diverse.</p>
<p>Because of Canada&#8217;s strong Anglican and Catholic religious traditions, Christmas Eve is a big celebration. Many famous churches offer special services. The Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal has a 5,772 pipe organ and thousands of worshipers come on Christmas Eve to attend the service and hear the children&#8217;s choir.</p>
<p>The Christmas tree is native to the Canadian region. Nova Scotia is named &#8220;<em>The Christmas Tree Province</em>&#8221; because it produces more than 1.5 million trees each year for eastern Canada and the United States. Trees from this region are shipped as far away as Venezuela. All of the Canadian provinces together produce approximately 6 million Christmas trees every year.</p>
<p><div id="attachment_20183" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 260px"><img src="http://the44diaries.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/canadasanta_parade_cntower.jpg?w=250" alt="Toronto Santa Claus Parade" title="Toronto Santa Claus Parade 2007" width="250" height="182" class="size-medium wp-image-20183" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Toronto Santa Claus Parade</p></div>Our Canadian Christmas tree is decorated with Chicken Bones and Barley Toys, two treats with strange names, but they have meant Christmas to children along Canada&#8217;s eastern shores for more than 100 years. Barley toys are tasty animal-shaped candies served either plain or on sticks and made from barley candy. The name barley probably comes from an old children&#8217;s game. Chicken Bones is a cinnamon flavored hard candy that is filled with chocolate and is a Christmas favorite in Canada.</p>
<p>Boxing Day, celebrated the day after Christmas, is an important national holiday to Canadians. Traditionally boxing day was a day delivery boys could hope to receive a gratuity from those they served. Today its main significance is a day of sales at stores. Many people use this day to exchange Christmas gifts.<br />
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<h3>Greece</h3>
<p><font color="red"><em>&#8216;Kala Christouyenna!&#8217;</em></font></p>
<p><img src="http://the44diaries.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/greekchristmas.jpg" alt="" title="greek christmas" width="250" height="183" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-20181" />St. Nicholas is important in Greece as the patron saint of sailors. According to Greek tradition, his clothes are drenched with brine, his beard drips with seawater, and his face is covered with perspiration because he has been working hard against the waves to reach sinking ships and rescue them from the angry sea. To members of the Eastern Orthodox Church, as are most Greek Christians, Christmas ranks second to Easter in the roster of important holidays. Yet there are a number of unique customs associated with Christmas that are uniquely Greek.</p>
<p>On Christmas Eve, village children travel from house to house offering good wishes and singing kalanda, the equivalent of carols. Often the songs are accompanied by small metal triangles and little clay drums. The children are frequently rewarded with sweets and dried fruits. </p>
<p><div id="attachment_23147" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 235px"><img src="http://the44diaries.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/christmas-market-athens1.jpg" alt="A Christmas market in Athens, Greece" title="christmas-market-athens" width="225" height="225" class="size-full wp-image-23147" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A Christmas market in Athens, Greece</p></div>After 40 days of fasting, the Christmas feast is looked forward to with great anticipation by adults and children alike. Pigs are slaughtered and on almost every table are loaves of christopsomo (&#8220;<em>Christ Bread</em>&#8220;). This bread is made in large sweet loaves of various shapes and the crusts are engraved and frosted with symbols that in some way that reflects the family&#8217;s profession. It is served with dried figs, nuts, and honey.</p>
<p>Christmas morning begins with an early Mass at the Greek Orthodox Church. After the service, Greeks feast on roast turkey stuffed with chestnuts, rice, pine nuts, and a nut cookie called kourambiethes. Baklava, another sweet dessert, is made from layers of phyllo pastry, filled with almonds and cinnamon, and then soaked in lemon syrup.</p>
<p>In almost every home it is traditional to have a shallow wooden bowl with a piece of wire is suspended across the rim; from that hangs a sprig of basil wrapped around a wooden cross. A small amount of water is kept in the bowl to keep the basil alive and fresh. Once a day, a family member, usually the mother, dips the cross and basil into some holy water and uses it to sprinkle water in each room of the house. This ritual is believed to keep the Kallikantzaroi away from the house.</p>
<p><div id="attachment_20198" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 209px"><img src="http://the44diaries.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/greecebaklava.jpg?w=199" alt="Baklava" title="greece baklava" width="199" height="150" class="size-medium wp-image-20198" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Baklava</p></div>There are a number of beliefs connected with the Kallikantzaroi, which are a species of goblins or spirits who appear only during the 12-day period from Christmas to the Epiphany (January 6). These creatures are believed to emerge from the center of the earth and to slip into people&#8217;s house through the chimney. More mischievous than actually evil, the Kallikantzaroi do things like extinguish fires, ride astride people&#8217;s backs, braid horses&#8217; tails, and sour the milk. To further repel the undesirable sprites, the hearth is kept burning day and night throughout the twelve days.<br />
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<h3>Venezuela</h3>
<p><font color="red"><em>&#8216;Feliz Navidad!&#8217;</em></font> </p>
<p><img src="http://the44diaries.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/venecua-christmas.jpg?w=250" alt="" title="venecua-christmas" width="250" height="166" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-20191" />Christmas in Venezuela is a mixture of religious tradition and sheer fun. Beginning on December 16, many families erect a pesebre in their house, with not only a nativity scene, but a diorama of the entire region with mountains, hills, plains, and valleys. Often this is a work of art into which the head of the family has put many hours, and the pieces become heirlooms to be passed down from generation to generation. One custom dictates that on the first day of the new year, the figure of the Christ child must be lifted from the manger crib and placed in a standing position until the Feast of Cadelaria on February 2nd. Neighbors and friends keep watch to be sure that the tradition is strictly honored. If it is not, the figure of the holy child will be secretly stolen and held for ransom. The ransom is a party that must be given by the people who have been appointed as godparents for the holy child. When the figurine is returned to its original setting, a procession is held which may include fireworks and a band along with much singing and dancing.</p>
<p>In the city of Caracas, Christmas Eve is a popular time and a rather unusual custom occurs shortly after midnight. That is when one of the main streets fills with hundreds of young roller-skaters. Friends and schoolmates skate together until time for a special church service, after which the young people skate home for a breakfast featuring hallacas, a traditional Venezuelan meat pie with a cornmeal crust that is wrapped in banana leaves and boiled.</p>
<p><div id="attachment_20190" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 260px"><img src="http://the44diaries.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/venpan3.jpg?w=250" alt="Venezuelan Pan de jamon" title="venpan3" width="250" height="170" class="size-medium wp-image-20190" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Venezuelan Pan de jamon</p></div>There may be no snow for Santa&#8217;s sled or chimneys for him to climb down in Venezuela, but artificial Christmas trees, some with artificial snow on their branches, can be adorned with colorful decorations using traditional designs and colors.</p>
<p>A manger scene is the primary decoration in most southern European, Central American, and South American nations. St. Francis of Assisi created the first living nativity in 1224 to help explain the birth of Jesus to his followers.</p>
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<description><![CDATA[Questa mattina mi sono svegliata all&#8217;alba&#8230;fuori e&#8217; ancora buio. E&#8217; domenica ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Questa mattina mi sono svegliata all&#8217;alba&#8230;fuori e&#8217; ancora buio. E&#8217; domenica mattina e&#8217; c&#8217;e&#8217; un silenzio di tomba, quasi non sembra di essere a New York. Ci sono almeno 15 cm di neve e sono onesta, piu guardo fuori e piu penso che non vedo l&#8217;ora di partire per Miami. Il freddo non fa per me, e la neve non e&#8217; altro che ghiaccio, non riesco a guardarla sotto un punto di vista romantico! No, proprio no. Mercoledi saro&#8217; a Miami&#8230;molto meglio!<br />
Un nuovo anno sta per arrivare, un&#8217;altra volta, e sono certa che tutti noi ci svegliamo con tante idee, tanti propositi e la domanda costante nella testa di: quanto riusciremo a fare di quello che ci ripromettiamo di fare?<br />
Aspetto il 2010 con positivita&#8217;, sono certa sara&#8217; un anno di grandi novita&#8217; e cambiamenti nella mia vita, e la parola &#8220;novita&#8217;&#8221; e&#8217; sempre in cima al mio vocabolario.<br />
Oh, e&#8217; passata una macchina! Chissa&#8217; quanto dovro&#8217; aspettare per vedere la seconda! Proprio ieri pensavo a quanto sono fortunata, dalla mia finestra al terzo piano vedo la strada senza nessuna interruzione visiva, nessun palazzo mi ostruisce la vista, elemento prezioso qui a New York. Le fondamenta per riempire l&#8217;insolito spazio vuoto davanti alla mia finestra sono ovviamente gia&#8217; al loro posto ma sono certa che per quando la costruzione sara&#8217; finita, io me ne saro&#8217; andata da qui.<br />
E&#8217; quasi Natale, che differenza rispetto a quando ero bambina, emozioni diverse, che non so nemmeno spiegare. Ma ammetto che a volte mi manca quell&#8217;atmosfera di calore che sentivo da bambina, i nonni, l&#8217;albero, i regali sotto l&#8217;albero, uno zio che non mancava mai di mascherarsi da Babbo Natale, le cene intorno a tavoli enormi&#8230;.difficile riportare indietro certi ricordi. Ma quest&#8217;anno il Natale mi porta un regalo speciale, l&#8217;opportunita&#8217; di trascorrerlo con i miei genitori e con la mia nuova famiglia, quella di Brendon, una nuova meravigliosa esperienza per la quale non sto nella pelle..<br />
fa freddo in cucina, sotto le coperte si stava meglio, mi sa che mi vado a fare un altro pisolino, in attesa che la citta&#8217; si svegli!</p>
<p>Buon Natale a tutti!!</p>
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<description><![CDATA[Ebbene, anche qui sul monte si va alla ricerca del regalo giusto, quello adatto alla persona che lo ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://lagiraffa.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/giraffa7.gif"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1119" title="giraffa7" src="http://lagiraffa.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/giraffa7.gif?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="205" /></a>Ebbene, anche qui sul monte si va alla ricerca del regalo giusto, quello adatto alla persona che lo riceverà, non un regalo purché sia. Perciò ho fatto un giro per i vari negozi, negozietti, mercatini, grandi magazzini e botteghe del monte e devo ammettere di aver visto delle cosette niente male. Per esempio, nel fornitissimo megastore <em>Cielo di Notte</em>, ho trovato un’ampia scelta di corpi celesti e ho visto una bella stella, luminosa, con dei riflessi dorati, perfetta per chi la notte ha bisogno di non sentirsi solo, credo che potrei metterla nel sacchettino di tramontana che ho preso all’<em>Atelier dei venti</em>, dove hanno sempre ottime brezzoline e bei venti  da confezione, freschi o caldi, a seconda delle esigenze. Nel <em>Bazar del Mattino</em>, invece, ho trovato una bella bottiglietta in <em>vento soffiato</em>, dove ho raccolto delle ottime, fresche e spiritose gocce di rugiada, adatta a chi è convinto di essersi rinsecchito, <em>probabilmente basterà qualche goccia</em>, come mi ha spiegato la signora del <em>Bazar</em>, <em>e la persona rinsecchita inizierà a sentire l’acqua entrare in circolo, inizialmente proverà una sensazione di stordimento</em>, così mi ha detto sempre la signora, <em>ma nel giro di poco tempo si sentirà rinvigorita</em>, pare che questa cosa si chiami “<em>rugiadaterapia</em>”, bah, non so quanto sia attendibile, i negozianti farebbero di tutto per convincerti. Nella mia lunga passeggiata alla ricerca del regalo giusto, con un freddo veramente freddo, fortunatamente ho trovato aperto uno dei miei negozi preferiti qui sul monte, il <em>Semenzaio</em>, ha semi di ogni tipo, il proprietario ed io siamo ottimi amici, lui sa che se dipendesse da me seminerei sempre, qualunque cosa, ovunque, ma è molto bravo a contenere la mia vocazione seminaiola e mi consiglia sempre il periodo giusto per tutte le sementi. Comunque, anche qui ho scovato dei semi niente male da regalare a chi non semina mai nulla perché pensa che tanto non crescerà, perdincibacco, se anche la mente universale facesse questo ragionamento, non esisterebbe un fico secco da nessuna parte. Nonostante il freddo, comunque, ho continuato la mia ricerca e, con la mia sciarpa lunga vari metri (avete presente il collo di una giraffa?) sono arrivata nella zona più antica del monte, quella dove stanno le querce secolari, e dove esiste da sempre la <em>Bottega dei preziosi</em>, piccola ma piena di tante cose, appunto, preziosissime, per esempio l’<em>essenza di fortuna</em>, ne bastano poche gocce ogni tanto per un effetto tonificante; la <em>crema idratante alla fiducia</em>, spalmata ogni mattina, ogni santa mattina anche se l’umore non è dei migliori, ha praticamente un effetto lifting su tutto l’organismo; l’<em>infuso di pazienza</em>, da bere ogni giorno, ogni santo giorno sopratutto quando l’umore è partito in vacanza alle Seychelles, ha effetti rilassanti; e tante altre cosette. Qui, tra l’altro, ho trovato delle meravigliose <em>spugne di tempo</em>, apparentemente sono piccolissime, ma <em>basta farci cadere sopra una goccia d’acqua e aumentano di volume,</em> come mi ha spiegato il vecchio signore un po’ burbero che accoglie i clienti, dando a tutti il consiglio giusto, <em>la cosa fondamentale</em>, mi ha detto, <em>è usarle bene e non sprecarle</em>, <em>altrimenti tanto vale che le lasci nello scaffale e non mi faccia perdere tempo!</em> Ah, adoro i vecchi burberi, bisbetici anche sotto le feste, fanno il regalo che, in genere a Natale non si riceve quasi mai: la sincerità.</p>
<p>(il disegno l&#8217;ho trovato nel megastore di internet, se qualcuno dovesse conoscere l&#8217;autore me lo segnali!)</p>
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<description><![CDATA[E per il periodo natalizio (generalmente per me poco movimentato) sarò in buona compagnia!]]></description>
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