This document provides a photographic tour of Christmas scenes and celebrations across several regions in Italy. It includes over 50 photos from cities like Bologna, Assisi, Capri, Milan, Cesenatico, Bolzano, Florence, Grazzano Visconti, Genoa, Modena, Naples, Palermo, Pompeii, Ravenna, Rome, Salerno, Sorrento, Taranto, Trieste, Turin, Trento, Udine, Venice, and Vicenza. The photos showcase Christmas markets, trees, lights, traditions, food, and more. The document also includes the lyrics to the Christmas song "White Christmas" in both English and an Italian translation

1. XII – 2010

2. Bologna – Emilia Romagna
Italian sophistication at Christmas

3. Trento – Trentino-Alto Agide
Xmas Tree in front of Santa Maria - the Church where the Council of Trent was held

4. Bologna – Emilia Romagna
Christmas is coming and Bologna is getting ready...

5. Assisi – Umbria
Christmas Eve – The Mass of the Rooster will soon begin

6. Capri – Campania
The Piazzeta, even more beautiful by Christmas lights

7. Milano – Lombardia
Xmas decoration

8. Cesenatico a Natale - Emilia Romagna
The whole port area has become a Christmas Crib (Presepe) disposed on old boats

9. Bolzano – Trentino-Alto Adige
Christmas Market

10. Firenze – Toscana
Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge) at Christmas

11. Grazzano Visconti - Emilia Romagna
everybody busy in the kitchens cooking Christmas dinner

12. Genova – Liguria
The Mazzini Gallery

13. Milano – Lombardia
The Duomo - Santa Maria Nativity Cathedral

14. Napoli – Campania
detail of a Napolitan alley - which is not a city but a state of beeing!

15. Milano – Lombardia
one of the streets with the city’s best commerce

16. Modena – Emilia Romagna
Christmas lights projected on the building at Piazza Grande (Large Square), Modena

17. Napoli – Campania
Struffoli - typical Napolitan Christmas candy

18. Milano – Lombardia
Christmas snow in Duomo Square

19. Napoli – Campania
The Umberto I Gallery

20. Napoli – Campania
Tree of wishes - a fine tradition at Umberto I Gallery

21. Palermo – Sicilia
Theater Massimo

22. Verona – Veneto
Arena

23. Napoli – Campania
Old Naples – La Pignasecca food market

24. Palermo – Sicilia
Vicolo Burgiò at Christmas

25. Pompei – Campania
Christmas little market

26. Milano – Lombardia
At Moschino’s window shop in Via Sant’Andrea – Santa Claus in Psychoanalysis

27. Roma - Lazio
Piazza di Spagna and Via Condotti

28. Ravenna – Emilia Romagna
Merry-go-round

29. Roma - Lazio
Piazza San Pietro, Vatican City

30. Milano – Lombardia
Duomo Square - Vittorio Emanuele II Gallery

31. Milano – Lombardia
Vittorio Emanuele II Gallery – Milan's most elegant shopping mall

32. Milano – Lombardia
Vittorio Emanuele II Gallery – Christmas decoration – detail

33. Roma - Lazio
Coliseum and Christmas tree

34. Roma - Lazio
Santa Claus at Piazza Navona

35. Sorrento – Campania
Christmas in Tasso Square

36. Roma - Lazio
Piazza San Pietro, Vatican City

37. Udine – Friuli-Venezia Giulia
San Giacomo Square

38. Roma - Lazio
Pantheon and Christmas tree

39. Salerno – Campania
Christmas decoration

40. Vicenza – Veneto
Santa Claus with white horses – Italian creativity

41. Sardegna – Autonomous Region of Sardegna
Cagliari, Sardinia - The Bastion of St. Remy

42. Torino – Piemonte
Christmas time

43. Trento – Trentino-Alto Adige
the Christmas tourist little train

44. Taranto – Puglia
Downtown at Christmas

45. It’s Italy... Alfa... enough!

46. Trieste – Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Christmas rain

47. Venezia – Veneto
Gondoliers as Santa Claus

48. Roma – Lazio - Basilica of Santa Maria at Trastevere, Rome – Christmas Lunch of the
Sant'Egidio Community with more than 700 needy friends

49. Verona – Veneto
A romantic Christmas tree

50. Murano – Veneto
A Christmas tree in glass, Murano of course

51. Venezia – Veneto
Venice in the early morning hours of Christmas Eve

52. Torino – Piemonte
… and after Christmas dinner ... delights of a bakery...
...

53. Images: from the Internet, with credits to the authors
Music: Bianco Natale - White Christmas – Andrea Bocelli
Creation, research, compiling and formatting : Delza Dias Ferreira
delzadfer@hotmail.com
Review of the Italian and English version : Flavio Musa de F. Guimarães
Technical collaboration : Claudia Ricci
Brazil – São Paulo – XII - 2010
www.culturesandart.com

54. White Christmas
Music and lyrics - Irving Berlin – 1942
Bianco Natale - Irene Grandi
Col bianco tuo candor, neve
sai dar la gioia ad ogni cuor,
è Natale ancora
la grande festa
che sa tutti conquistar.
Un canto vien dal ciel, lento
che con la neve dona a noi
un Natale pieno d'amor
un Natale di felicità.
Tu, neve scendi ancor lenta
per dare gioia ad ogni cuor,
alza gli occhi
e guarda lassù,
è Natale non soffrire più.
Quel lieve tuo candor, neve
discende lieto nel mio cuor ...
Tu, dici nel cader neve
il cielo devi ringraziar,
alza gli occhi
e guarda lassù,
è Natale non soffrire più.

55. Fine