Here in Italy everyone gives you (and you give them) a beautiful cake called a Panettone. Or Pandoro if you prefer. There are two camps. Along with that we exchange a lovely bottle of Prosecco or a nice red like Barolo. We visit the neighbours and share the gifts and laugh and chat, even with our broken Italian we manage to get by and have a good time. Italians are very kind to foreigners.
On Christmas Eve we always decorate the tree while watching cheesy movies like "Love Actually" and wrap the gifts while drinking lots of wine and eating delicious Italian food.
This year might be a little sad after we lost our doggie and had a fat fight with our other sister.
I want a new phone for Christmas. Mine is almost 5 years old and is struggling.
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