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Italian Christmas decorations form
an integral part of the Christmas
celebrations. In Italy, Christmas
begins on December 6 and continues
till Christmas Eve. The Nativity scene
and "Presepio" occupies the center
of Italian Christmas decorations.
Almost every Church has a "Presepio".
Further, they are often found outdoors
in a public place. Presepio is basically
a shrine of the Holy Child where people
go and pray on the Christmas Eve.
Apart from that, decorating Christmas
trees has become quite popular in
Italy. A place called Torino in Italy
is famous for Christmas lights that
are used for Italian Christmas decorations.
Over 20 kilometers of streets around
the city are illuminated by artists
in Europe, during the festive season
of Christmas.
Most Italian homes are decorated
with a wooden item placed on their
window called Ceppo. On Christmas
Eve candles are lit to decorate the
homes. Italian children have faith
in La Befana who would bring presents
for them. For this purpose, they keep
their shoes hung. On Christmas Eve,
the mothers bake cakes and also prepare
pudding. The celebrations end with
the feast of Epiphany on January 6th.
A typical Italian party decoration
would mean wrapping grapevines around
gold, silver, and cranberry pillar
candles of different sizes. This provides
the guests with lively party decorations
on the table. In fact, putting grapes
on silver or gold charger plates is
a very famous decoration custom of
Italy.
Italy is a realm of Elysian countenances,
a land of magical Renaissance, a land
of grapes and intoxicating wines.
Italian parties are an inspiration
to the party decorations of the world.
The dominant theme for party decorations
is vine. Added to this, the host may
suspend wreaths around the party venue.
Wreaths may be made of branches and
then adorned with real grapes.
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