Happy New Year

To all my family and friends, Buon Anno 2008! May happiness and good health be in the days ahead for all mankind.

I will be absent for awhile on this Blog page. One of the best side effect of blogging this past year is meeting and posting with fellow bloggers. It has been a great experience.

Greetings.........from a wee one!

The card inside precious!

The envelope priceless!

Buon Natale

Live Nativity

We visited the live nativity this evening and it was well attended. Unfortunately it was not very well lit and these pictures are quite dark. The organizers did a great job. There was a massive amount of work put into this.

Last Minute Shopping

We have some white tent like structures on Via Roma with some articles you might want to be giving those on your gift list. Along with the vendors is a little music. Stefano is playing the Sicilian bagpipes or better know here as *ciaramedda*!

The grade school kids had the best pickins'.

More Christmas events

This five year old participated in his school's Christmas program this morning. Just like everywhere around the world... mothers make the costumes, bake the cookies and take the photos of their kids. He was a good pick for an angel as he is a happy and very well behaved boy.

Nativity scenes are as popular as Christmas trees in homes, especially with the older generation. I think Christmas trees are something that has come about in the last 25-30 years. My neighbor puts hers together every year and each year it looks a little different.

Here is mine that I had made into a card a couple years ago. It hasn't changed much but I will work on this.

Pork Roast

We talked about having stuffed pork roast for Christmas. By the view in the local butcher shop window today, we are in luck!