IL CALLIGRAMMA

CD Carlo Collodi Elementary School Rome

Christmas in Italy

Dear Marsha,

We send some of our work on Christmas .We'll be on holiday from the 22nd of December until the 10th of January.

When we come back there will be a cerenomy during which our school wiil be officially named after the late Giorgio Perlasca who received ,rom the Yad Vashem museum the title of righteous among the nations for his life saving heroic actions in Budapest in 1944/45†when†he staged an incredible†and audacious deception that†saved literally †thousand of Jews from the†Nazi's gas chamber and ovens.†

We'll send you photo and the children work about it.

We'll keep in touch.

†††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† Kind regards

††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† Elena

††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††Danilo

†††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† Anita

IL CALLIGRAMMA

A PICTURE OF FATHER CHRISTMAS
VALENTINA

I like to make ≥presepe≤ in my house at Christmas!

Carlotta Sganga

Il panettone

In Milano in the 1400 a boy was in love with a baker's shop daughter . The father didn't like him. His business wasn't thriving and the boy,in order to please him decided to add to the bread eggs, sugar and candied fruit. This new cake was liked so much,by the milanesi that they all queued up to buy it. The boy could then marry the girl.

Mattia Musumeci

Il torrone

I like torrone . It's a sort of candy with hazelnuts. It's very sweet.

Lorenzo De Bartolo

Il pandoro

I like pandoro (pane= bread , oro = gold). This Christmas cake comes from Verona, the city of Romeo and Juliet.

Valerio Pomponi

Presepe derives from the latin word Praesepe. His origin, goes as far back as the middle ages.