Christmas in Italy

People come to Christmas markets to buy ....

• furniture and household supplies

• sweets, decorations and gifts

• fruits and vegetables

• pets

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Some of the Italian Christmas food is ...

• turkey, mashed potatoes and fruit cake.

• popcorn and cotton candy

• panettone, pandoro and polpettas

• Potato latkes and braided challah bread.

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La Befana is ....

• a friendly witch

• a wicked witch

• a type of food

• a Christmas song

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La Befana brings presents on ....

• December, 25th

• June, 15th

• March, 1st

• January, 6th

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Creating nativity scenes, or presepe, ...

• is not very popular in Italy.

• is one of most favorite traditions in Italy.

• used to be very popular many years ago.

• is popular only with young people.

Christmas dinner, or cenone, is ...

• not different from everyday dinner.

• a picnic in the park.

• eaten in complete darkness.

• is a big meal with lots of delicious food and sweets.

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Zampognari, shepherd musicians, play ...

• pianos

• violins

• bagpipes

• guitars

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Tombola is a game similar to ...

• bingo

• monopoly

• dominos

• jenga

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