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Christmas time in Riccione

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Christmas in Riccione in the center of Viale Ceccarini, during the christmas period, from 22 november to 8 january, to celebrate together with friends and family. There are lot of things to see, like the crystal castle and the house of Santa Claus, the Snow Queen’s Castle, the bear’s den, the Christmas Tree with more than 100.000 lights and the kiss tunnel, the panoramic wheel, the snow tubing, the arch gallery and spectacular illuminations. The first attraction is for sure the ice skate carpet, which with its 180 meters is the longest in Europe. A modern structure and completely covered by a canopy, so that it can be used in every weather conditions. The Crystal Castle and the House of Santa Claus An area completely dedicated to children. Here the little ones will be able to meet Santa Claus and give him the letters and their wishes. The Castle host many activities like the Art Attack laboratory and the face painting. The Snow Queen’s Castle and the Princess day ...
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Typical Christmas Recipes In Romagna

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Recipe for Capelletti in Brodo (8 people): Ingredients: Flour 600gr Parmesan Cheese 150 Gr Minced Meat 150 Gr Butter 50 Gr Eggs 6 Beef Broth Nutmeg Salt Preparation : First brown the minced meat with butter and then puor it in a bowl. Add Parmesan Cheese, salt and nutmeg. Make a fountain with the flour, add the eggs and mix until you obtain a smooth pasta. Cover it for 30’ minutes. With the rolling pin stretch the pasta, and then make square (3cm). Put in the middle some minced meat and close it. Cook the Capelletti in hot broth and serve it with Parmesan cheese. Recipe Pandoro: -                 Ingredients :       450g flour 0 -          30ml water -          14g brewer’s yeast -          180g sugar -       ...
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New Year in Riccione. Parties and traditions

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NEW YEAR IN RICCIONE Riccione is located on Romagna coast , it's frequented in all seasons, especially on New year eve thanks to many attractions like the coast illuminated by thousands of lights and many parties around the city.  Most of the events of the New Year Riccione are organized in the pubs and in the famous discos of the area that organize great events with famous guests and international DJs. For those who love listening modern music and dancing until late at night the New Year Eve in Riccione offers many opportunities.                                                                                                                                 ...
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Nativity scene

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Nativity scene!! On 8th of December we usually start our preparations for the Christmas festivities. We begin with the Nativity scene, created with the characters, the cave, real musk to recreate the lawn, and the gravel to create the landscape. Generally we put it right below the Christmas tree, and we decorate it with some lights. In Italy is also typical to represent a living Nativity scene, featuring live characters and animals. It’s a really fun thing to prepare, because it is a way to reu nite the entire family and spend a day having a lunch or a dinner all together. Usually, when it’s complete, the whole family stay in front of the crib to turn the lights on, then on Christmas Day, when it gets to open the presents, we make a prayer to wish happiness, peace and prosperity. Morena, Alessio 
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Kiss under the mistletoe

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Why are you kissing under the mistletoe? It is one of the oldest and most repeated rituals. Born from a sweet Celtic goddess, brings good luck and protects those who really love. Always kiss, and under the mistletoe. The simplest, most pleasant, romantic among the rites of St. Sylvester, which promises happiness, peace, lots of love. All thanks to the Celtic goddess Frigg, protector of lovers. The Vikings have a beautiful legend   T he kiss under the mistletoe is a tradition that dates back to an ancient legend of Nordic origins. The protagonists are his sons Balder and Loki: the first - the most beautiful god - good and loved, the second - god of deception - irascible and envious, who therefore decided to kill his brother. F rigg tried to protect him by calling every plant and animal to help, but forgetting about the mistletoe. Loki took advantage of it using the braided mistletoe to build a sharp weapon to hit Balder. For his death for long days eve...
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CULINARY TRADITIONS

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Italy is well known for the countless food specialities that can be found everywhere in the country and Emilia-Romagna in particular is one of the richest regions for enogastronomy. There are plenty of ancient recipes and the traditions of some dish date back to 1500. Most people in this area were poor and couldn’t have rich dishes exept in festivities. For example in Christmas time there are various typical dishes that local people always consume, like Cotechino with Lenticchie, Cappelletti and Pandoro. Cotechino with Lenticchie: Two typical pork products prepared for Christmas and New Year's dinner are cotechino and zampone; in the former, pork meat is inserted in the natural rind ("cotica") whereas in the zampone it is inserted into the leg ("zampa"). It was a peasants dish usually accompanied by lentils. Eating cotechino and lentils is an Italian tradition rooted in time; already the ancient Romans used to consume a dish of lentils to guarantee great...
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The 12 Dishes of Polish Christmas Eve

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Christmas is one of the most beautiful Christian holidays. In Poland this is the most awaited time associated with a lot of traditions. One of them is 12 dishes . This number symbolises twelve Apostles and represents the twelve months of the year. On Christmas Eve we don't eat meat, because it’s the time of Lent. It's very important for Christians. Christmas dishes are diverse in all Polish regions and they depend on individual customs. Christmas Eve supper usually starts when the first star appears in the sky. We do this in remembrance of the Bethlehem Star, which led the Three Kings to the stable. Christmas dishes include: red borsch with uszka (a beetroot soup with little dumplings) mushrooms soup fish prepared in a variety of ways (e.g. fried carp) cabbage with peas or mushrooms pierogi (dumplings with sauerkraut and mushrooms) poppyseed cake.
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