Dear Father Christmas
I am Kimberly and for this Christmas I would like a Yasmine Bratz as I love Yasmine very much and I also see their programme on Italia 1. I would like a Ciccio Bello Bua, a toy baby doll that looks like real. The box contains a baby, three bottles, an injection and a
temperature. Thank you very much for listening to me.
Love,
Kimberly Borg
xxx
The Christmas Fairy
I am the Christmas Fairy
And everything I see
With wand and crown
As I look down
From the top branch of the trees!
I see the pretty coloured lights
The cards hung on the wall
Candies and sweets
And Christmas time treats
For visitors when they call
What fun on Christmas morning
I'll remember all I saw
When I'm put away
Until the day
I'm on the tree once more
Merry Christmas
Leanne Micallef
Christmas Is Fun
Christmas is fun
Where there is no sun
Before Christmas day
We go to pray
I write a letter to Santa
And when he comes
I give him some Fanta
Santa is a pig that looks like a fig!
I sleep and wait for Santa
To come down my chimney with his heavy crate
I open my presents from Santa
And don't find the glass of Fanta
When I go outside
I go wild
With all the presents
I get I nearly fret
After Christmas day
There is New Year's day
Where I pray
And play!
Katya Azzopardi
A recipe for Christmas
A cup of cheer to make Christmas bright.
A packet of happiness to make it joyful.
A jug full of kisses to make it loving.
A spoonful of warmth to make it peaceful.
Stir with a lot of goodwill and Christmas spirit
Bake in the oven for as long as can be.
Serve it to family and friends.
Elena Brincat
Christmas
The word Christmas means Christ's mass. The mass is the ancient Christian church service. Christians believe that Jesus Christ was born in a stable about 2,000 years ago. They believe he was the son of God. Christmas today is celebrated by sending cards and giving presents with lots of good things to eat, with crackers and with lighted Christmas trees, with decorations and fun at pantomimes.
Marie Claire Aquilina
CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS IN MALTA
The Christmas crib
Some say, that the first crib known to have been built in Malta dates back to the year 1617. The custom of crib building in Malta did not vanish altogether. Today you find one in every house. Days before Christmas children start to help their parents set up the crib.
Baby Jesus
It is the custom that during the Novena, people place a statue of baby Jesus in a window overlooking the street. They decorate this with vetch and lights. Nowadays this figure is being replaced by the Christmas tree and the Christmas father. Another tradition is that on 8 December, people sow wheat and vetch on wet cotton wool placed in saucers or small containers. These plants will grow and then be placed next to the crib or next to the statue of baby Jesus.
‘L-Irwiegel’
The farmers used to think that the weather between 13 and 24 December used to forecast the weather for the 12 calendar months of the following year. That is, the weather of 13 December represented the weather for January of the coming year. They used to divide the day into 30 or 31 parts so as to correspond with the days of the month. They noticed the wind, the sun and the clouds so as to have a complete forecast.
The Procession with Baby Jesus
The first procession with baby Jesus was organised by Dun George Preca and other members of the MUSEUM and took place in Hamrun on Christmas Eve of 1921. From then on, the procession is organised in every village. Children and adults walk with the statue of baby Jesus carried by four members of the MUSEUM. Everyone sings Christmas carols including Ninni La tibkix izjed, which was written by the Jesuit Indri Schembri from Luqa in 1864.
Christmas Sermon/Midnight mass
The first Christmas sermon took place in Luqa in 1884. A 10-year-old boy, George Sapiano, performed the sermon. Nowadays it takes place in every Maltese village.
This information was compiled by Maria Victoria and Josephine Vella from various sources including the internet.