Nollaig na nBan

Nollag na mBan (Women’s Christmas), The Epiphany, The Visit of the Maji (Wise Men, Three Kings), Little Christmas. The 12th Day of Christmas.

The women of the household worked so hard during the Christmas season it became a tradition that they got the 12th day to themslves. In some parts of Ireland it used to be the practice for women to “abandon” their families and visit their mothers to celebrate Women’s Christmas together. Others used to go on a “girls’ night out” while their menfolk tried to handle the children and the household tasks.

Nowadays children (young and old) give their mothers a separate presents on the 12th Day of Christmas or take them out to dinner. Of course the best present a mother can get is – the day off from housework . HINT! HINT!

Today is also the day that all the Christmas decorations are taken down and packed away. Don’t leave it all to your Mom and Dad.
 

“A. Ciancia” Primary School: our cribs for Christmas 2007

When Christmas time starts, at the beginning of December, we use to prepare a big Crib and a big Christmas tree in the corridor of our school as a Christmas symbol for everyone. This year we made a big one for all the school, but each class prepared their own crib in their own classrooms too. We photographed them.

Here are the photos of the big one made  by the class 5B children. You can see the other cribs on our blog (Italia chiama Europa) on the left sidebar of this blog.

 

Crib made by the class 4 B children

Crib made by the class 4 A children

Class 2 A crib    Class 2 B crib  Class 3 A crib   Class 5 A crib

  Article and Photos by the teacher Mario Martino

Happy New Year!

From “A. Ciancia” primary school – Francavilla in Sinni (PZ) Italy