My mother and I drove up to Kandern a couple of weeks ago and since
then, I have been taking in the sights of the season. It was while we
were up there that I really felt like the Christmas Season had begun. 
Lights hung all over the place...this is the Via del Corso.
Christmas colours.. are also the colours of the Italian flag.
Christmas cookie parties with students. We had a lot of fun.
Decorating sugar cookies is not an Italian tradition.
Decorating my apartment a little bit. Last year my Christmas decorations stayed in their storage container so it has been fun to pull them out and decorate... even though I will be packing up all my things to move out of this apartment in a couple months.
Attending a children's Christmas concert at a church across the Piazza from my apartment.
Fun to hear Italian children singing Mele Kalikimaka-the Hawaiian way to say Merry Christmas.
Something I love in Europe is the way so many people use Advent wreaths. I carried this one from a Christmas market in France back down here to Rome on the road trip with my mom. The Advent wreath helps me to remember the true meaning of this season.
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