On Christhmas holiday a lot of Umbrian towns offer their traditional nativity scenes. Also this year we suggest you to visit Umbria and discover Italian history and tradition.

On December 26 and January 1 and 2 the Umbrian town of Passignano, situated near the Trasimeno lake, presents its alive crèche. This nativity scene is open to the public every day from 5:00pm to 7:00pm.

In Castiglione del Lago, another village along the Trasimeno lake, you can find one of the most beautiful Christmas crèche.  The nativity scene will take place from December 23 to January 9, 2010 from  9,30am to 6,30pm. The Christmas crèche in Castiglione del Lago represents the “Famiglia Della Corgna”, a monumental nativity scene into Rocca del Leone.

The Nativity Scene is an Italian tradition to celebrate the Jesus birth. Usually, every Italian family prepare his own nativity scene in his house on the 8^th of December, the day of The Immaculate Conception.

The nativity scene is often placed near the Christmas tree and it always includes the manger with Jesus, the Virgin Mary, Joseph, the ox and the burro. Other nativity scenes also include a rich scenery of shepherds and other characters, animals and sheeps, wells and trees: a real enchanting setting!

A lot of Italian towns prepare their streets, churches and structures with the traditional nativity scenes. In Umbria there are four towns that realize beautiful ones during the Christmas Holidays.