Christmas Traditions in Italy Notebooking Pages and Mini Unit Study

Use these free Christmas Notebooking Pages and Resources to write about Christmas Traditions in Italy.

These Christmas Traditions in Italy Notebooking pages and Mini Unit Study Resources are perfect for comparing how holiday customs in Italy vary from other parts of the world.

With these Christmas Traditions in Italy notebooking pages, your kids can write about the traditions and customs that Italians have for celebrating the birth of Jesus.

Topics included in these notebooking pages:

• Traditional Christmas Foods in Italy
• Christmas Customs in Italy
• La Befana (the good witch) that comes on Epiphany and Babbo Natale (Father Christmas)
• Presepi (Italian nativities)

These notebooking pages are generally for students working at the 2nd to 8th grade levels.

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Resources for Learning about Christmas Traditions in Italy

Library List

In order of reading level:

The Legend of Old Befana: An Italian Christmas Story by Tomie DePaola (Note: this traditional Italian Christmas story is about a good “witch”) If you can’t find a copy of this book at your local library, your kids can watch a read aloud of the book on YouTube with Little Books Great Stories.

Bambinelli Sunday: A Christmas Blessing by Amy Wellborn

Nonna Tell Me a Story: Lidia’s Christmas Kitchen by Lidia Bastianich

Christmas in Italy (Christmas Around the World) by Kristin Thoennes Keller (this title is available on Open Library) OR Christmas in Italy (Christmas Around the World) by Jack Manning OR similar non-fiction book from your local library

How Kids Celebrate Christmas Around the World (Kids Around the World) by Pavla Hanackova

OR Christmas Around the World: A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids by Mary Lankford

Online Resources and Videos

Christmas in Italy worksheets These extra coloring plus info worksheets coordinate well with our notebooking pages.

Why Christmas is an older site with a wealth of easily understood information about Italy’s Christmas customs.

Christmas in Italy from Kids World Travel Guide

This Way to Italy explains the different customs and gift-giving days associated with the Christmas holiday in Italy.

Rick Steve’s European Christmas: Italy Best for high school (or for parents as background info)

Hands on Activities for Learning about Christmas Customs in Italy

Make a traditional Italian dish to eat. Watch this video from PNPSanta to find out the most popular dishes. Most US grocery stores carry panettone during the holiday season, if you’d like to sample it.

Create a presepi or nativity scene. Your older kids may want to paint the nativity with these instructions from Step by Step Painting. Younger children will love making this stained glass nativity ornament.

Christmas Traditions in Italy Notebooking Pages

The Christmas Traditions in Italy notebooking and journaling pages come in 3 levels to fit all of your students’ needs. There’s a large elementary lined one, a smaller elementary lined one, and a regular lined one.

There are a total of 12 notebooking pages in this packet.

These Christmas Traditions in Italy printables would even work well for handwriting practice, by copying a quote about an Italian Christmas.

More Christmas Traditions in Italy Resources

You might also try our free Christmas Symbols Lapbook, and free Christmas Customs Lapbook, and our larger pack of Christmas Around the World Notebooking Pages.