My family's Christmas traditions.

I don't know whether it's the same all over the world, but in Italy every region, every town and every family have their own traditions. In my family Christmas starts on the 8th of december, when we decorate the Christmas tree and put up a Nativity scene (we call it "Presepe") in our house. On Christmas' Eve (la "Vigilia") we meet at my grandmother's for lunch. Christmas'Eve is a "giorno di magro" (literally "thin day" which means "day without meat"), so we make and eat a traditional Christmas' Eve dish from Mantua, "tortelli di zucca" (fresh pasta filled with pumpkin, MUSTARD and amaretto biscuits). I live in Piedmont, but my grandparents were from a village near Mantua: that's why we eat this dish. At midnight we usually go to ("the" not needed) church to attend Mass. After the Mass, some "Alpini" (Italian Alpine SOLDIERS ) offer hot chocolate ( bicerin?) , frició (piedmontese fritters), whipped cream and "vin brulé" ("MULLED wine"). The day after, on the 25th, we unwrap our presents and then we usually have lunch with all OF my family at my house. We always eat home-made "agnolini in brodo" (fresh pasta filled with meat and served in hot BROTH) and "cappone ripieno (stuffed chicken). At the end we eat the traditional Italian sweets for Christmas: "Pandoro" and "Panettone", often served with Mascarpone cream. This year I'm going to make the Pandoro and the Panettone by myself. In the afternoon, we usually play cards and  CHAT/TALK (converse is a bit formal/old-fashioned? ) in front of the fireplace.

what feasting! :-D http://www.italian-food-recipes.net/2007/12/christmas-menu-of-mantua.html

My family's Christmas traditions.

I don't know whether it's the same in all over the world, but in Italy every region, every town and every family have has their traditions. In my family Christmas starts on the 8th of december, when we decorate the Christmas tree and put up a nativity scene (we call it "Presepe") in our house. On the Christmas' Eve (la "Vigilia") we meet at my grandmother's for lunch. Christmas' Eve is a "giorno di magro" (literally "thin/meager day" which means "day without meat"), so we make [prepare] and eat [enjoy] a traditional Christmas' Eve dish from Mantua, "tortelli di zucca" (fresh pasta filled with pumpkin, mostarda and amaretto biscuits). I live in Piedmont, but my grandparents were from a village near Mantua: that's why we eat this dish. At midnight we usually go to the church to attend mass. After the mass, some "Alpini"(Italian alpine troopers) offer (us?) hot chocolate, frició (Piedmontese fritters), whipped cream and "vin brulé" (red hot spicy mulled wine). The day after, on the 25th, we unwrap our presents and then we usually have lunch with all my family at my house. We always eat home-made "agnolini in brodo" (fresh pasta filled with meat and served in hot bouillon) and "cappone ripieno (filled stuffed capon). At the end we eat [we have = better] the traditional Italian sweets for Christmas: "Pandoro" and "Panettone", often served with Mascarpone cream.[or Mascarpone cheese] This year I'm going to make the Pandoro and the Panettone by myself. In the afternoon, we usually play cards and converse talk in front of the fireplace.

As with your previous writing, this is extremely good. There are only a few minor things to change.

- Capitalize "December" and "Piedmontese"

- While "Chistmas' Eve" seems logical, we write "Christmas Eve" with no apostrophe.

- "mustard"

- We would say "go to church" rather than "go to the church"

- "soldiers" is a better word choice than "troopers" here

- "The day after, on the 25th" is fine, but "The next day, the 25th" would be better, and "On Christmas" even better.

- We call meat that has a filling "stuffed". A pastry would be "filled".

- "Converse" is fine, but "talk" probably better here.

My family's Christmas traditions.

I don't know whether it's the same in all over the world, but in Italy every region, every town and every family have their traditions. In my family Christmas starts on the 8th of December, when we decorate the Christmas tree and put up a Nativity scene (we call it "Presepe") in our house. On the Christmas' Eve (la "Vigilia") we meet at my grandmother's for lunch. Christmas Eve is a "giorno di magro" (literally "thin day" which means "day without meat"), so we make and eat a traditional Christmas' Eve dish from Mantua, "tortelli di zucca" (fresh pasta filled with pumpkin, mostarda mustard and amaretto biscuits). I live in Piedmont, but my grandparents were from a village near Mantua: that's why we eat this dish. At midnight we usually go to the church to attend Mass. After the Mass, some "Alpini"(Italian alpine troopers soldiers) offer hot chocolate, frició (Piedmontese fritters), whipped cream and "vin brulé" (red hot spicy wine). The day after, on the 25th, we unwrap our presents and then we usually have lunch with all my family at my house. We always eat home-made "agnolini in brodo" (fresh pasta filled with meat and served in hot bouillon) and "cappone ripieno (filled stuffed capon). At the end we eat the traditional Italian sweets for Christmas: "Pandoro" and "Panettone", often served with Mascarpone cream. This year I'm going to make the Pandoro and the Panettone by myself. In the afternoon, we usually play cards and converse in front of the fireplace.

My family's Christmas traditions.

I don't know whether it's the same in all over the world, but in Italy, every region, every town and every family have their own traditions. In my family Christmas starts on the 8th of December, when we decorate the Christmas tree and put up a Nativity scene (we call it "Presepe") in our house. On the Christmas' Eve (la "Vigilia") we meet at my grandmother's for lunch. Christmas'Eve is a "giorno di magro" (literally "thin day" which means "day without meat"), so we make and eat a traditional Christmas' Eve dish from Mantua, "tortelli di zucca" (fresh pasta filled with pumpkin, mostarda and amaretto biscuits). I live in Piedmont, but my grandparents were from a village near Mantua: that's why we eat this dish. At midnight we usually go to the church to attend Mass. After the Mass, some "Alpini"(Italian alpine troopers) offer hot chocolate, frició (piedmontese fritters), whipped cream and "vin brulé" (red hot spicy wine). The day after, on the 25th, we unwrap our presents and then we usually have lunch with all my family at my house. We always eat home-made "agnolini in brodo" (fresh pasta filled with meat and served in hot bouillon) and "cappone ripieno (filled capon). At the end we eat the traditional Italian sweets for Christmas: "Pandoro" and "Panettone", often served with Mascarpone cream. This year I'm going to make the Pandoro and the Panettone by myself. In the afternoon, we usually play cards and converse in front of the fireplace.

Good descriptions, I got hungry just reading this :P