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An Italian custom at Chritmas is the eating of a traditional cade-bread called panettone, which many Italian-Canadian families will partake of on Christmas Day. Enjoying it her are Italian Trade Commissioner Mario Castagna, his wife, and children Palo, 10, and Diana, 7, before their Christmas tree.
An Italian custom at Chritmas is the eating of a traditional cade-bread called panettone, which many Italian-Canadian families will partake of on Christmas Day. Enjoying it her are Italian Trade Commissioner Mario Castagna, his wife, and children Palo, 10, and Diana, 7, before their Christmas tree.

An Italian custom at Chritmas is the eating of a traditional cade-bread called panettone, which many Italian-Canadian families will partake of on Christmas Day. Enjoying it her are Italian Trade Commissioner Mario Castagna, his wife, and children Palo, 10, and Diana, 7, before their Christmas tree.

Date12/23/1967
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He wants money: Dr. Mario Piacenza of the southern Italian town of Altomonte is in Toronto lookin for funds to build a school for peasant children. He's hoping to get it from the parents of the children he's leading here - natives of Alomonte who left their home town for North America. So far, he's visited 7 cities on a 3-month North American tour but has raised only $2,000 of the $20,000 he needs. He's had a picnic with Altomonteans here and plans another one.
He wants money: Dr. Mario Piacenza of the southern Italian town of Altomonte is in Toronto lookin for funds to build a school for peasant children. He's hoping to get it from the parents of the children he's leading here - natives of Alomonte who left their home town for North America. So far, he's visited 7 cities on a 3-month North American tour but has raised only $2,000 of the $20,000 he needs. He's had a picnic with Altomonteans here and plans another one.
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Boze Narodzenie. Polish families here follow Christmas-eve custom of passing around oplatek, a wafer symbolic of family unity. They also leave empty place at table for Christ Child
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Christmas conquers capitalism. The Salvation Army invaded the hard, cold world of money yesterday when they paid their traditional Christmas visit to the Toronto Stock Exchange. [Incomplete]
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Ukrainian Christmas: Lisa Machula, 14, plays the bandula for her brother Taras, 23, while their parents Raisa and John prepare for their traditional Christmas Eve dinner
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