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Malta

Il-Milied it-Tajjeb (Happy Christmas)
Is-Sena t-Tajba (Happy New Year)
Il-Festi t-Tajba (Season's Greetings)

On Christmas Eve there is a traditional procession for Children carrying baby Jesus and singing Christmas Carols in Maltese in every town or village throughout Malta and Gozo. These processions start at about 6 o'clock in the evening and last till 9 o'clock.

Another Maltese tradition is the "Priedka tat-Tifel" which literally means -- the preaching of the child. A boy or a girl does the preaching at the midnight mass.

Traditional Christmas Sweets - Qaghaq TA' l-Ghasel (Treacle Rings) and Imbuljuta (Chestnuts cooked in chocolate sauce).

Most popular Christmas Carol - Ninni la Tibkix Izjed (Sleep and cry no more) This was written by a Maltese Jesuit at the end of 1800

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