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How to party with Italians this Christmas

With just a few weeks to go until Christmas, the party season is in full swing. We've put together some tips to help you pass a pleasant time with your Italians chums or in-laws this time of year.

How to party with Italians this Christmas
The Local's tips will make sure you won’t put your foot in it during the Christmas period. Photo of people raising glasses: Shutterstock

Congratulations, you've been invited to an Italian lunch, dinner or party this festive season. But not everything is the same as back home.

Whether it’s arriving slightly late or leaving your favourite reindeer jumper at home and opting for a classier look, these tips will make sure you won’t put your foot in it during the Christmas period.

How to party with Italians this Christmas

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Russia announces no New Year’s greetings for France, US, Germany

US President Joe Biden, France's Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will not be receiving New Year's greetings from Russian leader Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said on Friday.

Russia announces no New Year's greetings for France, US, Germany

As the world gears up to ring in the New Year this weekend, Putin sent congratulatory messages to the leaders of Kremlin-friendly countries including Turkey, Syria, Venezuela and China.

But Putin will not wish a happy New Year to the leaders of the United States, France and Germany, countries that have piled unprecedented sanctions on Moscow over Putin’s assault on Ukraine.

“We currently have no contact with them,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

“And the president will not congratulate them given the unfriendly actions that they are taking on a continuous basis,” he added.

Putin shocked the world by sending troops to pro-Western Ukraine on February 24.

While Kyiv’s Western allies refused to send troops to Ukraine, they have been supplying the ex-Soviet country with weapons in a show of support that has seen Moscow suffer humiliating setbacks on the battlefield.

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