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Dear Friends, With the arrival of the Christmas festivity, it is my pleasure to extend to you the most fervent greetings of a Merry Christmas and of a Happy New Year.

It is, at this particular time of the year, that we all feel the need to come together, to rediscover the value of our traditions, to the flavors or essences of life that are disappearing. A sense of strong attachment to the land in which one has been born, or where one’s parents have been born, the family and the home, in this particular moment of the year makes one more alive and present.

This letter wants to be a tangible sign, an encouragement, to draw closer, to express a clear sign of solidarity to those who find themselves far from their homeland. I beg forgiveness of those citizens whose address we lack, will not be able to receive this, my, message.

I ask the collaboration of those who will receive this, to become my spokespersons and bring our best wishes, personally and in the name of the community’s administration, without exception, to all our fellow citizens who reside outside their native country.
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And, to insure that the many inhabitants throughout the world or around us, during this Christmas season, has the opportunity to feel again the affection and the warmth of their native land.

This, my letter wants to be a thought, a friendly voice, in order to dissipate that sad/melancholy veil of nostalgia that grips the heart in these periods of the year. The community’s administration intends to be near their own citizens, and to those who have sacrificed, often the affections, of those who have suffered outside of their own land; they have contributed and they still contribute to the economic well-being of their city of origin.

These citizens that were able to construct a more prosperous future for their children in far off, sometimes inhospitable lands, nevertheless, brought honor upon themselves, always rising to positive role models in each of their chosen careers.

In sending you this greeting, I take advantage of the occasion to wish you a Merry Christmas and a New Year of peace and prosperity.

The Mayor, Comune of Scala Coeli, Cosenza, Italia