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Great Sand Nativity in Lignano Sabbiadoro

If you wish to see a very special Christmas crib, you must visit the Great Sand Nativity in Lignano.

On the square in front of Terrazza a Mare, visitors can admire an entire Christmas crib made of sand, with a lot of figures, animals and houses, every day from December the 6th to January the 6th.

In Lignano Sabbiadoro, from several years, artists of the Sand Academy in Rome, make the Nativity scene using the same sand where in the summer season children play and tourists lie in the sun. In about twenty days, under a covered structure in front of Terrazza a Mare, artists work more than 180 cubic meters of sand with different techniques to realize the sculptures of the crib, that has always a different subject.

Every year the Nativity is in a particular scenario, surrounded by the figures that live in this world and by important personalities of the history of Lignano. The same scene of the Nativity is presented each time in a different way: it can be the heart of the scene or it may be part of the scenario, and so be a natural element among the different characters.
The Great Sand Nativity offers children the chance to have fun, discovering sand animals that artists hidden inside the scene.

In the covered structure, pictures and films show the moments of the production of sculptures and also the used techniques, while a little area offers visitors the chance to buy calendars, postcards and bookmarks of the Great Sand Nativity Scene, as a reminder of the Christmas time in Lignano.

And to combat the cold, there is hot chocolate and mulled wine offered by the non-profit association Lignano in Fiore, organizer of the Sand Nativity and many other events throughout the year in the Friulian beach. The aim of this association is to realize projects for poor children in the region and in different countries of the world with the collected offerings.

In addition to the Great San Nativity in city centre, another very important meeting point is the Nativity scene in Lignano Pineta, few meters from the entrance of the seaside resort. For many years there is here an outdoor Nativity, more simple than that of sand, but also beautiful and full of love, because it is made by people who live in that area.

For residents of Lignano Pineta and Riviera, this is the meeting point during the Christmas time to drink some glass of mulled wine or prosecco and to taste special dishes.

Other Christmas cribs are located in the churches of Lignano Sabbiadoro and Pineta and also these are made by volunteers and children of the schools. Children have also the chance to contribute to the realization of an original Nativity scene, the “Crib in motion”. During the Christmas time children can bring a statue of the crib and choose where to place it. In this way, thanks to the continuing contribution of the children, the crib is always “moving”, with new figures.

Despite shops and hotels in Lignano are closed and the beach has no beach umbrellas, the city offers also during the Christmas time the chance to spend very special days, discovering small masterpieces.

Visit Lignano in this period, and Merry Christmas!

Also this summer season is nearing the end and the team of the Hotel Croce di Malta in Lignano Pineta take the opportunity to say good-bye and to thank all tourists that accommodated in the hotel.

In this period the most of the hotels in Lignano closes to enjoy the earned winter holidays and at the same time, it starts to estimate the performance of the summer just passed. Despite the crisis, the seaside resort hasn’t show particular falls, indeed, early data show a good steady flow of tourists and prolonged until the first 10 days of September. Thanks to the good and warm weather, the beach of Lignano had a large crowd for several week ends, including the first week end of September. Both the beach of Sabbiadoro than the beach of Pineta were crowded with tourists and commuters, that took advantage of good weather for one last day on the beach.

Also the balance of the hotels in Lignano is positive, with an average attendance rather good. The months of July and August have had a very good performance, with peaks of attendance in Lignano that have balanced the weak June. During this month, because of bad weather with different rainfalls and not summer temperatures, hoteliers record a rather worrying decrease, recovered in the next months.

Until the first 10 days of September the sun was shining, but then are coming the first storms and a low temperature, that caused the end of the tourist season in the seaside resort. Now, shops and hotels in Lignano close and after a short period of winter rest, they will begin to get ready to the next summer season with new services and modern facilities.

Also the Hotel Croce di Malta is moving towards winter closure and during the next months it will improve its services, offering to tourists even more special beach holidays.

Meanwhile, the staff says you good-bye and it waits for you in its 3 star hotel in Lignano Pineta to spend another summer of relaxation and fun.