VALLETTA STREET DECORATIONS Street decorations turn most towns and villages in Malta and Gozo into a festival of lights and colours during the Christmas season. This picture shows Republic Street in Valletta. Photo: Darrell Pace
		SLIEMA STREET DECORATIONS Street decorations turn most towns and villages in Malta and Gozo into a festival of lights and colours during the Christmas season. This picture shows Manuel Dimech Street in Sliema from the vicinity of The Strand. Photo: Alan Edwards
		PAOLA STREET DECORATIONS Street decorations turn most towns and villages in Malta and Gozo into a festival of lights and colours during the Christmas season. This picture shows Tarxien Road in Paola. Photo: Darrell Pace
		PASTURI Crib figures are known in Malta as Pasturi. They come in various shapes and sizes, and are made of either plaster, plastic, clay, paper mache or even wax. Photo: Alan Edwards
		BABY JESUS AND STAR Many Maltese houses decorate their main window with a figurine of the baby Jesus and a Christmas star for the festive season. These decorations not only make the streets look wonderful at Christmas time, but they also offer a way for the Maltese people to share the Christmas spirit with their neighbours and others passing by. Photo: Alan Edwards
		L-GHAGEB TAL-PRESEPJU A Christmas character which appears in Maltese idiomatic speech is L-Ghageb (The Wonderer); a term used endearingly for anyone who just sits or stands there as life goes on. L-Ghageb is seen here in a typical scene from a presepju next to a shepherd and his flock. Photo: Martin Debattista
		THE 3 WISE MEN Santa Claus is not the one responsible for the tradition of gift giving at Christmas...the 3 wise men are! Photo: Martin Debattista
		MALTA'S OWN 3 WISE MEN The Triton Fountain just outside City Gate in Valletta provides the perfect vantage point for the "official" season's greetings. Photo: Martin Debattista

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