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GuideMeMalta's Great Christmas Countdown with... Christabelle
Maltese singer Christabelle's Christmas season this year will include Budapest and her nanna's 'infamous' cannelloni.

Joanna Demarco

For Christabelle, Christmas is...

"...a time where all the families get together and when Jesus Christ was born. A time of happiness."

And this year,  it's no different!

"We normally go for dinner with my parents on Christmas Eve then go to Midnight mass. We wake up at around 7am and open the presents together, then we head to the cemetery to pay our respects to relatives who are no longer with us. We then visit my grandma and help her with the lunch preparations, have the first part of lunch there, then head to Jordan’s parents with his family for the second part of lunch and a games night with all his family."

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Christabelle / Facebook

And her favourite part of the day is...

"...when I help Nanna prepare her famous cannelloni!"

Christabelle's best Christmas present so far was...

"I am a giver so I prefer giving presents rather than receiving. However, I once received a gift from Jordan to go and watch one of my favourite artists at the 02. I will never forget that experience."

How about New Years Resolutions? Will she be making any?

"I probably won’t but, work less… which I won’t do though! In 2019, I want to try and conclude on all the unfinished business that I had in 2018."


Joanna Demarco
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Joanna Demarco

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