Well, here we are, in the first few days of December and, amazingly, Italy seems a bit more prepared than usual. Well, at least that is true of the post office.

The Christmas stamps were released last Friday, 1st December and I have already got mine. Obviously, as usual, I have chosen the non-religious ones (and they are also the right price for cards within the EU) and the design is:

For the sake of completeness, the religious ones (suitable for post within Italy) are:

My cards are already written so today or tomorrow I can add the stamps and post them. You never know, some people even might receive them before 25th!