Help with Christmas Project

A.,

Wow...I considered this a personal challenge just to see what I could find on the net for you! LOL! I struck out in Italy. Sorry. Mexico was much easier.

Here are some websites for you to get some visuals:

http://www.mymercadomexicanimports.com/index.cfm/fa/subca...

This one shows a beautiful, embroidered, white dress that is traditional for the celebration of a Mexican Fiesta, church Kernez or December 12 - the Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Here's a cheater thought for you....could you put the doll in a sleigh with a Santa? Kinda like a Dora's Christmas video?

I found this site informative (with pictures!):

http://www.facts-about-mexico.com/mexican-clothing.html

I liked this picture, too! Very holiday-ish looking:

http://www.bronners.com/1124706.html If you cannot see this pic, I went to http://www.shopzilla.com/mexican-holiday-clothing/search and I clicked on the Mexican Girl Glass Ornament.

Best of luck!

L.

http://www.feliznavidadsedona.com/Images/Fig-MexicanSanta...

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://p.images.bl... - starting about 29 seconds in you see a lot of great outfits.

Tons and tons! Just hit "pause" when you see something you want to make.

L.

Here is a link for authentic mexican costumes there are several: http://www.costumzee.com/tag/mexican/
This link is for mens authentic Italliam costumes for men:
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=im...

Didn't find anyting for women at the Italy site

Hi.

The santa claus in Italy is actually a woman that is in search of Jesus. Her name is Befana. Good Luck!

Hope this helps,
~K.

I found this for traditional Italian Christmas clothing...
"Their traditional Christmas outfits for men are white long sleeve shirts with collars. On top of that shirt they wear a knitted brown vest with ragged lines on them. They top the final layer with a long, brown plaid coat."
There wasn't a picture but it seems pretty simple especially since it's a boy. Good luck! :)

There's a website makingfriends.com that has some paper doll outfits you can look at to get some ideas.

They wore the same things they did everyday. Just do a google image search for "traditional italian clothing" and use festive holiday colors and some sparkle. You could even make a gondolier with a Santa hat and red scarf. Same thing if you want to to do Mexican - think sombrero. I hope this helps :}