This year's holiday greetings from the Yabla Italian team include a short poem by Gianni Rodari. He asks a soothsayer to see into the future. Let's see what the soothsayer says! Heartfelt thanks to all who are honing their Italian skills with Yabla.

A representation of the Yabla Italian team wants to surprise Yabla friends with many good wishes and nice messages. Thank you for being with us this year too! Happy Holidays!

Dario is a player of Ultimate frisbee. He talks about this hobby in the video. He's on the beach, where a tournament is taking place, and he teaches us the easy rules of this fun and exciting game.

Aline talks to us from the beach at Bibione, a town near Venice. She's playing in an ultimate Frisbee tournament, which she also helped organize.

Cettina and Alex show us how they decorate their Christmas tree.

Cettina shows us how to make a very basic nativity scene.

Spring is here and Cettina is enjoying the outdoors. Flowers are starting to bloom, trees are getting leaves, and the sunshine is warm enough to go without a jacket.

A yoga class to follow from the comfort of home. Yoga relaxes the body, provides a good stretch to the spinal vertebrae, and tones the muscles. Video kindly provided by QNM.

While sitting in the park, Francesca teaches Daniela how to play Briscola one of the most famous and popular Italian card games. You can learn, too!

Francesca is showing Daniela how to play Briscola. Fulvio joins in to describe the atmosphere of a real game of Briscola between two experts. Who do you think will win? Daniela or Francesca?

Eleanora explains how tambourines are made and plays a few notes from the Pizzica and Tarantella dances. The Pizzica was used in the past for exorcising the possessed.

Our two picnickers are talking about their pets. The woman has a nice dog and the man has a grey cat. How about you? And which do you like better, dogs or cats?

Which is better, winter or summer? Let's see what our two friends have to say. And what do you think?

Our two picnickers are hungry, but before having something to eat they take out a bottle of wine and talk about how it should be tasted.

The picnickers are joined by another couple, who have just returned from a trip to India. After a brief disucssion about Indian food, they all agree that Italian food is the best in the world.