Martina has left her room and is staying in a tent on the beach near the shack where Alessio sleeps. Alessio has a surprise encounter on the beach with the nice lady he'd met once before.

Maria's crush on her Biology teacher is getting way out of hand, although she says she's got it under control. Meanwhile, back at the house, Giacinto is in the bathroom once again, trying to fix the leak. Cetinka joins him to see how he's doing, and from their conversation, we make some interesting new discoveries.

After a long day's work, Alessio is invited to eat dinner with his hosts, but he soon realizes that there's a lot of tension in the air.

Antonio explains that the Italian tradition of constructing a nativity scene during the Christmas season had it origins in the thirteenth century, when Saint Francis of Assisi organized the first live re-enactment of the birth of Jesus. It soon spread to all of Italy, but above all to the Kingdom of Naples, where everyone got involved, from the poorest family to the King himself.

For many Italians, putting up a presepe (manger scene or crèche) at Christmas time is as, if not more important than putting up a Christmas tree. Antonio talks about the traditions concerning its origins, two thousand and eleven years ago.

This newscast is completely dedicated to Christmas and the holidays... no news of the world or politics. Be careful, though, there's an unexpected guest!

The island of Lipari is famous for having one of Italy's most important archaeological museums. This is largely because of the numerous shipwrecks that have been excavated. A particularly evocative aspect of Lipari is the presence of sea stacks that emerge from the water in a variety of shapes.

At work, Lele is preoccupied with the Cetinka problem, but then his superior gives him new things to worry about. And if that weren't enough, Grandpa Libero calls him about more missing money and more suspicions, pointing to Giacinto of course.

Marika and Anna take you to a shop where they make and sell fresh pasta. Have fun!

At the beach club Alessio does a little of everything: he waits tables, leads an exercise session on the beach, and takes care of the deliveries. He also meets someone!

Musician Carlo Ipata talks about the Rossi Theater in Pisa, his hometown. Amazingly, this eighteenth-century theater managed to escape modern renovations, allowing us a glimpse of what theatergoing would have been like in earlier times.

At the end of his day's work, Alessio wrecks the truck he'd loaded, and has to stay on at the beach club for ten more days of work to pay for the damages.

Il pane (bread) is an important staple at the Italian table, no question about it. There is a great variety of kinds of bread, and in fact, every region has its own. Anna and Marika take you to discover some of their favorites.

Alessio is stuck at the beach because his scooter has a flat tire. In order to get it fixed he looks for work at the beach club where he had fallen asleep the night before.

Some money disappears from Libero's pocket and he immediately suspects Cetinka's boyfriend. Lele doesn't think he should be accusing anyone without proof, and Libero makes a crack about old people. In order to understand the double-entendre, you need to know that a stufa is a heater and that stufare is to be a bore.