The ideal setting for a perfect Christmas mood definitely means snow. Soft lights, decorated trees and the pure whiteness of snow covering everything evenly: the perfect picture for the best-loved holiday of children and adults alike. Mountain resorts are a favourite destination to find all this and from the Alps to the Apennines, Italy is certainly not short of interesting offers.

A white beard, a red costume and bonnet and a weighing few pounds too much. For decades the figure of Santa Claus has been unmistakable in the West and elsewhere. He is an icon of the Christmas festivities and synonymous with holidays and gifts, but where does this character, beloved by adults and children alike, have his roots?

The fusion welding process is widely used to make many industrial products, from the simplest to the most complex. In some companies it is the distinctive element of production and strongly influences both the added value of the processes and the qualitative value of the product.

On 24th November 1859, the English naturalist Charles Darwin published “The origin of the species”. The complete title of this volume, foundation of the theory of evolution, is: “The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life”.

The economy has been in the clutches of a crisis for several years, which has certainly loosened its grip, but is far from being completely behind us.