Overview
- On December 24, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni posted a Christmas video filmed before a nativity scene, saying it does not impose anything, safeguards values, and deepens a nation's roots so it need not fear confrontation or the future.
- She described the symbol as speaking to dignity, responsibility, respect for life, and attention to the vulnerable, calling these values worth preserving rather than sidelining.
- La Repubblica reported the video runs 1 minute 24 seconds and ends with a drone panorama of the nativity under Palazzo Chigi's internal colonnade.
- On December 25, Meloni followed with a simple photo greeting on social media, wearing a red sweater reading “Anche a te e famiglia” and wishing “Buon Natale.”
- Other officials issued targeted messages: Defense Minister Guido Crosetto thanked troops serving in Italy and abroad, citing missions from the Mediterranean to the Balkans, Lebanon, Africa, and the Indian Ocean; Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani extended greetings including to detainees and security forces; Senate President Ignazio La Russa urged building the new year through personal actions.