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Series of Italian Christmas comedy films

The cinepanettoni (sg.: cinepanettone) are a series of farcicalcomedy films, one or two of which are typically released annually in Italy during the Christmas period.

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The films were originally produced by Aurelio De Laurentiis' Filmauro studio.^[1]

Etymology

Starting in , some farcical or comic movie were released every year around Christmas time in Italy, and were known as cinepanettoni, a portmanteau of Italian: cine for "cinema", and panettone is a type of sweet bread traditionally eaten at Christmas.

The saga of cinepanettoni

These films are usually focused on the holidays of stereotypical Italians: bungling, wealthy and presumptuous members of the middle class who visit famous, glamorous or exotic places.

Films were set, for example, in the Netherlands (Merry Christmas, ), Egypt (Christmas in Egypt – Natale sul Nilo, ), India (Christmas in India – Natale in India, ), America