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Italian Proverbs About Spring: Idioms and Expressions

Italian Proverbs About Spring: Idioms and Expressions

Spring—la primavera—is a particularly evocative season. Nature is back to life (at least in the Northern...
How Italians Celebrates San Giuseppe (Festa del Papà): Traditions, Food, and Customs

How Italians Celebrates San Giuseppe (Festa del Papà): Traditions, Food, and Customs

March 19 is St. Joseph’s Day—San Giuseppe, in Italian—and, in Italy as well as in many traditionally Catholic...
How Italy Observes the Lunar New Year: Traditions and Celebrations

How Italy Observes the Lunar New Year: Traditions and Celebrations

Lunar New Year (il Capodanno lunare) refers generically to the beginning of a new year based on lunisolar calendars. It...
How to Host an Italian-Inspired Winter Food Party: Recipes and Tips

How to Host an Italian-Inspired Winter Food Party: Recipes and Tips

Planning to host a winter dinner party with an Italian twist? Search no more—here are some ideas to inspire you, from...
Winter Festivals and Events in Italy

Winter Festivals and Events in Italy

Winter in Italy is full of events: from Christmas markets, winter sports, and cultural celebrations, there is something...
Halloween in Italy, Now and Then

Halloween in Italy, Now and Then

In Italy, in the last few decades, Halloween has gone from something only seen in movies and TV series from the US or...
Italian Winter Words

Italian Winter Words

Winter vocab in Italy, as in many other countries of the northern hemisphere, is inextricably related to the cold,...
How to Make Panettone: Recipe and Traditions

How to Make Panettone: Recipe and Traditions

“Pandoro o panettone?” is one of the archetypical questions in Italy—like shower or bathtub, spaghetti interi or...
Discovering the Celebration of La Befana in Italy: A Traditional Holiday

Discovering the Celebration of La Befana in Italy: A Traditional Holiday

In Western Christianity, the Epifania [Epiphany], which falls on January 6, celebrates the visit of the magi to the...
Fall traditions

Italian Fall Traditions

How do Italians spend their fall? In addition to celebrating Halloween, Ognissanti, and il giorno dei Morti  in...