#italian celebrations

[sayitaliano]

Do italians have santa or does the befana come ? It feels strange that in a world so influenced by the us no one would believe in father christmas

Ciao

We have both. I think accordingly on the Region and family traditions, one may be a little more important than the other but we do celebrate both Christmas on December 25th with Babbo Natale = Santa Claus, and the Epiphany on January 6th with la Befana bringing gifts and/or sweets to good kids or some "carbone" (=coal, a sugar/sweet one more often) to kids who didn't behave well during the year. Let's add in some areas there's may also be Gesù Bambino bringing gifts on Christmas (to stress the religious part of this festivity); while as far as I know la Befana may be a bit more "famous" (and bring more important/big gifts) in the central/southern areas of Italy (as in Spain, even if I think they focus more on the Re Magi).

(I live in the northern area), la Befana never really bought big gifts to me: mostly pencils or sweets/chocolate stuff or maybe little books or a small plushie... like one of two gifts that I wasn't given on purpose on Christmas just to have a little more in January from her. Kinda similar to Santa Lucia but with more candies (when I was little she brought me pencils or markers basically every year as she's poor).

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Charles swaying and smiling at his team during Italian national anthem ❤️

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Maria Callas at home in Milan, Franco Gremignani, October 1957

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Monica Bellucci.

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a lil late to the game but here’s my contribution

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Everyone singing their happy little hearts out. ❤️ And Nicolas already in party mood! 🤣

The Italian national anthem | Monaco Grand Prix | 26 May 2024

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