#itlaian holidays

[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).

[ofsalvo-a-blog]

rules    !      answer the 20 qs and then tag 20 people you want to get to know better   !

name .      jessie   .

zodiac sign .      virgo   .

height .      5′4   .

languages spoken ?    english   ,   some basic itlaian   .   

nationality ?      american   .

favorite fruit ?     MANGOS   !

favorite scent ?      food   /   fresh clean laundry (   SHEETS AND BLANKETS   )    /   fresh outdoors   /   my favorite perfume   .

favorite color ?  black   .

favorite animal ?    every single fucking animal that exists ok   .

coffee ,  tea ,  or  hot chocolate ?  all   !

favorite fictional character(s) ?   jesus way too many to list   .

dream trip ?   anywhere really   . . . .

when was your blog created ? around march 2014 originally but i’ve you know been an ass and remade many times   .

last movie seen ?   the incredibles 2   <3

songs you’ve had on repeat ?   pennyroyal tea   ---   nirvana   /   this is the end   ----   the doors   /   kosmic blues   ---   janis joplin    /   stop draggin’ my heart around   ---   stevie nicks and tom petty   and so many others tbh   .

favorite candy ?     anything containing chocolate   .

favorite holiday ?   a toss up between thanksgiving and halloween   .

tagged by  :   @samcrodoc   thank you hun <3 tagging   :   you   !