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Culture and Traditions

La Dolce Far Niente : The Enchanting Life in Sicily

Culture and Traditions

Celebrating Ferragosto

The Italian holiday of Ferragosto, dates back to Roman times and has been celebrated in Italy for over 2,000 years. Originally it was celebrated on August 1st and it was the festival of emperor Augustus. He made it a day of rest for all of the workers who had been working so hard in the […]

Culture and Traditions

Christmas Time in Southern Italy

We had river fish, vongole (clams), eel and a lot of baccala! (dried salted cod). On Christmas Day we did not receive gifts. We would go to Mass and then we would go visit our family. The kids would especially like to visit relatives they hadn’t seen in a while because the relatives would give […]

Italian Food

Time to Harvest the grapes

When I think about this time of year in Italy growing up my initial memory is the smell of fresh wine all over my home town. It’s a nice memory because I always equated school with grapes. When I was young school didn’t start in September like the USA it started Oct.1, the same time […]