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Bronx Little Italy’s Annual Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony is back again this year on Saturday, December 3, 2022. Ciccarone Park at the intersection of East 188th Street and Arthur Avenue in the Bronx. The event is open to the public from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM and attendees can get into the holiday spirit by meeting Santa and an elf, singing along to h...

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Ah, Italia! Imagine you are with your love motoring along colorful seaside towns dripping with lemon trees. Then you travel over gently rolling hills full of grapevines laden with purplish fruit. You then find yourself snuggled up in a cozy Alpine hideaway with the perfect bottle of red. Everything about Italy sings amore! This holiday season, why...

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The Feast of the Seven Fishes is an Italian tradition for Christmas Eve, which is also known as La Vigilia in the Southern Italy region. The seven-course meal, typically eaten on Christmas Eve, features fish and seafood-filled dishes such as stews, soups, and pastas. And luckily, for Austin, two local restaurants are offering their versions of the...

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With Jack Frost prepping to nip at some noses and Santa Claus getting ready for his Christmas globetrotting, many Staten Islanders are eager to uphold their holiday tradition of visiting the DiMartino house located at 107 Sharrotts Rd. in Charleston. Joe DiMartino started to build his famous “Lights for Life” display the day after Memorial Day, and...

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Italian treats always seem to find their way to a holiday table at Christmas time in Upstate New York. And thank goodness for that! Italian Americans make up a huge number of families who can trace their heritage back to the Old Country.  And because of that, authentic Italian bakeries and delicious gelato shops are pretty easy to find all over the...

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As the first snow falls on the surrounding mountain peaks and the temperatures slowly begin to drop, a period begins in the town of Merano Christmas market that for many is a true experience for all the senses: Advent. The city is tinted in typical Christmas colours and the unique atmosphere of the Merano Christmas market makes it all the more spec...

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The Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere annually displays the Solidarity Creche, a gift by the Naples (Italy) Chamber of Commerce to the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) following the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. Il Presepio Della Solidarieta, an exquisite, artisanal exhibit of museum quality that tells a...

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When and where was torrone first created? No one knows for certain. Some connoisseurs say Persia; others Arabia; and still others China. A clue lies in its list of ingredients, which is short and sweet: almonds, honey, sugar and egg white, although other nuts (pistachios, walnuts and hazelnuts), candied fruits and chocolate can be added. Thus, no m...

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The Valle d'Itria is one of the most enchanting areas of Puglia and rises between the provinces of Bari, Brindisi and Taranto: the landscape is characterized by the presence of vast expanses of centuries-old olive trees, dotted with trulli, vineyards and dry stone walls that lead to villages with a unique charm. Among these we cannot fail to mentio...

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Visit the Christmas Markets in Trentino and South Tyrol with us, let yourself be enchanted by the magic of the colours that in these places are kissed by white snow lend themselves perfectly to the Christmas atmosphere. The Christmas Markets in Trentino and South Tyrol are among the best known and most visited, each year they have thousands of visi...

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