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To make panettone — traditional panettone, coaxed from a stiff, naturally leavened starter — is to embark on a long, expensive and unpredictable journey, risking disaster at every turn. Roy Shvartzapel, a baker in San Francisco, refers to the Italian bread as “the Mount Everest of baking.” “You’d be hard pressed to find a more challenging dough,” s...

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The Light Festival will kick off in Florence with the lighting of the Christmas tree on December 8 in piazza Duomo. From that moment, which symbolically inaugurates the seasonal festivities, all the main events of the “F-Light” festival will begin, a full month of “dressing up” the city’s main monuments and squares. The event, spread over around 15...

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When: December 2, 2017 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm - Where: Christ the King Church and School, 405 N. 117th, Seattle WA 98133, Brannan House (event location), 11544 Phinney Avenue North, Seattle WA The Celebration: La Befana is a beloved character in Italian Christmas folklore, similar to Santa Claus. An old woman all dressed in black, she is always sweep...

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No holiday meal is complete without a desert. At Christmas, while American families make the traditional pumpkin pie and the Englishmen enjoy the yummy Christmas pudding, the Italians have their piece of the local Christmas cake that fills their houses with the smell of citrus, vanilla, and candied fruit. But Italy has never taken the final decisio...

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Piccolo Mercatino di Natale – Saturday, December 2, 2017 – 10am-4pm. North Bay Italian Cultural Center, 64 Brookwood Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95404. Park and enter on Chinn Street. Holiday shop for affordable art, jewelry, greeting cards, books, biscotti, travel info and gift certificates. Join us for refreshments, music, lights and holiday cheer. Fo...

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Don’t miss this year’s Christmas celebration! After three years of lovely evenings, the Federation of Italian-American Organizations will host its fourth annual Christmas Dinner on Friday, December 8th at Favazza’s Rose of the Hill. Continuing the theme of “Traditions of Italian Christmas”, this evening promises to be a memorable occasion and will...

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Hill 2000 and the Hill Business Association (HBA) invite you to CHRISTMAS ON THE HILL to kick-off the Christmas season, Saturday, December 2, 2017, Noon – 8:00 p.m., with events at St. Ambrose Church, The Hill Neighborhood Center, and Gelato di Riso. Sample fresh salsiccia (in front of St. Ambrose Church) and roasted chestnuts. Bring family and fri...

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New Haven has always been a hub of Italian-American activity in Connecticut. So it's the perfect place to ring in the holiday, Italian-style. On Wednesday, Nov. 29, an Italian-language Christmas movie will be shown at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven. Marco Ponti's 2016 comedy "La Cena di Natale" ("The Christmas Dinner") tells abo...

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The Chicagoland Italian-American Professionals organization will present its second annual Festa Dei Cuccidati at Casa Italia on Dec. 10. The event will run from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Chandelier Room in the Community Center. Awards will be presented for the best homemade, locally-baked and available online cuccidati. The event will also feature...

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“Italian Christmas Concert in Buffalo,” a traditional Italian Christmas concert featuring award-winning Italian tenor Micheal Castaldo and friends, will take place on Friday, December 8, 2017 at 8:00p.m. at Alden Presbyterian Church, 13298 Broadway, Alden, NY 14004. Castaldo will perform classic Christmas carols from his chart-topping best-selling...

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