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In one of my last classes on traditions and cultural diversity, I had an interesting exchange with non-Catholic students who were having trouble in understanding the value of Christmas in general and for Italians, in particular.

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After spending four months in Italy, there is a bittersweet feeling as my semester comes to an end. With Christmas season being halfway through its course I noticed how different the holiday seasons compare between the US and Italy.

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By Rocco DeFazio and Mike Esposito   Our neighborhood group, Troy Little Italy, invites Capital District residents to join us at our fourth annual "Christmas in Little Italy" on Dec. 7 beginning at 5:30 p.m. at Liberty Square (Fourth and Liberty) on the evening before Troy's Victorian Stroll. Parking is available at the Hill Street Market Pl...

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by Roberto Natalini   While in Italy, countless cities and towns are hosting representations of the historic Presepe Vivente, the Italian Community in San Francisco has its own characteristic Living Nativity, inspired by the very first one created by Saint Francis of Assisi. Christmas arrived in The City on Saturday, December 21st, when...

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November 24, 2015–January 6, 2016 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art - 1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street), New York, NY 10028 - #MetChristmasTree - Purchase advance tickets to avoid waiting in admission lines. Exhibitions are free with Museum admission. Gallery 305   The Museum continues a longstanding holiday traditio...

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by Venus Mazzoni Franceschi   Through the hustle and bustle of the preparation for the Holiday Season, JoAnn Waller and Mary Pizel found time to be quite busy planning the annual Christmas Party for Families of Italian Lineage. It was held at the beautiful Mission Viejo Country Club on December 15, 2013, when their labor of detailed preparat...

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Tenor and Italian crossover singer Michéal Castaldo will perform in a special Italian Christmas concert entitled "Natale nel Cuore" or "Italian in Your Heart" starting at 3 p.m. on Sunday, December 15 at the Mattatuck Museum, 144 W Main St. Waterbury native soprano Marissa Famiglietti will appear on stage with Mr. Castaldo, and will be feature...

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Christmas was always a special time. As a child growing up in an Italian American family, it also meant that our family followed the same traditions year after year. What I remember of those years was that, after church on Christmas morning, my father would take us to visit the relatives where he would pick up all kinds of goodies from his sisters...

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An authentic Neapolitan nativity scene will be on display during the holiday season at the Italian American Museum in Little Italy. Known as the "Nativity of Peace," the nativity was created by the fourth generation of the legendary Ferrigno family of Naples, whose artistic work dates back to the mid-1800s. Donated by the government of the sou...

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WE ARE RAISING $25,000 FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS AND ACTIVITIES: DonateThe holidays are a special time for family gatherings. Yet many of our youth do not have a mother, father or siblings to celebrate with. This is especially true for our newest citizens, four Eritrean boys who survived October's tragic shipwrecks off the coast of Lampedusa, Italy...

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