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Gennaio
January
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Capodanno New year day
1st
January

• People get up late, because they went to bed
  late the night before to celebrate the last day
  of the year.
• They have a big dinner, a variety of courses,
  which are different according to the regional
  tradition.
• On this day people usually stay at home with the
  family.

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La Befana
6th
The Twefth Night
January

• This festivity is much loved by children, they
  wait for this old lady to come during the night.
• Before going to bed they put or hang their
  stockings somewhere in the house.

The Befana will fill them with gifts and
sweets. In case of naughty children she will
bring coal.
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Febbraio
February
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San Valentino Valentine's day
14th
February

• On this day partners and lovers spend more time
  together and exchange presents and cards.Lots of
  sweets and chocolate baciare eaten.

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CARNEVALE
carnival
February

• It starts soon after the 6th of January. The
• day of the biggest celebrations is Shrove
  Tuesday, just before the Ash Wednesday.
• There are cities, such as Venezia, Milano,
  Viareggio and many others where there are
  parades of floats and people dressed up
• with fancy costumes. Carnival is much fun for
  adults and children.
• We eat special cakes, with different names
  according to the region
• frappe, galani, crostoli.

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Marzo
March
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8th
La festa della donna
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Womans Day
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March

• On this day many young, and not so young, women
  take part in demonstrations and get together
  usually in the evening to have dinner at the
  restaurant or at a pizzeria.
• It is a day of memory and fun. Women are given
  a special yellow flower, mimosa.

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La festa del papà
19th
Fathers Day
March

• It is Saint Josephs feast and children have
  parties for their father and give him presents
  and cakes.

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Aprile
April
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• Students have a holiday week. Some people
  celebrate this festivity at home with the family.
• Proverb Natale con i tuoi, Pasqua con chi vuoi!
  For Christmas stay with your family, for Easter
  stay with the people you want!
• We eat the Easter colomba and chocolate eggs.
• In Rome many people have a very big traditional
  breakfast salami, ham, special cake with cheese,
  boiled eggs.
• On Easter Monday many people go out of their town
  to have a short trip in the country, on the bank
  of a river or by a lake to have picnics.

April
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Festa della Libertà Freedom Day
25th

• It is a public holiday. We celebrate the day,
  25th April 1945, in which during the second world
  war Italy was freed from Mussolinis
  dictatorship, with the help of the Resistance,
  put up by the partisans, who fought against
  fascism.
• This festivity was called Festa della
  Liberazione, Liberation Day, which has recently
  changed intoFesta della Libertà, Freedom Day.

April
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Maggio
May
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1st
May

• People do not work, students do not go to
  school, all shops, banks and offices are closed.
  It is a day of rest and peace for everybody. Many
  people go to the country, to a river bank or by a
  lake to have picnics.
• There is the tradition to eat something different
  or special in Rome many people have raw broad
  beans with pecorino (sheeps milk cheese) and
  drink wine.

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Mother's Day
May

• It takes place the second Sunday of May.
• Children visit their mother, stay longer with
  her, give present and flowers.
• There is much love on this day.

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Giugno
June
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Half Middle of June
June

• For many students school finishes, for other
  students exams start ..

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The 2nd
Festa della Repubblica The Italian Republic Day

• On the 2nd of June 1946 the Italians were called
  to choose between Monarchy and Republic with a
  Referendum. 54 of the electors voted for the
  Republic and 46 for the Monarchy.
• On the second of June we still celebrate the
  birth of the Italian Republic.
• It is a public holiday and there are colourful
  parades of the Armed Forces.

June
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Luglio
July
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school holidays
July
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Agosto
August
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Ferragosto
15th

• It is a religious celebration, the Virgins
  Assumption, but for many people it is the
  biggest summer festivity. People are usually on
  holiday, they get together with relatives and
  friends to have a very big dinner, if they are at
  the seaside dinner is on the beach.
• There is also the tradition to go to the beach
  in the evening, light fires, have a midnight
  swim and a lot of fun all night long and sleep in
  the open air. There are also fireworks.

August
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Settembre
September
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school starts
September

• In Italy school starts a few days before or
  after mid-september, this depends on the region.

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Ottobre
October
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31st
October

• There are no particular celebrations or
  events in this month. For a few years some people
  have started to celebrate Halloween on the 31st
  October, but this festivity does not belong to
  the Italian culture. Lots of cakes are sold and
  young people have parties wearing fancy dresses.

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Novembre
November
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Ognissanti e la Festa dei Morti
All Saints' Day and All Souls's day
1st and 2nd
November

• Its a time of prayer, religious devotion,
  visits to cemeteries. People take flowers, mostly
  crysanthemums to their dear ones tombs and pray
  for their peace.
• In some places there is also fun, stalls in the
  streets and gifts and cakes for children.

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Dicembre
December
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Immacolata Concezione Immaculate Conception
8th
December

• It is a holy day, in which people go to church
  and pray the Virgin.
• Schools, offices and banks are closed, but many
  shops are open because Christmas rush is getting
  near.

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Christmas Time
December

• The students have a long break from school
  usually from the 22nd to the 7th of January.
• In this time there are celebrations like in many
  other countries of Europe and of the world.

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Vigilia di Natale Christmas Eve
24th

• Many people go the midnight service after a
  special dinner with fish. After midnight
  Christmas presents are given and opened.

Natale Christmas Day
25th
December

• People go to church for Christmas service.
  Families get together for the whole day there is
  a very big and delicious lunch which is
  regionally different. Almost each family eat
  Panettone, pandoro and torrone.

Santo Stefano Boxing Day
26th

• It is a religious feast.

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31st
L'ultimo dell'anno
New year's eve
December

• For many people this is the most loved day of
  the year, a day of joy and amusement.
• To celebrate the end of the year there are big
  dinners with special courses, dancing, music, a
  lot happiness, panettone and champagne.
• Some people spend a few days in the mountains to
  ski.