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Panettone Living nativity scene in Milazzo Christmas market in Merano Zampognari in Molise during the Christmas period. Christmas in Italy (Italian: Natale) is one of the country's major holidays and begins on 8 December, with the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, the day on which traditionally the Christmas tree is mounted and ends on 6 January, of the following year with the Epiphany ...
Events are held throughout the month to celebrate and educate the public about Italian-American history and culture. [2] It was first celebrated in 1989. The heritage month is in October to coincide with Columbus Day , the American national holiday traditionally celebrated on October 12, now celebrated on the second Monday in October, and Leif ...
The Feast of San Gennaro (in Italian: Festa di San Gennaro), also known as San Gennaro Festival, is a Neapolitan and Italian-American patronal festival dedicated to Saint Januarius, patron saint of Naples and Little Italy, New York. [1] His feast is celebrated on 19 September in the calendar of the Catholic Church. [a] [3] [4]
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[citation needed] The Italians wanted to keep their heritage strong in America so they continued to celebrate the feast as they did in Italy. In Italy it is common to celebrate festivals and feasts for the Catholic religion, each saint having their own day. This feast includes food and shopping stands, games for children, live performances, and ...
The Feast of the Seven Fishes (Italian: Festa dei sette pesci) is an Italian American celebration of Christmas Eve with dishes of fish and other seafood. [1] [2] Christmas Eve is a vigil or fasting day, and the abundance of seafood reflects the observance of abstinence from meat until the feast of Christmas Day itself.
The Feast of the Assumption Festival (Italian: Festa dell'assunzione; also locally referred to informally as The Feast (La festa)) is an annual four-day Catholic and Italian American street festival in the Little Italy neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, centered on Holy Rosary Church on Mayfield Road near its intersection with Murray Hill Road. [1]
The America-Italy Society of Philadelphia arranges various events each year that educate its members on Italian history, language culture, art, and literature. AISPHILA hosts monthly films that are shown in Italian with English subtitles introduced by a guest lecturer. [5]