From La Befana to bagpipes: Five Italian Christmas traditions

By Laura Egan
Community contribution / 2 years, 4 months ago

Christmas in Italy, like many other aspects of Italian culture, is rich with tradition.

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While many customs carried out during the festive season have their roots in religion, others are rather peculiar and may ...

By Laura Egan

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