More Splendid Christmas Lights In Rome

Xmas Lights in Rome

After my Splendid Christmas lights in Rome post, another hotel in Rome, Hotel Kent, tweeted me more Christmas photos.  I liked their photos too, so I tweeted the Hotel Kent a request for permission to publish them.  Luckily, they said yes.It seems that Rome's hoteliers are out and about this … [Read more...]

Splendid Christmas Lights in Rome

A Rome Christmas Tree

Via a Tweet from hotel in Rome Autohotel, I shuffled off, virtually, to Facebook to see some photographs of Rome's Christmas lights.I liked the festive photos of Rome so much, I asked if I could pop a few of them here.  The Autohotel people said yes, which was nice of them, so here they … [Read more...]

Christmas Songs in Italian

Christmas in Italy

Test your comprehension of Italian with these Christmas songs sung in Italian by the children of the Coro i piccoli di Betlemme choir.  If you can understand the words, your Italian is coming along fine!See how many of the songs you can recognise and, if you wish, leave their names in a comment … [Read more...]

Italians Cut Back on Christmas Spending in Italy 2011

A Christmas Market in Milan, Italy

While Christmas is not, perhaps, the best of economic indicators, spending at this time of year does say a lot about the mood of countries in which Christmas is celebrated.  Healthy Christmas spending indicates optimism.  A fall in spending during the festive season invariably indicates … [Read more...]

New Year’s Traditions in Italy

Seafood Soup for the New Year in Italy

Christmas and New Year in Italy are a huge excuse for Italians to push the boat out and eat lots of food and sample plenty of drink too. But gastronomic delights are only part of the story.As you may know, Italy is a land which is rich in traditions which vary from region to region and from city … [Read more...]