Let’s Have a Little Christmas Fun with the Elusive “Feast of the Seven Fishes”

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Natale a New York, la scelta dell’abete del Rockefeller Center e quelle radici italiane

Subito dopo avere pulito i piatti della cena del Ringraziamento, a New York è abitudine dirigersi verso il venditore di alberi di Natale più vicino. Ma quello che più di tutti ottiene la gloria e l’ammirazione del pubblico è senza dubbio...

“Tu scendi dalle stelle”, Italy’s Beloved Christmas Carol and How It Was Born

by Lucy Gordan

When I moved to Rome after my college graduation, it took me only one holiday season to realize that in Italy there was no national repertoire of popular Christmas music. I was unaware that Christmas hymns praising the Baby Jesus...

I Won’t Be Home for Christmas and I’ll Tell You Why

by Joan Erakit

Christmas is definitely not my favorite time of year. For many of us young, ambitious types, it’s a few days of having to jam pack your schedule with relatives, high school friends, exes, former colleagues and those awkward parental conversations...