Italian Easter traditions: days of notice, special celebrations, events, food you’ll encounter when spending Easter in Italy. Easter is a significant tradition in Italy and one of the biggest holidays of the year. At its heart, Easter (Pasqua, as we call it) is a religious celebration, the time when Christians commemorate the Passion of Jesus and his Resurrection on Easter Sunday. But, like Christmas, Easter has also taken on a more secular dimension: even those with no particular religious affiliation use the festivity / school break as an occasion for a big family lunch, a trip out of town, and, of course, a great deal of chocolate! If you are…

Discover traditional Italian New Year’s foods for Capodanno! Learn why Italians eat lentils, cotechino, capitone and more, and how these festive dishes bring luck, abundance, and celebration to the new year. If there’s one thing you can count on in Italy on New Year’s Eve, it’s a very generous table. The cenone di capodanno (new year’s big dinner) is the most established of all Italian New Year’s tradition and it is as big and generous as the name suggests! Unlike Christmas, which tends to follow well-defined regional menus, the Italian New Year’s Eve dinner is a much more relaxed and varied affairs when it comes to the food offered. Families choose…

Italian New Year’s Traditions: Discover traditional Italian New Year’s (Capodanno) customs to ring in the new year in Italy. From lucky foods like lentils to red clothing, this is all you need to know about New Year’s Eve in Italy. Italy celebrates the start of the New Year during the night between the 31st December and the 1st of January and does it with fanfare! Every year on December 31st, in Italy we roll out a beautiful mix of food, family, superstition and celebration to welcome the New Year: we call it Capodanno (capo = head; anno= year) and it’s a real fun celebration to be part of. For the…