Italian Lifestyle
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What to wear in Italy outfit ideas: realistic yet pretty looks for Italy you’ll love for your Italian vacation (with photos!)
Italy outfit ideas to help you pack for your Italian vacation: realistic outfits for Italy I actually wore in Italy and that worked amazing for comfort and style. The other day, a lovely reader of this blog asked if she could see some photos of outfits for Italy people actually wore on vacation. She told me that while she found plenty of such photos on the web, she couldn’t find any that was even remotely realistic or useful to plan your packing list and as soon as I went online to check what she meant, I had to agree: what a colossal amount of useless, frustrating results! The problem when…
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Christmas in Italy: all you need to know to plan a magical trip [2026 Update]
All you need to know about Christmas in Italy: when and how to celebrate, best places to spend Christmas in Italy, what to expect from crowds, weather and more. Christmas is a very big deal in Italy. The country has a strong Christian tradition, which largely explains the significance and importance given to the celebration of the nativity, yet Christmas in Italy is not all about spirituality! If you are in Italy at Christmas, you’ll have mass but, like in many other parts of the world, you will also have Christmas trees, Santa, gift diving traditions, cheers with prosecco and food for days! For the most part, Italy is not…
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La Befana: all you need to know about Italy’s most beloved witch (with coloring sheet for kids)
The story of La Befana, Italy’s Christmas witch: the magical character that celebrates the epiphany in Italy and ‘carries away’ the festivities. One of my favorite winter traditions is the celebration of Epiphany in Italy (6th of January). On this day, Italy celebrates the arrival of the Three Kings to the crib of baby Jesus, an important event in the Christian religion. However, ask any child in Italy and rather than the Three Kings, they’re likely to mention a very different reason why they are so keen about this day. A reason that involved sweets and a magical creature who brings them: La Befana (In English, she is often referred to as…
