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Natale

A Christmas Confusion

Judith Harris

‘Twas the notte before Natale, and all through the piazzas Lets' get into the Christmas spirit with this poem. Something different from Italy! Not a macchina was stirring, not...

The Spectacle of the Nativity in Valenti Angelo’s Art

Laura E. Ruberto

The children’s book author and illustrator Valenti Angelo highlights Italian American Christmas Celebrations in his works.

A moribund italianità.

Joey Skee

Some thoughts on presepi, creativity, and death.

New Paupers of Italy

Maria Rita Latto

We went to Termini Station where there is a soup kitchen, a homeless shelter, and the Don Luigi Di Liegro health clinic run by Caritas. In the past there would be illegal...

Seven Fishes for Young Italian Americans

Gabrielle Pati

For my entire life I have eaten fish on Christmas Eve, as do many Italian Americans of southern origin

Wise Men Melchior and Balthazar Banned in Northern Italian City

Joey Skee

A story about racism in contemporary Italy so absurd it could be true.

Radical Italian American Christmas Cards

Laura E. Ruberto

Thinking about next year’s holiday cards, I turn to the leftist artists, Tina Modotti and Pietro di Donato.

An entry from The Encyclopedia of Imagined Italian-Americana

Joey Skee

The lost Christmas special of "The Honeymooners" with an Italian-American theme, from the Imaginarium of Joey Skee.

“Ti abbraccio teneramente,” Christmas from Prison

Laura E. Ruberto

A selection of Antonio Gramsci’s Christmas letters from prison.

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