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Presepe

If There's a Presepe, It's Christmas Time

Judith Harris

Babbo Natale aka Santa Claus is obiquitous, lying atop apartment rooftops, dangling from balconies and, in animated doll form, dancing in front of cafes. But the authentic,...

5 Different Creches to Visit in NY this Christmas

M. G.

The representation of the nativity has spread all over Italy in many ways. The stylistic shapes and the use of materials are deeply influenced by geographical place and popular...

Italian Christmas in New York City

P. O.

Make sure you visit St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan and the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral on Mulberry Street this Christmas season.

Presepe is Art and Hope. We Met the "Mago delle Moschelle"

A.B.

The exhibit "Nativity in the World/ from Naples to New York" opens up at the Italian Cultural Institute. "The presepe is something new based upon tradition, something new which...

“Telling Naples to the World”. Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe on His Imminent Visit to New York

Ottorino Cappelli

The Cardinal of Naples will be in New York this coming January, where he will meet the Italian community, personalities of the cutural and artistic world, academics, scholars, men...

The Neapolitan Presepe. Where Art, Religion and Popular Culture Come Together

Marcello De Marco

i-Italy took a sneak-peak at the upcoming exhibition and had a conversation with Filomena Maria Sardella (curator of the exhibit and part of the Direzione Regionale dei Beni...

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.

Gramsci’s Presepio

Joey Ski

The domestic presepio, an example of living folklore.

Presepi. Hundreds of Nativity Scenes in Italy

FROM ITALY BY Maria Rita Latto

The nativity scene, in Italian called presepe, represents the scene of the birth of Jesus Christ and is one of the main traditional Christmas decorations in Italy. In almost every...

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