Today’s word of the day is part of our Italian Christmas Word Advent Calendar series. Each day throughout December, we’ll post a word that is related to the holiday season. Enjoy! The presepe (masculine, plural: presepi), or nativity scene in English, has been an integral part of the Italian Christmas tradition since the 16th century. …
Today’s word of the day is part of our Italian Christmas Word Advent Calendar series. Each day throughout December, we’ll post a word that is related to the holiday season. Enjoy! One of the most important Christmas symbols in Italy and across Europe is the candle – or candela (feminine, plural: candele) in Italian – …
Today’s word of the day is part of our Italian Christmas Word Advent Calendar series. Each day throughout December, we’ll post a word that is related to the holiday season. Enjoy! If there is one thing I love about this festive time of the year, it is hearing the church bells ring throughout the city …
Today’s word of the day is part of our Italian Christmas Word Advent Calendar series. Each day throughout December, we’ll post a word that is related to the holiday season. Enjoy! The Italian word for angel looks and sounds extremely similar to its English equivalent: angelo (masculine, plural: angeli). Angeli play an important role in …
Today’s word of the day is part of our Italian Christmas Word Advent Calendar series. Each day throughout December, we’ll post a word that is related to the holiday season. Enjoy! We already talked about the word festa (party / celebration) in a previous ‘word of the day’ article but did you know that you …
Today’s word of the day is part of our Italian Christmas Word Advent Calendar series. Each day throughout December, we’ll post a word that is related to the holiday season. Enjoy! The word for decoration or ornament in Italian is decorazione (feminine, plural: decorazioni) which, given the shared origin of the two words, shouldn’t be …