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Christmas in Italy: How to Celebrate Christmas and New Years in Rome, Venice, Florence, Sicily and More Italian Destinations

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The following articles are free for all readers to access:

** NEW: Christmas in Venice Hotel Packages for Christmas and New Year's Eve in Venice (Free Italy Travel Advice) **
Ready to spend Christmas or New Year's in Venice? These Venice hotels have special packages to help you celebrate the holiday season Venetian style... . . . read more

** NEW: Christmas on the Amalfi Coast: Holiday Hotel Packages (Free Italy Travel Advice) **
Are you thinking of visiting Italy's Amalfi Coast for an Italian Christmas escape? These two Amalfi Coast hotels marry luxury with holiday explorations of traditional Italian crafts. . . . read more

** NEW: Rome Restaurants Open for Christmas and New Year's (Free Italy Travel Advice) **
One of the challenges of spending Christmas in Rome can be finding a special place that will be open for Christmas Eve dinner or Christmas lunch. New Year's Eve is a little easier...We have a list of Rome restaurants open for the holidays. . . . read more

** NEW: Christmas in Umbria - Perugia Christmas Markets, Living Nativity Scenes and More (Free Italy Travel Advice) **
If you're yearning for an Old World Christmas, there's no better place to find it than --ahem--the Old World. Though in recent decades the Christmas holidays in Umbria have become more commercialized and adopted many of the trappings of the Anglo-Saxon version enough of the region's traditions endure to make spending your winter holiday in Italy's green heart. . . . read more

** NEW: Christmas in Rome - Rome Hotel Packages for Christmas and New Year's Eve in Rome **
We profile a handful of Rome hotels that are offering special Christmas and New Year's hotel packages in Rome for the 2011-2012 holiday season. . . . read more

** NEW: Christmas in Calabria - Festa di Santa Lucia + Cuccia Recipes (Free Italy Travel Advice) **
Although she was born in Sicily, Santa Lucia is adored by Calabrians who created prayers and proverbs in her honor. They take Festa di Santa Lucia very seriously. . . . read more

** NEW: Christmas and New Year's in Florence and Tuscany - Florence Hotel Packages and Tuscany Hotel Packages **
We profile a handful of Florence and Tuscany hotels that are offering special Christmas and New Year's hotel packages for the 2011 holiday season in Italy. . . . read more

Christmas in Italy: In Time for the Epiphany, The Legend of La Befana (Free Italy Travel Advice)
"There is no Santa Claus in Italy," my Nana told me when I was a kid. Nana said she had to wait until January 6, The Feast of the Epiphany, to get gifts. The presents came from an old crone with a hairy mole on her chin who rode around on a broom. She was called La Befana. . . . read more

** NEW: Christmas Eve in Rome: Midnight Mass at Santa Maria in Ara Coeli (Free Italy Travel Advice) **
Every Christmas Eve, the 124 stone steps leading to the Altar of the Heavens, or the Ara Coeli, are illuminated by flickering candlelight atop the highest point of Capitoline Hill in Rome. . . . read more

Italian Christmas Dessert Recipe: Salame Dolce (Sweet Chocolate Salami)
Judy Witts Francini a.k.a. Divina Cucina recommends keeping this dessert in the freezer as a back-up dessert for holiday guests. We say put it on your Christmas dessert table - it is that good! . . . read more

Sisters Share Their Private Puglia Italy
From where to eat the freshest seafood to which seasonal events - such as a living nativity scene and huge annual bonfire - should be on your list of musts when you visit the enchanting region of Puglia. . . . read more

** NEW: Christmas Eve in Italy: Celebrating the Feast of Seven Fishes, Sicilian Style (Free Italy Travel Advice) **
Italians traditionally serve seven fish courses on Christmas Eve. The idea of serving seven fish dishes or varieties of seafood is often linked to the number of sacraments or the days God required to create the world. . . . read more

** NEW: Sicilian Seafood Recipes for and Italian Christmas Eve - Feast of Seven Fishes (Free Italy Travel Advice) **
Celebrate the Italian tradition of Feast of Seven Fishes on Christmas Eve with this Sicilian seafood recipes for Baccalà and Potato Stew alla Siracusana and Octopus al Nero d'Avola. . . . read more

** NEW: Christmas in Rome: A Roman Christmas (Free Italy Travel Advice) **
Spending Christmas in the Eternal City? Our writer explains Roman Christmas traditions and some non-traditional ways to spend the holidays in Rome. . . . read more

** NEW: An Insider's Travel Advice for Christmas in Venice and New Year's Eve in Venice (Free Italy Travel Advice)**
A guide to holiday sights and sounds in Venice Italy - from Christmas markets in Venice to New Year's concerts. . . . read more

**NEW: Panettone: An Italian Holiday Tradition (Free Italy Travel Advice)**
When I first saw panettone, I thought it was the ubiquitous fruitcake that you see around the holidays. You know- the dense brick of a log that everyone hates, but gets as a gift...but no, I found out it is much, much more. . . . read more

** NEW: How to Enjoy Christmas in Florence Italy with Your Family (Free Italy Travel Advice)**
Enjoy the magic of the holidays in Firenze with your family! . . . read more

**How to See the Pope at Christmas and Throughout the Year (Free Italy Travel Advice)**
When and where you need to be to see the Pope at midnight mass at Christmas and throughout the year, and how to get tickets when necessary. . . . read more

**Celebrate Christmas and New Year's, Italian Style (Free Italy Travel Advice)**
What you need to know about Christmas and New Year's in Italy, from the Feast of the Immaculate Conception to Epiphany. . . . read more

** Tips for Spending Christmas and New Years in Venice (Free Italy Travel Advice)**
The co-author of Chow! Venice: Savoring the Food and Wine of La Serenissima shares her tips from four Christmas/New Year's holidays spent in Venice. . . . read more

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