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Italians call New Year's Eve
Capodanno (the "head of the year")
or Notte di San Silvestro (the night
of St. Silvestro). Traditionally
there are a set of rituals for the
new year, such as wearing red
underwear and getting rid of old or
unused items by dropping them from
the window, but this is and old
tradition, followed by quite nobody
today.
Dinner
is traditionally eaten with parents
and friends. It often includes
zampone or cotechino (a kind of
spiced Italian sausage) and lentils.
At half past eight pm, The President
of the Republic reads a television
message of greetings to Italians. At
midnight, fireworks are displayed
across Italy.
The
Rome New Year's Eve festivities, just
like those in Venice, Naples,
Bologna, and other cities throughout
Italy center around people
celebrating together. This is a very
important component of Italian
culture in general. Families and
friends for the most part are very
close to one another so it comes as
no surprise that the New Year in
Milan should be celebrated with
those closest to you. In many of the
small towns where there is no
central public fireworks display or
celebration, people will simply
build a bonfire and the dancing and
drinking can tend to last into the
early morning hours. A big tradition
in Italy is to drink prosecco or
spumante on New Years. Just as much
as champagne is a tradition in the
United States, the Italian versions
of sparkling white wines are in
nearly everyone’s hands on this
celebrated holiday.
New Year's Eve celebrations in Rome
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