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Weekly blog #114: Fare il ponte, what is it and how do Italians do it?

January 10, 2022 February 8, 2022 / English, Weekly blogpost / By Anne / befana, fareilponte, holiday, italiantraditions, italy, operationladolcevita, Rome, threekings

Last Thursday, it was the sixth of January, a day we know as the day of the Three Wise Men. For Italian children, it’s a joyous day because La Befana comes along, the kindhearted witch on a broomstick who, on that dark and cold January night, pays a visit to the houses of all Italian children and fills their stockings – hung by the fireplace – with sweets. Well, if you …

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Weekblog #114: Fare il ponte: wat is het en hoe doen de Italianen het?

January 10, 2022 January 10, 2022 / Nederlands, Weekly blogpost / By Anne / befana, driekoningen, fareilponte, feestdag, italiaansetradities, italië, operationladolcevita, Rome

Afgelopen donderdag was het zes januari, een dag die wij kennen als Drie Koningen. Voor Italiaanse kinderen is dit een heuglijke dag aangezien La Befana langskomt, de lieve heks die in de donkere en koude januarinacht op haar bezemsteel de huizen van alle Italiaanse kinderen aandoet en hun sokken – die zijn opgehangen bij de open haard …

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#9 The Three Kings versus La Befana (English)

January 6, 2020 January 6, 2020 / English, Weekly blogpost / By Anne / befana, home, italiantraditions, operationladolcevita, Rome

Being born on the second of January means that every year again, it seems like there’s no end to the holiday season. I take full responsibility for the many New Year’s resolutions of family and friends that have been given up on in the very first days of the year. As I do every year, …

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#9 De Drie Koningen versus La Befana (Nederlands)

January 6, 2020 January 6, 2020 / Nederlands, Weekly blogpost / By Anne / befana, home, italiantraditions, operationladolcevita, Rome

Jarig zijn op twee januari betekent dat het elk jaar lijkt alsof er geen einde komt aan de feestdagen. Ik ben er dan ook hoogstpersoonlijk verantwoordelijk voor dat menig goed voornemen van familie en vrienden al in de allereerste dagen is gesneuveld. Traditiegetrouw heb ik op twee januari de familie lekker volgestouwd met veel zoetigheden …

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#9 I Re Magi versus La Befana (Italiano)

January 6, 2020 January 8, 2020 / Italiano, Weekly blogpost / By Anne / befana, home, italiantraditions, operationladolcevita, Rome

Il mio compleanno è il secondo gennaio, che significa che ogni anno di nuovo, sembra che non ci sia fine alle festività natalizie. Mi assumo la piena responsabilità dei molti buoni propositi di Capodanno di parenti e amici che sono stati abbandonati nei primissimi giorni dell’anno. Come ogni anno, il secondo gennaio abbiamo festaggiato con …

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