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What will you give your family for Christmas? Surprise, surprise...
Since I never know what to buy as a present, the "Fiera di Santa Lucia" (Fair of Santa Lucia) was of great help to me. This is a traditional fair held on December 13 in memory of Santa Lucia from Syracuse. She is a martyr who was killed in 304 year in the largest and bloodiest persecution of Christians (303-311) which happened in the Roman Empire during Diocletian's reign.
In Italy, there is a cult to Santa Lucia and a festival takes place in many cities across the country near the winter solstice which occurs at about December 21. It is considered that it actually replaces an old festival celebrating the light. Thus, the martyr is now a protector of the blind, ophthalmologists, electricians and masons...
On the streets of Savona, the day of Santa Lucia is marked with a fair for selling a wide variety of typical Italian products like cheese, salami, sweets, wine, souvenirs, clothes and many others. This is the so called Fiera di Santa Lucia.
So despite the cold weather, I spent half a day with the crowds to view the exhibition of goods and to choose something for my relatives and friends. You can find everything you need from Christmas decorations to toys for kids. And most of them are very cheap indeed. There are some hand-made products like embroideries and carpentry. You can also buy un panino (sandwich) or a donut to satisfy your hunger while walking. There are also many sweet temptations like sugar-made strawberries, lollipops and candy-floss - my favorite since my childhood!
I liked the Advent atmosphere of diverse crowd rushing to buy something for their favorite people or themselves, the noise of their voices and some heating devices, the smell of roast chestnuts mingled with fresh donuts, and the various colors of the goods.
A TV reporter accosted me but unfortunately, I didn't speak well Italian so I wasn't of much help to him... It would have been funny if I appeared on the Italian television, ha!
In fact, the Fair of Santa Lucia took place on Savona's shopping streets in the city center so you could always move aside to some of the shops or at least look at the windows.
After lunch with my partner, I resumed my expedition but soon got tired. The good news is that all of the presents are packed and ready. Santa is coming!
All that left is to provide in stock at home delicious sweets and spirits, of course ☻
Grappa, which is a local alcoholic drink made of grape, is very popular in Italy and it was funny to see men at the age of my grandfather carrying bags with a sign "I ♥ Grappa"!
What will you give your family for Christmas? Surprise, surprise...
Since I never know what to buy as a present, the "Fiera di Santa Lucia" (Fair of Santa Lucia) was of great help to me. This is a traditional fair held on December 13 in memory of Santa Lucia from Syracuse. She is a martyr who was killed in 304 year in the largest and bloodiest persecution of Christians (303-311) which happened in the Roman Empire during Diocletian's reign.
In Italy, there is a cult to Santa Lucia and a festival takes place in many cities across the country near the winter solstice which occurs at about December 21. It is considered that it actually replaces an old festival celebrating the light. Thus, the martyr is now a protector of the blind, ophthalmologists, electricians and masons...
On the streets of Savona, the day of Santa Lucia is marked with a fair for selling a wide variety of typical Italian products like cheese, salami, sweets, wine, souvenirs, clothes and many others. This is the so called Fiera di Santa Lucia.
So despite the cold weather, I spent half a day with the crowds to view the exhibition of goods and to choose something for my relatives and friends. You can find everything you need from Christmas decorations to toys for kids. And most of them are very cheap indeed. There are some hand-made products like embroideries and carpentry. You can also buy un panino (sandwich) or a donut to satisfy your hunger while walking. There are also many sweet temptations like sugar-made strawberries, lollipops and candy-floss - my favorite since my childhood!
I liked the Advent atmosphere of diverse crowd rushing to buy something for their favorite people or themselves, the noise of their voices and some heating devices, the smell of roast chestnuts mingled with fresh donuts, and the various colors of the goods.
A TV reporter accosted me but unfortunately, I didn't speak well Italian so I wasn't of much help to him... It would have been funny if I appeared on the Italian television, ha!
In fact, the Fair of Santa Lucia took place on Savona's shopping streets in the city center so you could always move aside to some of the shops or at least look at the windows.
After lunch with my partner, I resumed my expedition but soon got tired. The good news is that all of the presents are packed and ready. Santa is coming!
All that left is to provide in stock at home delicious sweets and spirits, of course ☻
Grappa, which is a local alcoholic drink made of grape, is very popular in Italy and it was funny to see men at the age of my grandfather carrying bags with a sign "I ♥ Grappa"!
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