You’ve got to see this. Take a historical building in a beautiful Piazza and project on it a 3d light show accompanied by fantastic music and you get a recipe for pure amazement. I think this is best Christmas show I’ve ever seen. Truly.
Kudos to Luca Agnani, Claudio Cimini and Francesco Mari who are the creative minds behind this masterpiece, and to Video New Trieste for producing the footage.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Today my kids came home from school with a bag full of Valentine’s cards and candies (which I will quietly make disappear overnight, with love obviously…). This made me think how different this same holiday is in Italy, where we exclusively celebrate with someone we are romantically involved with.
I’ve never exchanged affection cards with my classmates for example, not to mention within my family, and quite honestly if I only picture my brother’s face while I handle him a love card I LOL.
Yes, we do buy the usual teddy bear (the famous dust-collector-teddy bear), the heart shaped chocolate (more appreciated, at least you can eat it…) or we simply go out to dinner (mangiare bene is the best of the best naturalmente).
And yes, stores may have some red and pink decorations or items for sale, but their quantity is not even close to the massive amount you see here.
And yet, Italians are among the most romantic people in the world. Buon San Valentino.
Yesterday I went grocery shopping and while I was walking by the bakery department I saw something that immediately stopped me in my tracks. Two things to be exact. First, I saw a 10 kg Panettone for the “sweet” price of €250 (~$325).
But what really impressed me was a Nativity scene made with a simple Panettone and edible Nativity figurines.
If you want to replicate this great idea and you live in the States, you can easily find the Panettone either at Trader’s Joe or World Market. As for the Nativity figurines, I wasn’t able to find any edible set online, but I did find some figures that are really cute and would be perfect for this project:
I’m sure your guests will love it!