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We only have Sinterklaas, which is normally celebrated on December 5th. When you do Sinterklaas, no presents under the Christmas tree. My family celebrates Sinterklaas, so no presents under the tree for us. We do have 2 Christmas days.
Non in tutta Italia si festeggia San Nicola
Hei ragazzi vi state dimenticando la magica notte di santa Lucia !! Saluti da Bergamo
We have the first two in Germany as well
In Germany, we have Nikolaus which is the day for the Real St. Nikolaus, and then we have christmas, but in south Germany we have the Christkind instead of Santa Claus. The christkind is mostly a woman with blonde curly hair and it symbolizes the spirit of christmas. And maybe something with Jesus 😂
We don't celebrate la befana.🙊
And also the children get their presents on christmas eve not like in america on the first christmas day.
You ar smart, it is true, SAINT NICHOLAS it is the real thinc,SAINT NICHOLAS it is SANTA KLAUS. YOU AR SMART.
Similar thing in my house. My family is Eastern Orthodox.
Mai sentito dire San Nicolo
We have Saint Nicolas on december 5th, presents, December 6th is his "birthday". And Santa, who comes at Christmas,is Saint Nicholas. And on January 6th, we have Three Kings day, kids get dressed up as the 3 kings and go to ring the doors and sing Christmas songs, and they get candy, like you guys have at Halloween. This is in the south of the Netherlands.
I love learning about your culture in Italy.
Same in germany, we have the „Nikolaus“ at december 6th, the „Weihnachtsmann“ or the „Christkind“ brings the presents at Christmas and on January 6th there is „heilige drei könige“, its a holiday, but most of us dont really celebrate it tbh
San Nicola, don't joke with my Saint!
(Which is the same called "Santa (or) Santa Klaus"
And, well, "La Befana" reminds us of the three Wise men with the gifts in the stockings (usually chocolate, candies, or charcoal which is made of sugar but is black and it's a little trick for children to tell them that if they will be behaving better the next year they will receive a better gift) but actually we're talking about Epiphany, so it's a Kind of ending of the reminding of Christmas with this kind of an old woman, (probably a good witch in the symbolism) whom with her broom erases all of the ashes of the last bad year (we all know that a part of it won't usually bring only joy) which has gone and brings us the gifts of newer and happier days and a present of joy.
3 Christmases and never mentioned Christ!
San Niccolo used to leave us money and sweets in our shoes.. we put our shoes outside the bedroom door and in the morning, we have a euro and some chocolate 😂😂 but I’m not sure if this is traditional or if my parents were lazy 😂😂
First generation (German/Austrian descent)……growing up (USA) we had Adent (timed as 4 Sundays leading to December 25 – one small gift each day), December 6th (Saint Nicolaus leaves small gift), December 25th Christmas (Santa Claus, wake up tree was magically decorated overnight, gifts and stockings) and January 6th (Epiphany, three small gifts)…..I carry the tradition with my kids and they love it!
My dear fellow-countryman, in our country there are great differences among the regions, even in popular traditions. Maybe in your Friuli you used to bring presents in the day of San "Niccolo" / Nicola (Saint Nicholas), but I can testify that in most of regions that doesn't happen and nobody heard about that. I have always lived in Tuscany and, trust me, before this video of yours, I neither had ever known the date (December 6th, you said) of the "feast" of Saint Nicholas.
— Moreover, it has to be said that gifts on the day of Christmas is a tradition arisen only in the 20th century (mainly, after WW2), basically imitating anglo-saxon patterns. Previously, gifts (only for children) were put within the a woolen sock hanging by the "befana" (character arisen from the personalization of the popular mispronunciation of Latin "epiphània" derived from Greek "epiphanìa") only on January 6th (feast of "epifanìa", i.e. "manifestation" of Jesus to the wise men. They brought gold, incense and myrrh to the baby Jesus, and then "la befana" brought / brings gifts to children in homes..
6th of December is Nikolaus
24th of December is Christkind
6th of January is Heiligen 3 Könige
From Nikolaus we just get some sweets in our boots, if they're clean.
From the Christkind we get the Christmas Present.
And the Heiligen drei Könige don't bring anything. They just bring blessing to the houses.
How Jesus comes into the story
La Befana would be the closest tradition to what Campobello Island in Canada calls Mother Goody, which is a gift given on New Year's morning. Mother Goody is supposed to be Mrs Claus, I think. My family wasn't originally from the island so we never partook of the tradition but most families did and still do. Campobello is the only place I've ever heard that celebrates New Year with Mother Goody, or people who came from Campobello.
In Argentina we have Navidad (natale/christmas) and we celebrate it at 00 o'clock on the 25th (we usually have a nice dinner with our family before) and then we have Reyes magos on the 6th of January, as kids we usually leave ton of grass and water for the camels and our shoes outside the door in order to get the presents
What about the birth of the Savior Jesus Christ? I thought THAT was what it's all about😇
Well, you forgot Santa Lucia on 13th of december.
It depends…… Babbo Natale and Befana are for all Italy…. But st. Nicola is only in some parts….. like in Milan we have no St Nicola on dedember 6. In some part of Italy there is also ST. Lucia on december 13.
Now ask him who La Befana is because that's my fav 😂
Babbo Natale ce lo introdusse l'America, con la sua pubblicità, attraverso i parenti immigrati in quegli Stati, in tutta Italia. San Nicolo' è solo per alcune regioni del nord Italia. La Befana era una figura presente in tutta Italia, e tuttora. Ricorda i doni portati a Gesù Bambino, dai tre Re Magi. Ma ,visto che allora era un' Italia povera, è rappresentata da una vecchietta , povera, e con " il cappello alla romana. E lasciava, i doni ai bimbi poveri. È un'usanza che è rimasta sopratutto nel sud Italia. Babbo Natale 🎅 è rappresentato in tutta Italia! ( Potenza della pubblicità).
In Germany we have all of those too. And 2 extra Days of Christmas (6th of December Nikolaus, Christmas from 24th to 26th and Die heiligen 3 Könige on January 6th) But you don't get presents on January 6th.
So happy my son will be in Italy and celebrate 2 out of the 3!
In Varese, Lombardy, we just get presents from Babbo Natale on December 25th and from la Befana on January 6th
Cool to learn
Im Muslim but my christian neighbors celebrate one Christmas on the 7th of January because they are orthodox
It's cool to learn about cultures
Happy holidays
Mai celebrato San Nicolò, e la Befana non è il Natale. Di Natale ce n’è uno solo, andiamo su, non spariamo caz…te
Saint Nicolo – Like Sinterklaas in Holland
Here in the Netherlands we have 2.
1. On 5 December we have Sinterklaas (Sint Nicolaas) who brings sweets and presents.
2. On 25 december we have de Kerstman (literally translated "the christmas man") who brings us presents.
Actually san Nicolò and Santa lucia are not so common even in northern Italy, so we mainly have gifts for Christmas and then sweets and maybe little gifts for La Befana
3 Christmases and none of those are about Jesus, in the most Catholic country in the world.
btw San Nicolo is not in all Italy! only some north regions!
In my country we have 2 ;)) Saint Nicolas on 6 december… you prepare and clean your boots and he put litle gifts and candys in your boots, if you have not been a nice person he put a wood stick/ a rod in your boots. And we have Santa Claus on 25 December with the Christmas Tree and stuff…
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yes sloveniha the same,we have Miklavž,grandhapa-Dedek Mraz,and Božiček😂😂😂😊😊😊