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Celebrations in Italy

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La festa della mamma   Mother’s Day  
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La festa del papà   Father’s Day (celebrated on St Joseph’s Day in Italy)  
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La festa di san Giuseppe   St Joseph’s Day  
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La festa di san Valentino   Valentine’s Day  
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Natale   Christmas  
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Pasqua   Easter  
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Carnevale   Carnival (Celebrated before the start of Lent)  
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La Domenica della palme   Palm Sunday (the Sunday before Easter Sunday)  
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Il Venerdì Santo   Good Friday (the Friday before Easter)  
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Pasquetta   Easter Monday (the day after Easter Sunday)  
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San Silvestro   New Year’s Eve  
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Capodanno   New Year’s Day  
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La festa della Repubblica   Italian Republic Day  
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La festa della Liberazione   Liberation Day (celebrating the day Italy was liberated after WWII)  
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L’onomastico   Name day (the day that celebrates the Saint who shares people’s names, e.g. la festa di san Marco is a day in which people who are called “Mark” are celebrated.). For many years this was considered more important than people’s birthday.  
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L’anniversario delle nozze   Wedding anniversary  
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Martedì grasso   Shrove Tuesday (“fat” Tuesday – the day before Ash Wednesday) – also known as Pancake Tuesday  
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Il Mercoledì delle ceneri   Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent, a period of 40 days before Easter)  
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Il compleanno   birthday  
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Buon onomastico!   Happy name day!  
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Auguri!/Buon compleanno!   Happy birthday!  
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Tanti auguri!   Best wishes!  
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Congratulazioni!   Congratulations!  
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Befana (La festa dell'Epifania)   The Befana (The traditional old woman who brings Christmas presents to children in Italy) (on the feast of the Epiphany)  
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Ferragosto   Feast of the Assumption of Mary (previously festival of Emperor Augustus)  
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