New Year's and Epiphany Celebrations in Italy
While here in the States, New Year’s Day often marks the end of our holiday season, in Italy, the fun continues. Especially for kids, Epiphany on January 6th is almost as exciting as Christmas itself. Epiphany celebrates the day when the Wise Men came, following a star, to the manger to visit the Christ Child and bring Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. In Italy’s famous Presepe, nativity scenes, and the Renaissance paintings like the one featured here by Sandro Botticelli, we often see this moment beautifully depicted. Italians have added legend to the holy celebration in the form...