If you’re Italian, you know that the holidays are full of great food, laughter, and love. Here are the top 10 things that happen at every Italian Christmas!
1. You swear you won’t fill up on antipasto…but it’s just so hard to stop.
2. While everyone else celebrates Christmas on the 25th, your family celebrates in on the 24th.
3. There is A LOT of wine, and your family begins drinking it early.
4. Your family starts grocery shopping weeks in advance.
5. There is all the fish you could possibly eat!
6. Cleaning house begins at least a week in advance.
7. There is a bowl with walnuts and oranges somewhere in the house.
8. If you’re under 25, you’re probably still at the “kid’s table”…
9. If you don’t get up for seconds, Nonna will get VERY upset and say, “That’s all!?”
10. The dessert table looks like heaven on Earth.
11. Everyone has dessert with an espresso.
12. At least one guest gets drunk on Campari.
13. Most importantly the day is full of love and everyone gets together the next day for Christmas Day!
Spot on!