Italian Christmas calendar

December 6th Festa di San Nicola (patron saint's day of the shepherds)

December 8th L'Immacolata Concezione (Immaculate Conception and official start of Christmas)

December 13th Festa di santa Lucia

December 24th La Vigilia di Natale

December 26th La Festa di Santo Stefano (celebrates the announcement of birth of Jesus and arrival of Three Wise Men)

December 31st La Festa di San Silvestro

January 1st Il Capodanno

January 6th La Festa dell'Epiphania (official end of Christmas)

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