{"id":3561,"date":"2019-12-16T08:47:17","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T08:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devourromefoodtours.com\/?p=3561"},"modified":"2024-10-23T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T08:00:00","slug":"italian-christmas-foods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devourtours.com\/blog\/italian-christmas-foods\/","title":{"rendered":"How Italians Do Christmas: The Italian Christmas Foods You’ll Find on Every Table"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like any other country, Italy has its own Christmas traditions <\/a>that go back centuries. More than just pasta and pizza, Italian Christmas foods<\/strong> are uniquely distinguished by their variety, richness, and seasonality.<\/p>\r\n

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From main Christmas Italian foods such as roasted veal and salted cod to typical Chistmas sweets such as panna cotta, cannolis, or delicious Italian cookies, Christmas in Italy is a usually a marathon of eating. Photo credit: pexels<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Christmas in Italy<\/a> is a time for abbondanza<\/em>, literally, \u201cabundance.\u201d Italians sit down for long – we\u2019re talking six or seven hours – feasts of many courses, even more extreme than on Easter<\/a> or other holidays. What they eat depends on the region, as well as on the family, as Christmas is also the holiday for which every family has its own recipes and traditions.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

No matter which region of Italy you’re traveling to this holiday season, we\u2019ve put together a little guide of quintessential dishes and desserts of typical Italian Christmas foods.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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