Tag: Pontelandolfo holidays

Keep the questions coming!  I will try to answer then!   When should we visit Italy?  As soon and as often as you can.  What are the holidays?  Many of you have asked about Italian Holidays – well, here is what I have discovered –

It takes government action to declare a public holiday. Workers – I’m guessing full time not contract or part time – are entitled to a day off with full pay.  If they have to work – like there is a giant sale at the mall – they must be paid 2.5 times their normal rate. Do not get sick, have your car breakdown or any other emergency on a public holiday.  Very little is open and hospitals are understaffed.  No really – do not get sick in August either.

 

Here is the list of  Italian Public Holidays –

January 01	Capodanno	New Year’s Day
January o6	Epifania (La Befana!)	Epiphany
Monday After Easter	Pasquetta	Easer Monday
April 25	Festa Della Liberazione	Liberation Day
May 01	Festa del Lavoro	Labor Day – May Day
June 02	Festa della Repubblica	Republic Day
August 15	Ferragosto	Assumption Day
November 01	Ognissanti	All Saints Day
December o8	Immacolata Concezione (This is the beginning of the Christmas season.)	Immaculate Conception Day
December 25	Natale	Christmas Day
December 26	Santo Stefano	St Stephens Day

Religious and – as Jack call’s them – 

Greeting Card and Flower Shop Holidays –

March 19	Festa di San Giuseppe	St. Joseph’s / Father’s Day
February 14	Festa degli Innamorati	St. Valentine’s Day
February	Carnevale	Mardi Gras/ Fat Tuesday
Variable	Pasqua	Easter
Second Sunday in May	Festa Della Mamma	Mother’s Day
November 2	I giorno dei Morti	Day of the Dead

   Pontelandolfo Holidays

September 19	San Gennaro	Naple’s Patron Saint
May 21	San Rita	Procession & Blessing of Cars
June 13	San Antonio	Procession
1st Week in August	San Salvatore	7 day festa, film festival, venders, rides, entertainment
August 16	San Rocco	Procession

All of the small villages in our province take their holidays seriously.  There is an incredible communal feeling to be part of a procession, share a panini on the street, listen to the music and know that you are part of a larger family.

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Ci Vediamo!