She dresses like a witch, flies across the sky on a broom, and delivers gifts to children on the eve of Epiphany LA BEFANA

With our exile from Italy ending, we celebrated with a photostory of pre-pandemic Italian Christmases GLIMPSES OF CHRISTMAS PAST

I climbed the rain-slick steps of Verona's ancient arena, to view the famous star from above. Then vertigo kicked in THE ARENA STAR

How Lecce, Alberobello, and Salerno celebrated a luminous holiday season as 2022 became 2023 CHRISTMAS DOWN SOUTH

In Locorotondo, we joined throngs of villagers and visitors in a famously joyful, and human-scale, Yuletide parade A CHRISTMAS PASSEGGIATA

Created by skilled "Maestri dell'arte presepiale," Neapolitan and Sorrentine presepi (Nativity scenes) are stunning works of art BETHLEHEM AT THE WORKER'S CLUB

Most holiday lights merely dazzle the eye. But above the frosty streets of Turin I found something completely different LUCI D'ARTISTA