Discover how the holiday season begins in Italy | A Coffee Break with Francesca

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🗓️ 9 December 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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We're back with a new episode, bringing you a festive espresso lesson to enjoy in between the main seasons of Coffee Break Italian! 🎄✨

In this mini lesson, you’ll discover that December in Italy is much more than Christmas itself. From regional customs to useful seasonal vocabulary, this episode is the perfect way to immerse yourself in Italy’s magical month of celebrations. 🎁

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0:00.0	Hi to all and all.
0:03.3	I'm Francesca from the Coffee Break Italian team.
0:07.9	And I'm felice to be here for a coffee break in your company.
0:15.1	Like ever, I'm here to help you improve your Italian one step at a time through these short mini lessons
0:24.2	in which we talk about Italian language and culture.
0:30.1	December has just started, so in this episode we will talk about some key events
0:37.3	which take place in early December and
0:40.9	Italy. Siette prontie, you're ready, so, do you, so let's comechammo.
0:52.3	Dicembre is officially initiated. This month is a festive one in Italy and people are busy with preparations,
1:03.6	i preparativi, for the end of the year holidays. But there are some nice events and festivities also at the start of the month.
1:16.3	And the first one is probably San Nicola, Il Seidicembre. On this day, some regions, especially in northern Italy, celebrate San Nicola or San Nicola, San Nicolas, the inspiration for Santa Claus.
1:39.7	The Bambini who live in these zones of Italia are fortunate because
1:46.1	they're receiving
1:47.1	some sort of
1:51.5	preview to Christmas,
1:53.2	an anteprimer of
1:54.9	Christmas.
1:56.5	But also at
1:57.6	the south,
1:58.4	this is a great
1:59.9	festival.
2:01.5	Infanty, sapevade that the city of But also at South, this is a great festa. Infati,
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