The town of Sorrento celebrates Christmas in an intense and striking way, with many festivals and shows for children and adults.
Cultural, gourmet, musical and entertaining demonstrations are be organized during the month of December to make Christmas a great festivity for everyone.
Christmas in Sorrento is connected to the Neapolitan traditional pastries: such as “zeppole”, that are little, deep fried topped with colored candy bits and candied orange and “struffoli” that are fried pastry balls covered with honey and hundreds and thousands.
The Christmas dinner and the main meal are the most important moments for Sorrento’s families who celebrate sitting around the table and eating many specialties prepared with meat, fishes, pasta, vegetables and cakes traditionally made home made.
Christmas in Sorrento is also a time for music: it easy bump into bagpipes itinerant concert, very typical of Christmas tradition or in various concerts that takes places in cathedral, squares and museum around the city.
The magical atmosphere of lights and colors decorating the town and the shops give to the city a particular charm. Glittering lights, colorful shop windows, make Christmas shopping in Sorrento very emotional.
Amongst the many attractions, there is the nativity cribs, that offers itself as a departure point from which to observe the progress of our society in all its expressions. A special comment is warranted for the clothing of the figures. In respect of local custom, the Sorrentine shepherds are dressed in linen shirts, silk waistcoat with metal buttons and knee-length, snug-fitting trousers in green satin.
At last, there is the New Year’s arrival that is welcomed in Sorrento by fireworks and toasts of good wishes. Many are the hotels and the restaurants in Sorrento that will organize parties and New Year’s Eve suppers.
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