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The Italians certainly like to celebrate in style and New Year’s festivities are certainly no exception! All across the country, many celebrations are held in the streets of cities, towns and villages to ring in the New Year. So why not book your Italy villa today from our wide choice of holiday rentals and be here for Next year’s celebrations?

Witness the spectacular ‘La Festa di San Silvestro’ in Abruzzo where a huge range of delicious food plays a major role!

Families and friends gather together to prepare a wonderful party in recognition of the New Year. Lentils are a popular ingredient in many of the dishes as they symbolise money and the promise of good fortune in the coming twelve months.

Lots of fireworks and thrilling dance shows take place across Italy in the hours leading up to the New Year and long into the night afterwards.

We at Easy Reserve would like to take this time to thank you for booking your Italian holiday rentals with us! This year, like many others, we’ve had thousands of happy customers that left behind very positive reviews of the villa or apartment rentals they stayed at across the many beautiful regions of Italy.

For those who haven’t yet booked an ideal vacation villa with Easy Reserve yet, why not treat yourself in the New Year with a stress free booking and find the perfect Italian holiday destination and accommodation to suit you. Our villa specialists can help you with your query online or via the telephone and will let you know of any offers available to avail of.

Spend a cosy winter holiday here in front of the fire after a day of walking around the beautifully lit up Christmas markets in one of Italy’s charming little towns or villages. Christmas in Italy is a truly memorable experience so why not book with Easy Reserve to secure the perfect Italy villa for you and your family next year?

Do something different this Christmas and jet off with your family to Italy to experience the Italian way of celebrating the festive season! The entire country, with all its beautiful cities, towns and villages, are adorned with twinkling lights and Christmas decorations.

Witness the magical sight of live nativity plays taking place in a town square and the sweet sound of Christmas music weaving through the cold air at night. Italy also knows how to celebrate Christmas in style when it comes to preparing a feast of delicious festive foods for you to try!

Stay in a stunning apartment rental in Florence city for a few nights where a whole host of Christmas markets, nativity plays and exciting events take place. Walk around the magnificent attractions of the city, such as the Uffizi Gallery and the Cathedral which are magically lit up at night.

The Italian meal for New years Eve (San Silvestro) is called "Cenone" and, as you can imagine, it's a big and important meal. Any dish can be served but there are a few that cannot be missed on the table:

The first is Cotechino with Lentils, the Italian people believe that the lentils are representative of money, and that the casing of the Cotechino (the pig's shin and trotter) represent the bags to hold that money.... Both Lentils and Pig are culinary symbols for good luck here.

The second is Pandoro or Panettone for your dessert.... And don't forget some good Spumante or Brachetto, for your "brindisi" at Midnight! Happy New year!!! AUGURI!!!

P.S.: Also the Holidays are a perfect time to gather around the fireplace in an Italian villa, view here!

Really the most important Christmas decoration in Italy is the Christmas Crib (presepe or presepio in Italian). Most families will have one in their homes and also every church has a presepe and even many quares, shops, and other public areas wil feature one. Some of the best cities in Italy to go and see these public Nativity Scenes are: Naples (with its Via San Gregorio Armeno - home of the craftsmen for Native Scenes), Vatican City with an enormous Crib in St. Peter's Square, Verona where an international display of nativities can be seen in in the Arena in January, Trento in Alto-Adige region has a large nativity scene in Piazza Duomo and not to forget Celleno, a small town in the Lazio region with a beautiful presepe that is set up for viewing all year around.