Easter is the faith-defining Christian celebration yet Christmas is easily the most popular - both now and in times past. TRF gets in the Christmas spirit with some reflections on its traditional and religious – pagan and Christian – aspects in Rome.
Form the TRF archives - following the 2008 Beijing Olympics Italians have got the fitness bug, deserting the beach in favour of the gym, according to the nation’s statistics agency. First published in October 2008.
Don’t panic as the big day gets closer, check out TRF’s shopping guide for ideas about what to buy this Christmas in Rome…
[ 14 January 2010 to 17 January 2010. ] International Festival of the Itineraries of the Spirit, a meeting point for pilgrims.
[ 6 November 2009 21:00 to 12 December 2009 21:00. ] Progressive metal band Dream Theatre have notched up several big hits over the years, selling over 2 million albums in the US and 8 million worldwide. Catch them at Rome’s Palalottomatica.
[ 15 November 2009 21:00 to 31 December 2009 21:00. ] Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake and Nutcracker ballets feature at Teatro dell’Opera over Christmas while Teatro Nazionale is running Verdi’s classic opera La Traviata.
[ 4 December 2009 20:00 to 5 December 2009 10:00. 5 December 2009 20:00 to 6 December 2009 10:00. 6 December 2009; 17:00 to 19:00. 6 December 2009 20:00 to 7 December 2009 10:00. ] When a famous mathematician dies, his daughter is left to carry on his legacy amidst doubts regarding a very important aspect of his work. The link between genius and madness and whether either, or both, can be inherited emerges when authorship of a mathematical proof is questioned.
Despite a life shrouded in mystery, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, the Virigin Martyr executed by a Roman emperor, has long been esteemed by eastern Christians and – at least since the Crusades by those in the West too – on her 25 November feast day.
Rock, punk, metal and more this month at BlackOut Rock Club on the Via Casilina.
Cover Story:
Caesar’s Little Helpers - Rome Christmas shopping special
Current Issue:
Dec 09/Jan 10 - out 10 Dec!
Table of Contents:
Worthy Cause Shopping, gift ideas, Rome’s Mithraic temples, Nativity scenes in Rome, cooking in Lazio
[ 6 December 2009 to 6 January 2010. ] Traditional Christmas markets have taken root in Italy in recent years. Rome and its surroundings hold several such street markets during the advent with the most well-known at Piazza Navona.
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Heather Walker enlists the help of an expert sommelier to pick wines for Christmas dinner and finds out more than she bargained for about Italian Christmas culinary habits.
Rather than blow all your cash on name-brand prezzies for unenlightened distant relatives, how about helping a worthy cause instead by choosing your gifts from local charities’ merchandising lists?
Don’t wear yourself out with worry, renting in Rome is not necessarily worse than in other big European capitals so long as you know what your rights are and, more importantly perhaps, how the market works.
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