Le feste Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| La festa della mamma | Mother’s Day |
| La festa del papà | Father’s Day (celebrated on St Joseph’s Day in Italy) |
| La festa di san Giuseppe | St Joseph’s Day |
| La festa di san Valentino | Valentine’s Day |
| Natale | Christmas |
| Pasqua | Easter |
| Carnevale | Carnival (Celebrated before the start of Lent) |
| La Domenica della palme | Palm Sunday (the Sunday before Easter Sunday) |
| Il Venerdì Santo | Good Friday (the Friday before Easter) |
| Pasquetta | Easter Monday (the day after Easter Sunday) |
| San Silvestro | New Year’s Eve |
| Capodanno | New Year’s Day |
| La festa della Repubblica | Italian Republic Day |
| La festa della Liberazione | Liberation Day (celebrating the day Italy was liberated after WWII) |
| L’onomastico | Name day (the day that celebrates the Saint who shares people’s names, e.g. la festa di san Marco is a day in which people who are called “Mark” are celebrated.). For many years this was considered more important than people’s birthday. |
| L’anniversario delle nozze | Wedding anniversary |
| Martedì grasso | Shrove Tuesday (“fat” Tuesday – the day before Ash Wednesday) – also known as Pancake Tuesday |
| Il Mercoledì delle ceneri | Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent, a period of 40 days before Easter) |
| Il compleanno | birthday |
| Buon onomastico! | Happy name day! |
| Auguri!/Buon compleanno! | Happy birthday! |
| Tanti auguri! | Best wishes! |
| Congratulazioni! | Congratulations! |
| Befana (La festa dell'Epifania) | The Befana (The traditional old woman who brings Christmas presents to children in Italy) (on the feast of the Epiphany) |
| Ferragosto | Feast of the Assumption of Mary (previously festival of Emperor Augustus) |
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