Buon Natale: Surprising Stories Behind Beloved Holiday Traditions

Code: SL32804

Dates: November 19, 2025

Meets: 5:45 PM to 7:00 PM

Sessions: 1

Location: Creutzburg Center 102

Course Fee: $39.00

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Celebrate the season! Discover the unexpected and delightful stories behind some of our most cherished holiday traditions from Saint Nicholas to nativity scenes to candy canes and Christmas stockings. Explore how pagan and Christian rituals magically merged into the holiday we celebrate today as well as several uniquely Italian customs such as the Feast of the Epiphany and wearing red underwear!

Fee:	$39.00

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Fee Breakdown

Category	Description	Amount
Course Fee (Basic)	Course Fee	$ 39.00
Optional Fee	Donation	$ 0.00

Creutzburg Center 102

260 Gulph Creek Road
(in Harford Park)
Radnor, PA 19087
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Carla Gambescia

Carla Gambescia is the author of the acclaimed book La Dolce Vita University: An Unconventional Guide to Italian Culture from A-to-Z, a rousing tribute to Italy, Italians and a culture that has contributed so much to the world. The book was the winner of the Silver Prize for “Best Travel Book of the Year 2019” awarded by the North American Travel Journalists Association. A native of Philadelphia, Carla is also a marketing executive, former restaurateur and avid traveler; she co-created the Giro del Gelato bike tour which won OUTSIDE Magazine’s Best Trip in Western Europe.

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Buon Natale: Surprising Stories Behind Beloved Holiday Traditions

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