{"id":4309,"date":"2013-12-19T09:29:53","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T09:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=4309"},"modified":"2013-12-19T20:13:39","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T20:13:39","slug":"a-merry-sexy-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/a-merry-sexy-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"A Merry Sexy Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s take a break from all the Italian Christmas stereotypes, il presepe, il panettone, Babbo Natale, la Befana, and spice things up a bit. I found an interesting little article in the newspaper Corriere della Sera which I thought you might enjoy. But first, click on the photo below to watch a video entitled: L\u2019albero delle polemiche, cosa ne pensano i Milanesi<\/strong> (The controversial tree, what do the people of Milan think about it.)<\/font><\/p>\n

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So \u2026 here\u2019s the full article with my English translation:<\/font><\/p>\n

Un bell\u2019abete di vivaio, quattro metri di altezza, festoni, lucine e… sex toy. L\u2019ultimo degli alberi di Natale spuntati a Milano porta in dono una polemica a sfondo sessuale. \u00abDecoro elegante che infrange i tab\u00f9\u00bb, per la ditta a cui \u00e8 stata concessa l\u2019occupazione di suolo. \u00abUn gesto inopportuno\u00bb, per il Comune, che fa dietrofront e revoca l\u2019autorizzazione. Siamo in centro a Milano, corso Como, strada pedonale riqualificata che in citt\u00e0 \u00e8 sinonimo di discoteche alla moda e cortili chic, con una nomea di terra di spaccio notturna, eredit\u00e0 del recente passato. Qui, mercoled\u00ec mattina, \u00e8 apparso un albero addobbato con oggetti di design dalla destinazione d\u2019uso inequivocabile: l\u2019amore. \u00abCattivo gusto\u00bb e \u00abprovocazione dissacrante\u00bb, per alcuni abitanti della zona, \u00abIdea divertente\u00bb, per altri passanti, che ne elogiano l\u2019estetica \u00abtutt\u2019altro che oscena\u00bb.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

A lovely tree from a nursery, four meters high, festoons, lights and … sex toys. The most recent of the Christmas trees to have sprung up in Milan brings with it a controversial sexual undertone. "An elegant  decoration that breaks the taboos" says the company who were granted the ground space. "An inopportune gesture", says the council, who changed their minds and revoked their authorisation. We’re in the centre of Milan, in via Como, a redeveloped pedestrianized street, synonymous with fashionable discos and chic courtyards, renowned as a night time haunt for dealers, inheritance of the recent past. "Bad taste" and "desecrating provocation", according to some local inhabitants, and "amusing idea" for other passers by, who praise its aesthetics which they find "anything but obscene".<\/font><\/p>\n

L\u2019iniziativa \u00e8 quella del marchio di e-commerce My secret case. \u00abL\u2019albero con i nostri sex toy di design – si difende Norma Rossetti, 29 anni, una dei tre soci del<\/font> brand – \u00e8 molto meno volgare e voyeuristico delle pubblicit\u00e0 di lingerie e delle ballerine in tv. Non siamo provocatori, abbiamo presentato regolare richiesta fino al 27 dicembre e pagato migliaia di euro\u00bb.<\/font><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

The project has been developed by the e-commerce company My Secret Case. "This tree with our designer sex toys" defends Norma Rossi, 29, one of the three partners of the brand "is far less vulgar and voyeuristic than lingerie adverts and ‘dancers’ on TV. We’re not provocateurs, we presented a regular request which lasts until until the 27th of December and paid thousands of Euros".<\/font><\/p>\n

A Palazzo Marino, in effetti, la gaffe l\u2019hanno annusata nel pomeriggio, quando sono partiti i controlli. \u00abOggetti inopportuni\u00bb affermava l\u2019assessore al Commercio, Franco D\u2019Alfonso, gi\u00e0 protagonista della querelle per il divieto del gelato dopo mezzanotte. \u00abEvidenti irregolarit\u00e0\u00bb rilanciava il collega alla Sicurezza, di area cattolica, Marco Granelli. Tuttavia, i sexy shop, al pari delle sale scommesse, sono esclusi dai bandi per l\u2019assegnazione di spazi pubblici. … l\u2019\u00abalbero del peccato\u00bb – che per il momento \u00e8 ancora l\u00ec – verr\u00e0 rimosso.<\/font> <\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

At Palazzo Marino (the council headquarters), they got wind of their gaffe in the afternoon, when controls (of the street decorations) began. "Inopportune objects" affirmed the commissioner of commerce, Franco D\u2019Alfonso, already a main player in the controversy about ice-cream after midnight (what!!!). "Evident irregularity" affirmed his colleague Marco Granelli from the catholic sector, who is in charge of health and safety. In any case, sexy shops, like betting shops, are excluded as tenders from the award of public space. That "Tree of Sin" – that for now is still there – will be removed.<\/font><\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve watched and understood the video you\u2019ll have noticed that none of the passers-by were offended by the \u2018sexy\u2019 tree, and most either found it amusing or didn\u2019t even understand what it\u2019s about. My personal opinion: The council are a bunch of prudish hypocrites, I mean come on, we\u2019ve had a prime minister for around 20 years, who was famous for his Bunga Bunga sex parties and having sex with underage prostitutes, we\u2019ve had a transsexual MP, and an ex-porno star MP, and yet they manage to get offended by a few tastefully displayed designer sex toys, really?<\/p>\n

What do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Let\u2019s take a break from all the Italian Christmas stereotypes, il presepe, il panettone, Babbo Natale, la Befana, and spice things up a bit. I found an interesting little article in the newspaper Corriere della Sera which I thought you might enjoy. But first, click on the photo below to watch a video entitled: L\u2019albero…<\/p>\n

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