{"id":570,"date":"2010-12-21T14:46:30","date_gmt":"2010-12-21T14:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=570"},"modified":"2010-12-21T15:05:19","modified_gmt":"2010-12-21T15:05:19","slug":"auguri-di-natale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/auguri-di-natale\/","title":{"rendered":"Auguri di Natale"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, it’s time for the inevitable ‘Christmas Blog’. This year, I thought we’d have a look at what to write if you want to send a card to an Italian friend, or perhaps you just want to impress someone with your amazing linguistic ability! The mass exchanging of cards isn’t as big a thing here in Italy as it is in some countries, a fact for which my husband Geoff is extremely grateful. In fact he told me that an unexpected card in the letter box fills him with dread! “Oh my God, who have I forgotten this year?”<\/span><\/p>\n

In Italia, preferiamo fare una telefonata per augurare Buone Feste.<\/strong> (In Italy, we prefer to make a phone call if we want to wish someone ‘Season’s Greetings’). However, for friends and family that are far away, or whom we rarely see, we may send a card.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here below are three examples of what to write in an Italian Christmas card:<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n
Caro Marco<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

ti auguro un Buon Natale
\ne un Felice Anno Nuovo<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

con tanto affetto da<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Giuseppe<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Natale 2010<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Dear Marco<\/p>\n

Wishing you a Merry Christmas
\nand a Happy New Year<\/p>\n

yours affectionately
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Giuseppe<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\nChristmas 2010<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

N.B<\/strong> Remember to change the gender and number accordingly, e.g. Cara<\/span> Luisa<\/strong> [fem.]<\/em>, Cari <\/span>Marco e Luisa<\/strong> [masc.plural]<\/em> … vi <\/span>auguro<\/strong> (I wish you<\/span> [plural]<\/em>), ti auguriamo<\/span><\/strong> (we wish<\/span> you [singular]<\/em>), etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n
Gentile Famiglia Rossi<\/p>\n

Auguri per un Santo Natale
\ne un prospero Anno Nuovo<\/p>\n

Cordiali Saluti da<\/p>\n

<\/span>Giuseppe Verdi<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Dear Rossi family<\/p>\n

best wishes for a Holy Christmas
\nand a prosperous New Year<\/p>\n

with best wishes from<\/p>\n

<\/span>Giuseppe Verdi<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

space<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\n\n\n\n\n
Gent. Dott. Verdi<\/p>\n

Auguri di Buone Feste<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ing. Rossi<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Dear Dr. Verdi<\/p>\n

Season’s Greetings<\/p>\n

from<\/span><\/p>\n

Engineer Rossi<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

N.B. of these three types of greeting Buone Feste<\/strong> (season’s greetings) is the most neutral, avoiding as it does the use of the word Christmas. Santo Natale<\/strong> would be used by a strong follower of Christian beliefs and traditions.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yes, it’s time for the inevitable ‘Christmas Blog’. This year, I thought we’d have a look at what to write if you want to send a card to an Italian friend, or perhaps you just want to impress someone with your amazing linguistic ability! The mass exchanging of cards isn’t as big a thing here…<\/p>\n

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