<\/strong><\/u><\/font>Christmas, enogastronomic (big fancy word for food and wine)<\/font> presents are booming: spumanti and cakes are the most frequently given<\/u> <\/em><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n
Count down per il Natale 2014. Cosa regaleranno quest\u2019anno gli italiani? Beh, in tempo di crisi si pensa soprattutto ai prodotti enogastronomici. In base a una recente indagine condotta da Coldiretti, 4 italiani su 10 doneranno a parenti ed amici cesti natalizi pieni di cibi e bevande. Insomma, la crisi fa tornare alle vecchie abitudini. Coldiretti sottolinea che i prodotti che verranno regalati maggiormente saranno dolci, spumante, frutta secca e fresca, olio extra vergine, zampone, lenticchie e salumi. Molti italiani, inoltre, doneranno anche dolci fatti in casa. \u201cPer la prima volta dall\u2019inizio della crisi la spesa agroalimentare ha superato i regali\u201d, ha evidenziato Coldiretti. Gli italiani, a quanto pare, sborseranno pi\u00f9 di 4 milioni di euro in regali enogastronomici tra Natale e Capodanno. Per una volta le vecchie tradizioni prevalgono sulla \u2018fame\u2019 di tecnologia. If you\u2019d like to read more about the potentially positive effects of the economic crisis here\u2019s another interesting article (in Italian, but not too difficult): Natale \u2013 Coldiretti<\/font><\/strong><\/a><\/font><\/p>\n Now, if only things would continue in this direction perhaps I\u2019d actually begin to like Christmas again. The serious economic crisis that Italy is undergoing is making itself felt this Christmas, and it seems that people are beginning to think more carefully about how they spend their money. But perhaps that\u2019s not a bad thing. Let\u2019s face it, Christmas has become a confusing and, in my opinion, obscene mish mash of religious…<\/p>\n![\"cesto](\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/12\/cesto-natalizio.jpg\" "\\"cesto")
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<\/strong>Count down to Christmas 2014. What presents are the Italians giving each other this year? Well, in times of crisis one thinks mostly of food and wine products (hang on, how is that different from any other time in Italy?)<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n
<\/strong>Based on a recent survey carried out by Coldiretti (Confederazione Nazionale Coltivatori Diretti<\/strong> = National Federation of Direct Cultivators), 4 out of 10 Italians will be giving Christmas hampers full of food and drinks to family and friends. In short, the crisis is making people go back to the old ways. Coldiretti points out that the most common products to be given as presents will be cakes, spumante, dried and fresh fruit, extra virgin olive oil, stuffed pigs trotters (yuk!)<\/font>, lentils and cold meats.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
<\/strong>What\u2019s more, many Italians will be giving home made cakes (yes please!)<\/font>. \u201cFor the first time since the beginning of the crisis money spent on agribusiness (another big fancy word for food products)<\/font> has exceeded (other) presents. It seems that the Italians will be paying out more than 4 million euros for food and drink related presents during Christmas and New Year. For once, old traditions will prevail over the \u2018hunger\u2019 for technology. (I think that was meant to be a pun)<\/font>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"