Christmas Day in Italy
by Marc Gunn

Once again, it was about 11am when I awoke to the sounds of cooking below. My mom lives in barn that was converted into a house. And the distance between my room and the kitchen is just a few inches. Mom said there was even a hole in the floor to look down at the kitchen below, but I never got around to looking at that.

Dinner was served with a lovely display and then Mom, Tiziano and I went driving around the Colli Berici ("colli" are "hills"). Up one side and down the other. Then away we drove taking pictures of the incredible hillside. Exquisite villas. Fog and clouds. Italian trees, fields and old stucco houses. Ah Italia!

We then drove over to a previously planned late lunch at Trudy's. We sat and chatted for a while. And oddly, it seemed more difficult chatting there in English than it was chatting in Italian at Tiziano's. So after a while, I went into the other room where the kids were watching their new present, "Lilo & Stitch" on DVD. Tiziano who was also having trouble following mom's American co-workers came in with me and we chatted a wee bit.

Then home we went. By day's end, all were exhausted. I worked on some photos and then I went to watch TV a wee bit. My ever-favorite, "It's a Wonderful Life" was on. And Tiziano had never seen an American version. In Italy, they translate EVERYTHING. No subtitled movies. Consequently, you miss out on the great vocal inflections of Jimmy Stewart. But neither he nor I could stay awake. So I went off to bed.

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